skandaḥ pradyumna-bāṇaughair
ardyamānaḥ samantataḥ
asṛg vimuñcan gātrebhyaḥ
śikhināpakramad raṇāt

 skandaḥ - Kārtikeya; pradyumna-bāṇa - of Pradyumna's arrows; oghaiḥ - by the torrents; ardyamānaḥ - distressed; samantataḥ - on all sides; asṛk - blood; vimuñcan - exuding; gātrebhyaḥ - from his limbs; śikhinā - on his peacock carrier; apākramat - went away; raṇāt - from the battlefield.


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Lord Kārtikeya was distressed by the flood of Pradyumna’s arrows raining down from all sides, and thus he fled the battlefield on his peacock as blood poured from his limbs.

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