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Chapter 15: Paraśurāma, the Lord's Warrior Incarnation

Verse 33 of 35
SB 9.15.33

अथार्जुनः पंचशतेषु बाहुभिर्धनुःषु बाणान्युगपत्स सन्दधे रामाय रामो ऽस्त्रभृतां समग्रणीस्तान्येकधन्वेषुभिराच्छिनत्समम्

athārjunaḥ pañca-śateṣu bāhubhir dhanuḥṣu bāṇān yugapat sa sandadhe rāmāya rāmo 'stra-bhṛtāṁ samagraṇīs tāny eka-dhanveṣubhir ācchinat samam

Synonyms

atha—thereafter; arjunaḥ—Kārtavīryārjuna; pañca-śateṣu—five hundred; bāhubhiḥ—with his arms; dhanuḥṣu—on the bows; bāṇān—arrows; yugapat—simultaneously; saḥ—he; sandadhe—fixed; rāmāya—just to kill Lord Paraśurāma; rāmaḥ—Lord Paraśurāma; astra-bhṛtām—of all the soldiers who could use weapons; samagraṇīḥ—the very best; tāni—all the bows of Kārtavīryārjuna; eka-dhanvā—possessing one bow; iṣubhiḥ—the arrows; ācchinat—cut to pieces; samam—with..

Translation

Then Kārtavīryārjuna, with his one thousand arms, simultaneously fixed arrows on five hundred bows to kill Lord Paraśurāma. But Lord Paraśurāma, the best of fighters, released enough arrows with only one bow to cut to pieces immediately all the arrows and bows in the hands of Kārtavīryārjuna.

Verse 33 of 35