नाराचासारधाराग्रलूनशूरशिरस्करः । परस्परांससङ्घट्टरणत्कङ्कटसङ्कटः ॥ ११ ॥
nārācāsāradhārāgralūnaśūraśiraskaraḥ | parasparāṁsasaṅghaṭṭaraṇatkaṅkaṭasaṅkaṭaḥ || 11 ||
Translation
heroes' heads and hands lopped off by the edges of downpours of iron arrows; thick with armour ringing as shoulder ground against shoulder;
Word by word
- nārāca
- of iron arrows
- āsāra
- of downpours
- dhārā
- by the edges
- agra
- the points
- lūna
- lopped off
- śūra
- heroes'
- śiras
- (śiraḥ) heads
- karaḥ
- and hands
- paraspara
- one another's
- aṁsa
- shoulder
- saṅghaṭṭa
- as ground against
- raṇat
- ringing
- kaṅkaṭa
- with armour
- saṅkaṭaḥ
- thick
Meaning
Nārāca are arrows wholly of iron, the heaviest kind. They fall like rain and cut off heads and hands. In the press, the fighters are so close that their shoulder-plates grind and ring together.