Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 22


Sanskrit:

आदाय व्यसृजन् केचित् सज्यं कर्तुमनीश्वरा: ।आकोष्ठं ज्यां समुत्कृष्य पेतुरेकेऽमुना हता: ॥ २२ ॥

ITRANS:

ādāya vyasṛjan kecitsajyaṁ kartum anīśvarāḥā-koṣṭhaṁ jyāṁ samutkṛṣyapetur eke ’munāhatāḥ

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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