Devanagari
शरेषु हीयमानेषु भज्यमानेसु धन्वसु ।
शस्त्रेषु क्षीयमानेषु मुष्टिभिर्जह्रुरेरका: ॥ २० ॥
Verse text
śareṣu hīyamāneṣu
bhajyamāneṣu dhanvasu
śastreṣu kṣīyamāneṣu
muṣṭibhir jahrur erakāḥ
Synonyms
śareṣu
—
the arrows
;
hīyamāneṣu
—
as they became depleted
;
bhajyamāneṣu
—
as they became broken
;
dhanvasu
—
the bows
;
śastreṣu
—
the missile weapons
;
kṣīyamāneṣu
—
as they were used up
;
muṣṭibhiḥ
—
with their fists
;
jahruḥ
—
they seized
;
erakāḥ
—
cane stalks .
Translation
When all their bows had been broken and their arrows and other missiles spent, they seized the tall stalks of cane with their bare hands.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
When all their bows had been broken and their arrows and other missiles spent, they seized the tall stalks of cane with their bare hands.
Jahruḥ should be jagṛhuḥ.