वहद्भिर्व्योम्नि सक्षेम पश्य नीता क्षयं शरैः । शक्तिवृष्टिरुपायान्ती सस्यश्रीः शलभैरिव ॥ ३९ ॥
vahadbhirvyōmni sakṣēma paśya nītā kṣayaṁ śaraiḥ | śaktivṛṣṭirupāyāntī sasyaśrīḥ śalabhairiva || 39 ||
Translation
"Look, good sir: the shower of spears coming on has been destroyed in the sky by the flying arrows, as the splendour of ripe crops is by locusts."
Word by word
- vahadbhir
- (vahadbhiḥ) flying
- vyōmni
- in the sky
- sakṣēma
- good sir
- paśya
- look
- nītā
- has been brought
- kṣayaṁ
- to destruction
- śaraiḥ
- by the arrows
- śakti
- of spears
- vṛṣṭir
- (vṛṣṭiḥ) the shower
- upāyāntī
- coming on
- sasya
- of crops
- śrīḥ
- the splendour
- śalabhair
- (śalabhaiḥ) by locusts
- iva
- as
Meaning
A sharp archer's view: arrows meet spears in mid-air and destroy them, as a swarm of locusts strips a field.