Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 16


Sanskrit:

रोहितस्तदभिज्ञाय पितु: कर्म चिकीर्षितम् ।प्राणप्रेप्सुर्धनुष्पाणिररण्यं प्रत्यपद्यत ॥ १६ ॥

ITRANS:

rohitas tad abhijñāyapituḥ karma cikīrṣitamprāṇa-prepsur dhanuṣ-pāṇiraraṇyaṁ pratyapadyata

Translation:

Rohita could understand that his father intended to offer him as the animal for sacrifice. Therefore, just to save himself from death, he equipped himself with bow and arrows and went to the forest.

Purport: