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ततो भरतशार्दूल धिष्ण्यमाकाशगं यथा । सा मामभ्यहनत्तूर्णमंसदेशे च भारत॥५-१८५-६॥
Then, O tiger among the Bharatas, like a celestial missile moving through the sky, it struck me swiftly on the shoulder-region, O Bhārata.
english translation
अथासृङ्मेऽस्रवद्घोरं गिरेर्गैरिकधातुवत् । रामेण सुमहाबाहो क्षतस्य क्षतजेक्षण॥५-१८५-७॥
Then my blood flowed in a dreadful torrent, like red mineral-ore streaming from a mountain—after I had been wounded by Rāma, O mighty-armed one, O you whose eyes are reddened by injury.
english translation
ततोऽहं जामदग्न्याय भृशं क्रोधसमन्वितः । प्रेषयं मृत्युसंकाशं बाणं सर्पविषोपमम्॥५-१८५-८॥
Then I, seized by fierce anger, sent against Jāmadagnya an arrow like Death itself—its potency comparable to serpent-venom.
english translation
स तेनाभिहतो वीरो ललाटे द्विजसत्तमः । अशोभत महाराज सशृङ्ग इव पर्वतः॥५-१८५-९॥
Struck by it upon the forehead, that heroic best of the twice-born shone forth, O great king, like a mountain crowned with a peak.
english translation
स संरब्धः समावृत्य बाणं कालान्तकोपमम् । संदधे बलवत्कृष्य घोरं शत्रुनिबर्हणम्॥५-१८५-१०॥
Enraged, he took up an arrow comparable to the wrath at the end of time, and, drawing it with force, fixed it—formidable, meant to neutralize and crush the foe.
english translation