मेघविश्रान्तविच्छिन्नपताकापटचामरः । यन्त्रपाषाणचक्रौघदूरविद्रुतखेचरः ॥ २५ ॥
mēghaviśrāntavicchinnapatākāpaṭacāmaraḥ | yantrapāṣāṇacakraughadūravidrutakhēcaraḥ || 25 ||
Translation
banners, cloths and chowries torn by lightning resting in the clouds; birds driven far away by showers of stones and discs from machines;
Word by word
- mēgha
- in the clouds
- viśrānta
- by lightning resting
- vicchinna
- torn
- patākā
- banners
- paṭa
- cloths
- cāmaraḥ
- and chowries
- yantra
- from machines
- pāṣāṇa
- of stones
- cakra
- and discs
- ōgha
- by showers
- dūra
- far away
- vidruta
- driven
- khēcaraḥ
- birds
Meaning
The banners flying high are torn, as if by the lightning that lives in clouds. Siege-machines (yantra) hurl stones and discs, and the birds flee far from the sky over the field.