अनाहारः कथं शक्तो भग्नसक्थिशिरोमुखः।।3.71.12।। वज्रेणाभिहतः कालं सुदीर्घमपि जीवितुम्।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset
English Translation
वज्रेण by the thunderbolt, अभिहतः struck by, भग्नसक्थिशिरोमुखः with thigh bones, head and face broken, अनाहारः starving, सुदीर्घं कालम् for a long time, जीवितुमपि to live, कथम् somehow, शक्तः was possible.
English Commentary
Hit by the thunderbolt, my thighbones, head and face were broken. Somehow I could manage to live for a long time without food.