रक्तमांसोन्मुखोन्नृत्तभूतरक्षःपिशाचकम् । पुष्पवृष्टिभिरापूर्णहस्तविद्याधराङ्गनम् ॥ १५ ॥
raktamāṁsōnmukhōnnṛttabhūtarakṣaḥpiśācakam | puṣpavṛṣṭibhirāpūrṇahastavidyādharāṅganam || 15 ||
- Another reading: रक्तमांसोन्मुखोन्मत्तभूतरक्षःपिशाचकम् (raktamāṁsōnmukhōnmattabhūtarakṣaḥpiśācakam) for रक्तमांसोन्मुखोन्नृत्तभूतरक्षःपिशाचकम्
Translation
with bhūtas, rākṣasas and piśācas dancing wildly, greedy for blood and flesh; with vidyādhara women whose hands were full of flowers to shower;
Word by word
- rakta
- for blood
- māṁsa
- and flesh
- unmukha
- greedy
- unnṛtta
- dancing wildly
- bhūta
- bhūtas
- rakṣaḥ
- rākṣasas
- piśācakam
- and piśācas
- puṣpa
- of flowers
- vṛṣṭibhir
- (vṛṣṭibhiḥ) with showers
- āpūrṇa
- full
- hasta
- whose hands
- vidyādhara
- of the vidyādharas
- aṅganam
- with the women
Meaning
Every kind of being comes, the high and the low. The spirits of the dead and the flesh-eating demons dance, waiting for the blood that the battle will spill; the women of the vidyādharas hold flowers to rain on the brave. The same field of death means a feast to some and a festival of honour to others.