SB 6.10.24

न तेऽदृश्यन्त संञ्छन्नाः शरजालैः समन्ततः ।
पुङ्खानुपुङ्खपतितैर्ज्योतींषीव नभोघनैः ॥२४॥

na te 'dṛśyanta sañchannāḥ
śara-jālaiḥ samantataḥ
puṅkhānupuṅkha-patitair
jyotīṁṣīva nabho-ghanaiḥ

na - not; te - they (the demigods); adṛśyanta - were seen; sañchannāḥ - being completely covered; śara-jālaiḥ - by networks of arrows; samantataḥ - all around; puṅkha-anupuṅkha - one arrow after another; patitaiḥ - falling; jyotīṁṣi iva - like the stars in the sky; nabhaḥ-ghanaiḥ - by the dense clouds.

Text

As the stars in the sky cannot be seen when covered by dense clouds, the demigods, being completely covered by networks of arrows falling upon them one after another, could not be seen.

Purport

Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for Mankind

Chapter 10: The Battle Between the Demigods and Vritrasura. Text 24

As the stars in the sky cannot be seen when covered by dense clouds, the demigods, being completely covered by networks of arrows falling upon them one after another, could not be seen.