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Chapter 8.51 - Verse 36

Sanskrit Text

तं शिखण्डी समासाद्य त्वया गुप्तो महारथम् जघान पुरुषव्याघ्रं शरैः संनतपर्वभिः

English Translation

Being under your powerful protection Sikhandin encountered him and with his straight shafts slew that foremost of men. O mighty one, as the Asura Vritra courted his death obtaining Vasava for his foe, so having obtained you (as his foe) there lies on a bed of arrows that grandsire (wrapt in eternal sleep).

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

अन्यत्र | पाण्डवान् | युद्धे | त्वया | गुप्तान् | महत् + रथ
कर्णं | विव्याध | सप्तत्या | शरैः | संनम् + पर्वन्