SB 9.7.16

TEXT 16

TEXT

रोहितस्तदभिज्ञाय पितुः कर्म चिकीर्षितम् ।
प्राणप्रेप्सुर्धनुष्पाणिर् अरण्यं प्रत्यपद्यत ॥ १६ ॥

rohitas tad abhijnaya

pituḥ karma cikirsitam

prana-prepsur dhanus-panir

aranyam pratyapadyata

rohitaḥ-the son of Hariscandra; tat-this fact; abhijnaya-having thoroughly understood; pituḥ-of his father; karma-action; cikirsitam-which he was practically doing; prana-prepsuḥ-wishing to save his life; dhanuḥ-paniḥ-taking his bow and arrows; aranyam-to the forest; pratyapadyata-left.

TRANSLATION

Rohita could understand that his father intended to offer him as the animal for sacrifice. Therefore, just to save himself from death, he equipped himself with bow and arrows and went to the forest.

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