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Mahabharat

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ततो मां शरवर्षेण महता समवाकिरत् । अहं च शरवर्षेण वर्षन्तं समवाकिरम्॥५-१८१-६॥

Then he covered me with a great shower of arrows; and I, with a shower of arrows, likewise covered him as he discharged his volleys.

english translation

संक्रुद्धो जामदग्न्यस्तु पुनरेव पतत्रिणः । प्रेषयामास मे राजन्दीप्तास्यानुरगानिव॥५-१८१-७॥

Then Jāmadagnya, angered, again launched winged missiles at me, O king, like blazing-mouthed serpents.

english translation

तानहं निशितैर्भल्लैः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः । अच्छिदं सहसा राजन्नन्तरिक्षे पुनः पुनः॥५-१८१-८॥

Those I severed with sharp bhalla-arrows—by the hundreds and then by the thousands—swiftly, O king, again and again in midair.

english translation

ततस्त्वस्त्राणि दिव्यानि जामदग्न्यः प्रतापवान् । मयि प्रचोदयामास तान्यहं प्रत्यषेधयम्॥५-१८१-९॥

Then the mighty Jāmadagnya set celestial weapons in motion against me; I countered those deployments and nullified them.

english translation

अस्त्रैरेव महाबाहो चिकीर्षन्नधिकां क्रियाम् । ततो दिवि महान्नादः प्रादुरासीत्समन्ततः॥५-१८१-१०॥

O mighty-armed one, as he sought to undertake a further measure by weapons alone, a great roar arose in the sky on every side.

english translation