Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.83.22

ādāya vyasṛjan kecit

sajyaḿ kartum anīśvarāḥ

ā-koṣṭhaḿ jyāḿ samutkṛṣya

petur eke 'munāhatāḥ

SYNONYMS

ādāya — after picking up; vyasṛjan — let go; kecit — some of them; sajyam — strung; kartum — to make it; anīśvarāḥ — unable; ā-koṣṭham — up to the tip (of the bow); jyām — the bowstring; samutkṛṣya — having pulled; petuḥ — fell down; eke — some; amunā — by it (the bow); hatāḥ — hit.

TRANSLATION

Some of them picked up the bow but could not string it, and so they threw it aside in frustration. Some managed to pull the bowstring toward the tip of the bow, only to have the bow spring back and knock them to the ground.

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