अद्याहं निशितैर्बाणैर्गोपालस्य सुदुर्मते: । नेष्ये वीर्यमदं येन स्वसा मे प्रसभं हृता ॥ २२ ॥
adyāhaṁ niśitair bāṇair gopālasya su-durmateḥ neṣye vīrya-madaṁ yena svasā me prasabhaṁ hṛtā
- adya
- today
- aham
- I
- niśitaiḥ
- sharp
- bāṇaiḥ
- with my arrows
- gopālasya
- of the cowherd
- su-durmateḥ
- whose mentality is most wicked
- neṣye
- I will remove
- vīrya
- in His power
- madam
- the intoxicated pride
- yena
- by which
- svasā
- sister
- me
- my
- prasabham
- violently
- hṛtā
- abducted
“This wicked-minded cowherd boy, infatuated with His prowess, has violently abducted my sister. But today I will remove His pride with my sharp arrows.”