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Chapter 12.160 - Verse 84

Sanskrit Text

पृथुस्तूत्पादयामास धनुराद्यमरिंदम तेनेयं पृथिवी पूर्वं वैन्येन परिरक्षिता

English Translation

Regarding the bow, again, O chastiser of enemies, it was Prithu who first created it. It was with the help of this weapon that that son of Vena, while he ruled the Earth virtuously for many years, milked her profusely of crops and grain.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

पृथु + तु + उत्पादय् | धनुर् | आद्यम् | अरिंदम
तद् + इदम् | पृथिवी | पूर्वं | वैन्येन | परिरक्षिता