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Chapter 8.5 - Verse 107

Sanskrit Text

तौ हि वीरौ महेष्वासौ मदर्थे कुरुसत्तमौ भीष्मद्रोणौ हतौ श्रुत्वा को न्वर्थो जीवितेन मे

English Translation

Having heard that those two mighty bowmen, the foremost of the Kurus, the heroic Bhishma and Drona, were slain for my sake, what necessity can I have for my life?

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

तौ | हि | वीरौ | महत् + इष्वास | मद् + अर्थ | कुरु + सत्तम
भीष्म + द्रोण | हतौ | श्रुत्वा | को | नु + अर्थ | जीवितेन | मे