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Chapter 8.18 - Verse 66

Sanskrit Text

वितथांस्तान्समालक्ष्य पतितांश्च महीतले क्षुरप्रेण सुतीक्ष्णेन कार्मुकं चिच्छिदे बली

English Translation

Beholding those arrows thus sent back and scattered over the ground, he (Shikhandin) severed his dreadful bow with a sharp, razorhanded shaft.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

वितथांस् | तान् | समालक्ष्य | पतितांश् | च | मही + तल
क्षुरप्रेण | सु + तीक्ष्ण | कर्णस्य | धनुर् | अछिनत्