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Chapter 4: The Atrocities of King Kaṁsa

Verse 33 of 45
SB 10.4.33

अस्यतस्ते शरव्रातैर्हन्यमानाः समन्ततः जिजीविषव उत्सृज्य पलायनपरा ययुः

asyatas te śara-vrātair hanyamānāḥ samantataḥ jijīviṣava utsṛjya palāyana-parā yayuḥ

Synonyms

asyataḥpierced by your discharged arrows; teyour; śara-vrātaiḥby the multitude of arrows; hanyamānāḥbeing killed; samantataḥhere and there; jijīviṣavaḥaspiring to live; utsṛjyagiving up the battlefield; palāyana-parāḥintent on escaping; yayuḥthey fled (the fighting)..

Translation

While being pierced by your arrows, which you discharged on all sides, some of them, who were injured by the multitude of arrows but who desired to live, fled the battlefield, intent on escaping.

Verse 33 of 45
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