प्रहारपातसम्प्रेक्षानिष्पन्दासंख्यसैनिकम् । अन्योन्योत्कण्ठकाठिन्यभरभ्रुकुटिसङ्कटम् ॥ १३ ॥
prahārapātasamprēkṣāniṣpandāsaṁkhyasainikam | anyōnyōtkaṇṭhakāṭhinyabharabhrukuṭisaṅkaṭam || 13 ||
Translation
countless soldiers motionless, watching for the fall of the first blow; dreadful with frowns, heavy with the hardness of their eagerness for one another;
Word by word
- prahāra
- of the first blow
- pāta
- for the fall
- samprēkṣā
- watching
- niṣpanda
- motionless
- asaṁkhya
- countless
- sainikam
- soldiers
- anyōnya
- for one another
- utkaṇṭha
- of their eagerness
- kāṭhinya
- the hardness
- bhara
- heavy with
- bhrukuṭi
- with frowns
- saṅkaṭam
- dreadful
Meaning
The whole host stands without moving, as if painted (the first commentary), every man watching for the first blow. The frowns on both sides are hard and heavy: each army is eager for the other, as for a prey.