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ŚB 10.63.18

Devanagari

धनूंष्याकृष्य युगपद् बाण: पञ्चशतानि वै ।
एकैकस्मिन् शरौ द्वौ द्वौ सन्दधे रणदुर्मद: ॥ १८ ॥

Text

dhanūṁṣy ākṛṣya yugapad
bāṇaḥ pañca-śatāni vai
ekaikasmin śarau dvau dvau
sandadhe raṇa-durmadaḥ

Synonyms

dhanūṁṣi — bows; ākṛṣya — pulling back; yugapat — simultaneously; bāṇaḥ — Bāṇa; pañca-śatāni — five hundred; vai — indeed; eka-ekasmin — upon each one; śarau — arrows; dvau dvau — two for each; sandadhe — he fixed; raṇa — due to the fighting; durmadaḥ — mad with pride.

Translation

Excited to a frenzy by the fighting, Bāṇa simultaneously pulled taut all the strings of his five hundred bows and fixed two arrows on each string.