Shloka 22
Adhyāya 168: Arjuna’s counters to māyā-rains and the onset of darkness
Nivātakavaca engagement
तब मैंने धनुष तथा अक्षय तरकस लेकर एक बाणके द्वारा उस रोमांचकारी सूकरपर आघात किया ।। युगपत् तं किरातस्तु विकृष्य बलवद् धनुः । अभ्याजचघ्ने दृढतरं कम्पयन्निव मे मन:,साथ ही किरातने भी अपने सुदृढ़ धनुषको खींचकर उसपर गहरी चोटकी, जिससे मेरा हृदय कम्पित-सा हो उठा
arjuna uvāca | tadāhaṃ dhanuṣā cākṣaya-tuṇīraṃ gṛhītvā ekena bāṇena taṃ romaharṣaṇaṃ sūkaraṃ jaghāna | yugapat taṃ kirātas tu vikṛṣya balavad dhanuḥ abhyājaghne dṛḍhataraṃ kampayann iva me manaḥ ||
Arjuna said: “Then I took up my bow and my inexhaustible quiver and struck that hair-raising boar with a single arrow. At that very moment the Kirāta, drawing his powerful bow to the full, also hit it with an even firmer blow—so that my heart seemed to tremble.”
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