उदतिष्ठद्रथस्तस्य नीहारादिव भास्करः ॥१५॥
nadatsu yÄtudhÄneá¹£u
jaya-kÄÅ›iá¹£v atho má¹›dhe
udatiá¹£á¹had rathas tasya
nÄ«hÄrÄd iva bhÄskaraḥ
nadatsu - while exclaiming; yÄtudhÄneá¹£u - the ghostly Yaká¹£as; jaya-kÄÅ›iá¹£u - proclaiming victory; atho - then; má¹›dhe - in the fighting; udatiá¹£á¹hat - appeared; rathaḥ - the chariot; tasya - of Dhruva MahÄrÄja; nÄ«hÄrÄt - from the mist; iva - like; bhÄskaraḥ - the sun.
The Yaká¹£as, being temporarily victorious, exclaimed that they had conquered Dhruva MahÄrÄja. But in the meantime Dhruva’s chariot suddenly appeared, just as the sun suddenly appears from within foggy mist.
Here Dhruva MahÄrÄja is compared to the sun and the great assembly of the Yaká¹£as to foggy mist. Fog is insignificant in comparison with the sun. Although the sun is sometimes seen to be covered by fog, in fact the sun cannot be covered by anything. Our eyes may be covered by a cloud, but the sun is never covered. By this comparison to the sun, the greatness of Dhruva MahÄrÄja in all circumstances is affirmed.
