śareṣu hīyamāeṣu
bhajyamānesu dhanvasu
śastreṣu kṣīyamāneṣu
muṣṭibhir jahrur erakāḥ

 śareṣu - the arrows; hīyamāneṣu - as they became depleted; bhajyamāneṣu - as they became broken; dhanvasu - the bows; śastreṣu - the missile weapons; kṣīyamāneṣu - as they were used up; muṣṭibhiḥ - with their fists; jahruḥ - they seized; erakāḥ - cane stalks.


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When all their bows had been broken and their arrows and other missiles spent, they seized the tall stalks of cane with their bare hands.

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