कबन्धबन्धसन्नेतृपातसम्पिष्टपार्श्वगः । साङ्कुशाङ्कितसङ्ख्यस्थवीरवारितवारणः ॥ ३५ ॥
kabandhabandhasannētṛpātasampiṣṭapārśvagaḥ | sāṅkuśāṅkitasaṅkhyasthavīravāritavāraṇaḥ || 35 ||
Translation
men beside them crushed by the fall of drivers bound to headless trunks; elephants held back by heroes in the battle, though marked by the goad;
Word by word
- kabandha
- to headless trunks
- bandha
- bound
- sannētṛ
- of drivers
- pāta
- by the fall
- sampiṣṭa
- crushed
- pārśvagaḥ
- men beside them
- sāṅkuśa
- with the goad
- aṅkita
- marked
- saṅkhya
- in the battle
- stha
- standing
- vīra
- by heroes
- vārita
- held back
- vāraṇaḥ
- elephants
Meaning
A grim detail. The headless trunks (kabandha) of charioteers stay in place, and the chariots, with none to guide them, run wild and crush the men beside them; the first commentary explains so. And the heroes drive back the enemy's elephants, even when the mahouts' goads urge them on.