Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.76.24
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesThe Yadu Arrows Bewilder Śālva
“Śālva became bewildered upon seeing his army and aerial city thus harassed by his enemy’s arrows, which struck like fire and the sun and were as intolerable as snake venom.”
What the purport teaches
- Śālva became bewildered when he saw his army and aerial city harassed by his enemy’s arrows.
- Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī explains that the arrows burned like fire and struck simultaneously from all sides like the sun’s rays.
- Like snake venom, the arrows were lethal by a single touch. These comparisons explain how intolerable they were.
Try this today
Match fire, the sun’s rays and snake venom with the quality of the arrows each one describes.
Ask yourself
How does each comparison clarify the force of the Yadu commanders’ arrows?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.