आरोपयित्वा मौर्वीं च पूरयामास वीर्यवान् | तद्बभंज धनुर्मध्ये नरश्रेष्ठो महायशाः || १-६७-१७
nipetuH ca naraaH sarve tena shabdena mohitaaH | vrajayitvaa muni varam raajaanam tau ca raaghavau || 1-67-19
Translation
Further, that dextrous one has stringed that bow with bowstring and started to stretch it up to his ear to examine its tautness, but that glorious one who is foremost among men, Rama, broke that bow medially. [1-67-17]
Audio Recitation
Word by word
viiryavaan
dextrous one
maurviim aaropayitvaa ca
bowstring, having stringed, further
puurayaamaasa
started to stretch the bowstring [up to his ear to see its tautness]; then
mahaayashaaH narashreSThaH
glorious one, the one best among men
tat dhanuH madhye babhanja
he broke medially that bow.
Chapter context
Rama breaks Shiva's bow
25 verses · Verse 17 of 25
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