परस्परमुखालोककोपप्रोद्दामितायुधम् । अन्योन्यबद्धदृष्टित्वाच्चित्रभित्ताविवार्पितम् ॥ ७ ॥
parasparamukhālōkakōpaprōddāmitāyudham | anyōnyabaddhadṛṣṭitvāccitrabhittāvivārpitam || 7 ||
Translation
its weapons raised high in anger at the sight of the faces opposite; as if painted on a wall, since each man's eyes were fixed on another's;
Word by word
- paraspara
- opposite
- mukha
- of the faces
- ālōka
- at the sight
- kōpa
- in anger
- prōddāmita
- raised high
- āyudham
- its weapons
- anyōnya
- on one another
- baddha
- fixed
- dṛṣṭitvāc
- (dṛṣṭitvāt) since the eyes were
- citra
- painted
- bhittāv
- (bhittau) on a wall
- iva
- as if
- arpitam
- set
Meaning
Each soldier looks into the face of the enemy across the line, and anger lifts his weapon. And because every eye is fixed, no one moves: the two armies stand like a battle painted on a wall, full of fury and perfectly still.