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Chapter 7.164 - Verse 141

Sanskrit Text

क्षिप्रं श्येनस्य चरतो यथैवामिषगृद्धिनः तद्वदासीदभीसारो द्रोणं प्रार्थयतो रणे

English Translation

Then in that battle the movements of both Drona and the son of Prisata resembled those of a hawk flying through the sky in quest of a piece of meat.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

क्षिप्रं | श्येनस्य | चरतो | यथा + एव + आमिष + गृद्धिन्
तद्वद् | आसीद् | अभीसारो | द्रोणं | प्रार्थयतो | रणे