The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic c2.s5.489

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—swift as the wind it was—he drew it back until it touched his ear, and Sātyaki he pierced upon the belly. Right through the body’s guard it cut, and through the body—the arrow with its feathers and its metal butt—and dripping with blood it entered the earth’ (vii. 113. 49 ff.).