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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.33.26

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
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Verses
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Level
intermediate

Sarga 33 · Verse 26

Verse 26

मरणव्यग्रकृत्ताङ्गयोधाक्रन्दातिघर्घरः । कुठाराघातसङ्घातविदलन्मस्तकव्रजः ॥ २६ ॥

maraṇavyagrakṛttāṅgayōdhākrandātighargharaḥ | kuṭhārāghātasaṅghātavidalanmastakavrajaḥ || 26 ||

Translation

a deep rattle of the moans of warriors with cut limbs, struggling in death; hosts of heads split by the blows of axes;

Word by word

maraṇa
in death
vyagra
struggling
kṛtta
with cut
aṅga
limbs
yōdha
of warriors
ākranda
of the moans
ati
deep
ghargharaḥ
a rattle
kuṭhāra
of axes
āghāta
by the blows
saṅghāta
the many
vidalan
(vidalat) split
mastaka
of heads
vrajaḥ
hosts

Meaning

Among the clash, the sound of the dying: men with severed limbs, writhing and groaning. And the axes falling, splitting heads.