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पश्य मे धनुषो वीर्यं पश्य बाह्वोर्बलं च मे । एष ते कार्मुकं वीर द्विधा कुर्मि ससायकम्॥५-१८०-२६॥
Observe the efficacy of my bow; observe also the strength of my arms. This bow of yours, O warrior, I shall split in two—together with its missile.
english translation
तस्याहं निशितं भल्लं प्राहिण्वं भरतर्षभ । तेनास्य धनुषः कोटिश्छिन्ना भूमिमथागमत्॥५-१८०-२७॥
Then I dispatched a sharpened bhalla-arrow at him, O bull among the Bharatas; by it, the tip of his bow was severed and fell to the ground.
english translation
नव चापि पृषत्कानां शतानि नतपर्वणाम् । प्राहिण्वं कङ्कपत्राणां जामदग्न्यरथं प्रति॥५-१८०-२८॥
Then I loosed nine hundred arrows, with bent joints and heron-like fletching, toward the chariot of Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma).
english translation
काये विषक्तास्तु तदा वायुनाभिसमीरिताः । चेलुः क्षरन्तो रुधिरं नागा इव च ते शराः॥५-१८०-२९॥
Embedded in his body and driven by the wind, those arrows stirred, letting blood flow, moving like serpents.
english translation
क्षतजोक्षितसर्वाङ्गः क्षरन्स रुधिरं व्रणैः । बभौ रामस्तदा राजन्मेरुर्धातूनिवोत्सृजन्॥५-१८०-३०॥
His whole body was drenched in wounds, blood streaming from his injuries; and Rāma (Paraśurāma) then, O king, shone like Mount Meru casting forth its mineral ores.
english translation