Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.15.33

atharjunah panca-sateshu bahubhir

dhanuhshu banan yugapat sa sandadhe

ramaya ramo 'stra-bhritam samagranis

tany eka-dhanveshubhir acchinat samam

SYNONYMS

atha -- thereafter; arjunah -- Kartaviryarjuna; panca-sateshu -- five hundred; bahubhih -- with his arms; dhanuhshu -- on the bows; banan -- arrows; yugapat -- simultaneously; sah -- he; sandadhe -- fixed; ramaya -- just to kill Lord Parasurama; ramah -- Lord Parasurama; astra-bhritam -- of all the soldiers who could use weapons; samagranih -- the very best; tani -- all the bows of Kartaviryarjuna; eka-dhanva -- possessing one bow; ishubhih -- the arrows; acchinat -- cut to pieces; samam -- with.

TRANSLATION

Then Kartaviryarjuna, with his one thousand arms, simultaneously fixed arrows on five hundred bows to kill Lord Parasurama. But Lord Parasurama, the best of fighters, released enough arrows with only one bow to cut to pieces immediately all the arrows and bows in the hands of Kartaviryarjuna.

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