हेतिसंघट्टविक्षोभमुष्टिग्राह्यझणज्झणः । चिरमास्फोटकास्फोटलुठच्चटचटारवः ॥ १३ ॥
hētisaṁghaṭṭavikṣōbhamuṣṭigrāhyajhaṇajjhaṇaḥ | ciramāsphōṭakāsphōṭaluṭhaccaṭacaṭāravaḥ || 13 ||
Translation
a "jhaṇa-jhaṇa" one could almost grasp in the fist, from the stir of clashing weapons; a crackling "caṭa-caṭa" rolling from the long slapping of arms in challenge;
Word by word
- hēti
- of weapons
- saṁghaṭṭa
- from the clashing
- vikṣōbha
- stir
- muṣṭi
- in the fist
- grāhya
- one could grasp
- jhaṇajjhaṇaḥ
- a "jhaṇa-jhaṇa"
- ciram
- long
- āsphōṭaka
- of those slapping their arms
- āsphōṭa
- from the slapping
- luṭhat
- rolling
- caṭacaṭa
- "caṭa-caṭa"
- āravaḥ
- a crackling
Meaning
Two more sounds, so thick they seem solid. The clang of weapons is a sound "one could grasp in the fist". And the wrestlers' challenge: warriors slap their upper arms loudly to defy the enemy (āsphoṭa), and the slaps crackle like fire. The first commentary: the clapping of the heroes' arms went on and on.