वृक्षश्वभ्रतटीच्छन्नचक्रशक्त्यृष्टिमुद्गरः । शरोर्णातन्तुनीरन्ध्रवृष्टियोधाद्रिमेखलः ॥ २४ ॥
vṛkṣaśvabhrataṭīcchannacakraśaktyṛṣṭimudgaraḥ | śarōrṇātantunīrandhravṛṣṭiyōdhādrimēkhalaḥ || 24 ||
Translation
discs, spears, lances and maces caught in trees, pits and banks; the mountain-sides of warriors woven without a gap by a rain of arrows like spiders' threads;
Word by word
- vṛkṣa
- in trees
- śvabhra
- pits
- taṭī
- and banks
- channa
- caught
- cakra
- discs
- śaktya
- (śakti) spears
- ṛṣṭi
- lances
- mudgaraḥ
- and maces
- śara
- of arrows
- ūrṇātantu
- like spiders' threads
- nīrandhra
- without a gap
- vṛṣṭi
- by a rain
- yōdha
- of warriors
- adri
- the mountain
- mēkhalaḥ
- sides
Meaning
Weapons thrown to kill miss and stick in trees, holes and slopes; the first commentary: they are stopped by trees and pits. And the warriors stand like mountains, their flanks so thick with arrows that they seem wrapped in spider-web.