गदातुषारविगलत्स्फुरिताङ्गददिङ्मुखः । प्रासप्रसभसम्पिष्टकष्टचेष्टतयोत्कटः ॥ ३१ ॥
gadātuṣāravigalatsphuritāṅgadadiṅmukhaḥ | prāsaprasabhasampiṣṭakaṣṭacēṣṭatayōtkaṭaḥ || 31 ||
Translation
the faces of the quarters with bright armlets dropping in the frost of maces; terrible with the painful writhing of those crushed by lances with all force;
Word by word
- gadā
- of maces
- tuṣāra
- in the frost
- vigalat
- dropping
- sphurita
- bright
- aṅgada
- with armlets
- diṅmukhaḥ
- the faces of the quarters
- prāsa
- by lances
- prasabha
- with all force
- sampiṣṭa
- of those crushed
- kaṣṭa
- painful
- cēṣṭatayā
- with the writhing
- utkaṭaḥ
- terrible
Meaning
The maces fall like frost on lotuses: as frost withers lotus-faces, so the maces strike down the warriors, and their bright armlets drop. The first commentary gives the image of lotuses melting under snow. Those crushed by the heavy lances writhe in pain.