खड्गर्ष्टिवृष्टिसम्पुष्टराजपूजितसैनिकः । शूलोत्तम्भितसच्छूरग्रहणोद्यमिताप्सराः ॥ ३० ॥
khaḍgarṣṭivṛṣṭisampuṣṭarājapūjitasainikaḥ | śūlōttambhitasacchūragrahaṇōdyamitāpsarāḥ || 30 ||
Translation
soldiers honoured by their kings, made glad by the showers of swords and spears; apsarases making ready to claim the true heroes lifted on the points of tridents;
Word by word
- khaḍga
- of swords
- ṛṣṭi
- and spears
- vṛṣṭi
- by the showers
- sampuṣṭa
- made glad
- rāja
- by their kings
- pūjita
- honoured
- sainikaḥ
- soldiers
- śūla
- of tridents
- uttambhita
- lifted on the points
- sac
- (sat) the true
- chūra
- (śūra) heroes
- grahaṇa
- to claim
- udyamita
- making ready
- apsarāḥ
- apsarases
Meaning
The kings honour the soldiers who fight well (the first commentary: pleased with the skilled rain of swords and knives). And the apsarases of 3.31 move to claim the heroes who fall, pierced on tridents. They have come for the true heroes only.