Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 63: Lord Kṛṣṇa Fights with Bāṇāsura

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.63.18

dhanūḿṣy ākṛṣya yugapad

bāṇaḥ pañca-śatāni vai

ekaikasmin śarau dvau dvau

sandadhe raṇa-durmadaḥ

SYNONYMS

dhanūḿṣi — bows; ākṛṣya — pulling back; yugapat — simultaneously; bāṇaḥBāṇa; pañca-śatāni — five hundred; vai — indeed; eka-ekasmin — upon each one; śarau — arrows; dvau dvau — two for each; sandadhehe fixed; raṇa — due to the fighting; durmadaḥmad with pride.

TRANSLATION

Excited to a frenzy by the fighting, Bāṇa simultaneously pulled taut all the strings of his five hundred bows and fixed two arrows on each string.

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