चक्रक्रकचसञ्चारच्छिन्नाश्वनरवारणः । परशुव्रातसम्पातपतत्समदवारणः ॥ ३२ ॥
cakrakrakacasañcāracchinnāśvanaravāraṇaḥ | paraśuvrātasampātapatatsamadavāraṇaḥ || 32 ||
Translation
horses, men and elephants cut down by the sweep of discs and saws; elephants in rut falling under the blows of hosts of axes;
Word by word
- cakra
- of discs
- krakaca
- and saws
- sañcāra
- by the sweep
- chinna
- cut down
- aśva
- horses
- nara
- men
- vāraṇaḥ
- elephants
- paraśu
- of axes
- vrāta
- of hosts
- sampāta
- under the blows
- patat
- falling
- samada
- in rut
Meaning
The discs (cakra) and saw-edged weapons (krakaca) cut through horse, man and elephant alike, and the great elephants go down under the axes. The text repeats this half-verse as the first half of v. 36.