tamah -- the darkness; su -- very; ghoram -- fearsome; gahanam -- dense; kritam -- a manifestation of the material creation; mahat -- immense; vidarayat -- cutting through; bhuri-tarena -- extremely extensive; rocisha -- with its effulgence; manah -- of the mind; javam -- having the speed; nirvivise -- entered; sudarsanam -- the Sudarsana disc; guna -- from His bowstring; cyutah -- shot; rama -- of Lord Ramacandra; sarah -- an arrow; yatha -- as if; camuh -- at an army.

The Lord's Sudarsana disc penetrated the darkness with its blazing effulgence. Racing forward with the speed of the mind, it cut through the fearsome, dense oblivion expanded from primeval matter, as an arrow shot from Lord Rama's bow cuts through His enemy's army.