रजोरचितनीहारः कचत्प्रवहदायुधः । एकीकृतघनक्षोभसैन्यसागरगर्जितः ॥ २२ ॥
rajōracitanīhāraḥ kacatpravahadāyudhaḥ | ēkīkṛtaghanakṣōbhasainyasāgaragarjitaḥ || 22 ||
Translation
a mist made of dust; weapons gleaming and flowing; the roar of an ocean of armies, all their dense turmoil made one;
Word by word
- rajō
- (rajaḥ) of dust
- racita
- made
- nīhāraḥ
- a mist
- kacat
- gleaming
- pravahad
- (pravahat) flowing
- āyudhaḥ
- weapons
- ēkī
- one
- kṛta
- made
- ghana
- dense
- kṣōbha
- turmoil
- sainya
- of armies
- sāgara
- of an ocean
- garjitaḥ
- the roar
Meaning
The dust of the four arms of the army (foot, horse, elephant, chariot) hangs like fog. Through it the weapons flash. The noise of both hosts is one roar, like the sea's.