sa tan apatatah sakras

 tavadbhih sighra-vikramah

ciccheda nisitair bhallair

 asampraptan hasann iva

 

Translation by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada: 

 

Before Bali Maharaja’s arrows could reach him, Indra, King of heaven, who is expert in dealing with arrows, smiled and counteracted the arrows with arrows of another type, known as bhalla, which were extremely sharp.