सद्यश्छिन्नं महामेरोः पक्षद्वयमिव स्फुरत् । क्षुब्धमारुतनिर्धूतमिव कज्जलपर्वतम् ॥ २६ ॥
sadyaśchinnaṁ mahāmērōḥ pakṣadvayamiva sphurat | kṣubdhamārutanirdhūtamiva kajjalaparvatam || 26 ||
Translation
flashing like the two wings of great Meru just cut off; like a mountain of lampblack shaken by a raging wind;
Word by word
- sadyaś
- (sadyaḥ) just
- chinnaṁ
- cut off
- mahā
- great
- mērōḥ
- of Meru
- pakṣa
- wings
- dvayam
- the two
- iva
- like
- sphurat
- flashing
- kṣubdha
- raging
- māruta
- by a wind
- nirdhūtam
- shaken
- kajjala
- of lampblack
- parvatam
- a mountain
Meaning
By old legend the mountains once had wings and flew, until Indra cut them off with his thunderbolt. The two armies, one on each side, are like the two wings of Meru itself, still quivering as they fall. And they are dark with iron, like a mountain of soot (kajjala) blown about by a gale.