मत्स्यो गृहीतो मत्स्यघ्नैर्जालेनान्यै: सहार्णवे । तस्योदरगतं लोहं स शल्ये लुब्धकोऽकरोत् ॥ २३ ॥
matsyo gṛhīto matsya-ghnair jālenānyaiḥ sahārṇave tasyodara-gataṁ lohaṁ sa śalye lubdhako ’karot
- matsyaḥ
- the fish
- gṛhītaḥ
- being seized
- matsya-ghnaiḥ
- by fishermen
- jālena
- with a net
- anyaiḥ saha
- along with other fish
- arṇave
- within the ocean
- tasya
- of the fish
- udara-gatam
- contained in the stomach
- loham
- lump of iron
- saḥ
- he (Jarā)
- śalye
- on his arrow
- lubdhakaḥ
- a hunter
- akarot
- placed
The fish was caught in the ocean along with other fish in a fishermen’s net. The iron lump in the fish’s stomach was taken by the hunter Jarā, who fixed it as an arrowhead at the end of his shaft.