Pramāṇa · Search · About · API

Mahabharata 1.176.8

Mahābhārata 1.176.8

Language
Sanskrit

1.176.8

yajñasenasya kāmastu pāṇḍavāya kirīṭine |
kṛṣṇāṃ dadyāmiti sadā na caitadvivṛṇoti saḥ || 8 ||

"Yajnasena always cherished the desire of bestowing his daughter on Kiriti (Arjuna), the son of Pandu. But he never spoke of it to anybody. And, O Janamejaya, the king of Panchala thinking of Arjuna caused a very stiff bow to be made that was incapable of being bent by any except Arjuna. Causing some machinery to be erected in the sky, the king set up a mark attached to that machinery. And Drupada said, 'He that will string this bow and with these well-adorned arrows shoot the mark above the machine shall obtain my daughter.'

Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

Translations (1)

Commentaries (5)

Other recensions (1)