प्राणसर्वस्वसंत्यागसोद्योगासंख्यसैनिकम् । कर्णाकृष्टशरौघौघत्यागोन्मुखधनुर्धरम् ॥ १२ ॥
prāṇasarvasvasaṁtyāgasōdyōgāsaṁkhyasainikam | karṇākṛṣṭaśaraughaughatyāgōnmukhadhanurdharam || 12 ||
Translation
countless soldiers ready to give up their lives, their all; bowmen eager to let fly floods upon floods of arrows drawn back to the ear;
Word by word
- prāṇa
- their lives
- sarvasva
- their all
- saṁtyāga
- to give up
- sōdyōga
- ready
- asaṁkhya
- countless
- sainikam
- soldiers
- karṇa
- to the ear
- ākṛṣṭa
- drawn back
- śara
- of arrows
- ōgha
- floods upon floods
- tyāga
- to let fly
- unmukha
- eager
- dhanurdharam
- bowmen
Meaning
Two kinds of readiness. The soldiers have already given their lives in their minds; whatever happens, they will not hold back. The archers stand with the string drawn to the ear, the full draw, waiting only to release.