Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.76.9-11
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
-
nirudhya
—
besieging
Gerund of ni + √rudh (to obstruct). The same root behind nirodha — yogic restraint. The asura's nirodha is a siege; the yogī's is of the senses. Same grammar, opposite directions.
-
vimāna-agryāt
—
from the best of airships
Contiguous join (vimāna + agryāt). Vimāna is the Vedic flying chariot — devas have them, asuras imitate. Agrya means foremost; even the foremost asuric craft is, in Bhāgavata measure, less than a devotee's bare feet on Vraja's dust.
-
śastra-vṛṣṭayaḥ
—
torrents of weapons
Contiguous join (śastra + vṛṣṭayaḥ). Vṛṣṭi literally means rain — the asura's offering to Dvārakā is a perverse rain, mirroring the prema-vṛṣṭi that devotees pray Kṛṣṇa will rain upon them (cf. Caitanya-caritāmṛta's prema-megha imagery).
-
cakravātaḥ
—
a whirlwind
From cakra + vāta. A cyclone. Prabhupāda's commentary reads Śālva's whirlwind as māyic show-business — calculated terror against a city protected by the Lord's own sudarśana-cakra. Cakravāta against cakra-pāṇi: the wind cannot win.
-
purīm
—
the city
Accusative of purī. The same word used for Vaikuṇṭha and for Kṛṣṇa's heart. The Bhāgavatam often reads attack on the Lord's city as the asura's confession that the Lord has a city — that He is personal, located, available.
-
rajasā
—
with dust
Instrumental of rajas. Pun: rajas the substance (dust) and rajas the guṇa (passion). The whole asuric assault is rajas-blanketed — covering the directions, the way passion covers the cit-svarūpa of the jīva.
Salva with troops destroyed walls (tolika) and amusement areas (viharan). From the excellent Saubha aircraft he threw various weapons on the city.
Three verses describe his attack. He covered the city completely with troops. Śukadeva calls out to Parīkṣit in amazement. O best of the Bharatas! Or he comforts him as he worries about those dear to him. As the best of your dynasty you know the power of the Lord. You should not worry at all. Śālva was intent on destroying the city (babhaṣja). The word is used to indicate destruction that was supposed to happen in the near future. (However he could not destroy the city.) In order to destroy the outer gates and other gates he constantly showered (ni—petuḥ) weapons. Fierce whirlwinds blew in front of the vehicle. Dust arose because of the whirlwind’s strong, quick revolutions.
Like hailstorm and locust together falling on a garden the King has built for His queens, Śālva's downpour from Saubha tries to ruin Dvārakā — yet the Lord of the garden has not yet stirred; what falls is the asura's whole arsenal at once, a single throw of every die he owns.
My note
Source: vedabase.io