"Not" and "With"

Vocabulary

शर

śara

m

arrow

चाप

cāpa

mn

bow

अक्ष

akṣa

m

eye; a die

साक्षात्

sākṣāt

uninflected

before the eyes

The original word here is sākṣa (from sa-akṣa), but it is always used in the singular of case 5.

Translation

Translate from Sanskrit to English.

• (विशृजति) शषरं चापम्

  (viśṛjati) śaṣaraṃ cāpam

Answers

Translation

• (He casts away) his bow with its arrow. Bhagavad Gita 1.47 (adapted)

  This is from the last verse of chapter 1. In despair at the thought of fighting the people he loves, Arjuna casts away his weapons.