tam -- that; apatantim -- flying toward; nabhasi -- in the sky; maha -- great; ulkam -- a meteor; iva -- like; ramhasa -- swiftly; bhasayantim -- illuminating; disah -- the directions; saurih -- Lord Krishna; sayakaih -- with His arrows; satadha -- in hundreds of pieces; acchinat -- cut.

Salva's hurtling spear lit up the whole sky like a mighty meteor, but Lord Sauri tore the great weapon into hundreds of pieces with His arrows.