धनूंष्याकृष्य युगपद् बाण: पञ्चशतानि वै । एकैकस्मिन् शरौ द्वौ द्वौ सन्दधे रणदुर्मद: ॥ १८ ॥
dhanūṁṣy ākṛṣya yugapad bāṇaḥ pañca-śatāni vai ekaikasmin śarau dvau dvau sandadhe raṇa-durmadaḥ
- dhanūṁṣi
- bows
- ākṛṣya
- pulling back
- yugapat
- simultaneously
- bāṇaḥ
- Bāṇa
- pañca-śatāni
- five hundred
- vai
- indeed
- eka-ekasmin
- upon each one
- śarau
- arrows
- dvau dvau
- two for each
- sandadhe
- he fixed
- raṇa
- due to the fighting
- durmadaḥ
- mad with pride
Excited to a frenzy by the fighting, Bāṇa simultaneously pulled taut all the strings of his five hundred bows and fixed two arrows on each string.