आदाय व्यसृजन् केचित् सज्यं कर्तुमनीश्वरा: । आकोष्ठं ज्यां समुत्कृष्य पेतुरेकेऽमुना हता: ॥ २२ ॥
ādāya vyasṛjan kecit sajyaṁ kartum anīśvarāḥ ā-koṣṭhaṁ jyāṁ samutkṛṣya petur eke ’munāhatāḥ
- ādāya
- after picking up
- vyasṛjan
- let go
- kecit
- some of them
- sajyam
- strung
- kartum
- to make it
- anīśvarāḥ
- unable
- ā-koṣṭham
- up to the tip (of the bow)
- jyām
- the bowstring
- samutkṛṣya
- having pulled
- petuḥ
- fell down
- eke
- some
- amunā
- by it (the bow)
- hatāḥ
- hit
Some of them picked up the bow but could not string it, and so they threw it aside in frustration. Some managed to pull the bowstring toward the tip of the bow, only to have the bow spring back and knock them to the ground.