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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

athathereafter; arjunaḥKārtavīryārjuna; pañca-śateṣufive hundred; bāhubhiḥwith his arms; dhanuḥṣuon the bows; bāṇānarrows; yugapatsimultaneously; saḥhe; sandadhefixed; rāmāyajust to kill Lord Paraśurāma; rāmaḥLord Paraśurāma; astra-bhṛtāmof all the soldiers who could use weapons; samagraṇīḥthe very best; tāniall the bows of Kārtavīryārjuna; eka-dhanvāpossessing one bow; iṣubhiḥthe arrows; ācchinatcut to pieces; samamwith..

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
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