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Chapter 8.14 - Verse 25

Sanskrit Text

आश्चर्यमिति गोविन्दो ब्रुवन्नश्वानचोदयत् हंसांसगौरास्ते सेनां हंसाः सर इवाविशन्

English Translation

O descendant of the Bharata race, Govinda considered this event to be most wonderful. Those arrows (shot by Arjuna) looking white like swans and possessed of great impetuosity, entered into the hostile army, even as the swans enter into a lake.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

आश्चर्यम् | इति | गोविन्दो | ब्रुवन्न् | अश्वान् | अचोदयत्
हंस + अंस + गौर | ते | सेनां | हंसाः | सर | इव + आविश्