करवालविलूनाग्रच्छत्रपङ्कजपाण्डुरः । क्षेपणक्षोभसङ्क्षीणसैन्यक्षोभोऽप्यलक्षणः ॥ ३४ ॥
karavālavilūnāgracchatrapaṅkajapāṇḍuraḥ | kṣēpaṇakṣōbhasaṅkṣīṇasainyakṣōbhō’pyalakṣaṇaḥ || 34 ||
Translation
white with lotuses that were parasols with their tops slashed off by swords; past all reckoning, the soldiers' fear wasted away by the stir of missiles;
Word by word
- karavāla
- by swords
- vilūna
- slashed off
- agra
- with their tops
- chatra
- parasols
- paṅkaja
- with lotuses
- pāṇḍuraḥ
- white
- kṣēpaṇa
- of missiles
- kṣōbha
- by the stir
- saṅkṣīṇa
- wasted away
- sainya
- the soldiers'
- kṣōbhō
- (kṣobhaḥ) fear
- api
- even
- alakṣaṇaḥ
- past all reckoning
Meaning
The royal parasols, cut down, lie white over the field like lotuses. The first commentary: and the heroes' ear-ornaments too. The fear the soldiers felt before the battle (3.32) is gone, worn away by the din: in the thick of it, no one is counting dangers.