धगद्धगितिविच्छिन्नकण्ठोत्थप्राणलोहितः । छिन्नबाहुशिरःखड्गखण्डनिर्विवराम्बरः ॥ १५ ॥
dhagaddhagitivicchinnakaṇṭhōtthaprāṇalōhitaḥ | chinnabāhuśiraḥkhaḍgakhaṇḍanirvivarāmbaraḥ || 15 ||
Translation
life and blood gushing "dhagad-dhag" from severed throats; the sky without a gap for severed arms and heads and shards of swords;
Word by word
- dhagaddhagiti
- with "dhagad-dhag"
- vicchinna
- severed
- kaṇṭha
- from throats
- uttha
- gushing
- prāṇa
- life
- lōhitaḥ
- and blood
- chinna
- severed
- bāhu
- arms
- śiraḥ
- heads
- khaḍga
- of swords
- khaṇḍa
- shards
- nirvivara
- without a gap
- ambaraḥ
- the sky
Meaning
The poetry does not look away. From cut throats the breath of life and the blood come out together, with the sound "dhag-dhag". The air is so full of flying limbs and broken blades that no space is left in it.