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Chapter 7.165 - Verse 49

Sanskrit Text

आकर्णपलितः श्यामो वयसाशीतिपञ्चकः त्वत्कृते व्यचरत्संख्ये तु षोडशवर्षवत्

English Translation

With his hoary locks flowering down to his ears and of a dark complexion and full eightyfive years of age, Drona then careered on the field with the agility of a boy of sixteen.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

आकर्ण + पलित | श्यामो | वयस् + अशीति + पञ्चक
त्वद् + कृते | व्यचरत् | संख्ये | स | तु | षोडशन् + वर्ष + वत्