संशान्तशङ्खसङ्घाततूर्यनिर्ह्राददुन्दुभि । भूतलाकाशसंलीनसर्वपांसुपयोधरम् ॥ १७ ॥
saṁśāntaśaṅkhasaṅghātatūryanirhrādadundubhi | bhūtalākāśasaṁlīnasarvapāṁsupayōdharam || 17 ||
Translation
its conches, trumpets and drums all silent; all its dust sunk into the ground and all its clouds into the sky;
Word by word
- saṁśānta
- silent
- śaṅkha
- conches
- saṅghāta
- all
- tūrya
- trumpets
- nirhrāda
- the sound
- dundubhi
- and drums
- bhūtala
- into the ground
- ākāśa
- and into the sky
- saṁlīna
- sunk
- sarva
- all
- pāṁsu
- its dust
- payōdharam
- and its clouds
Meaning
Even the air is still. The dust raised by the marching armies has settled, and the clouds have melted away. The first commentary: the dust had settled on the ground and the clouds in the sky. Everything waits.