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Chapter 8.17 - Verse 58

Sanskrit Text

ते तस्य कवचं भित्त्वा पपुः शोणितमाहवे आशीविषा यथा नागा भित्त्वा गां सलिलं पपुः

English Translation

Those arrows, after having pierced through his armour, drank his blood in the battle; even as the snakes of virulent poison, after having penetrated the earth, drink the water.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

ते | तस्य | कवचं | भित्त्वा | पपुः | शोणितम् | आहवे
आशीविषा | यथा | नागा | भित्त्वा | गां | सलिलं | पपुः