Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth Order

Chapter 10: Dhruva Maharaja's Fight With the Yakshas. Text 26

अहयोऽशनिनिःश्वासा वमन्तोऽग्निं रुषाक्षिभिः ।
अभ्यधावन्गजा मत्ताः सिंहव्याघ्राश्च यूथशः ॥२६॥

ahayo 'Å›ani-niḥśvÄsÄ
vamanto 'gniá¹ ruá¹£Äká¹£ibhiḥ
abhyadhÄvan gajÄ mattÄḥ
siá¹ha-vyÄghrÄÅ› ca yÅ«thaÅ›aḥ

 ahayaḥ - serpents; aÅ›ani - thunderbolts; niḥśvÄsÄḥ - breathing; vamantaḥ - vomiting; agnim - fire; ruá¹£Ä-aká¹£ibhiḥ - with angry eyes; abhyadhÄvan - came forward; gajÄḥ - elephants; mattÄḥ - mad; siá¹ha - lions; vyÄghrÄḥ - tigers; ca - also; yÅ«thaÅ›aḥ - in groups.


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Dhruva MahÄrÄja also saw many big serpents with angry eyes, vomiting forth fire and coming to devour him, along with groups of mad elephants, lions and tigers.

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