परशुव्रातसम्पातपतत्समदवारणः । पाशापाशिविशेषज्ञवीरातिपरिदेवनः ॥ ३६ ॥
paraśuvrātasampātapatatsamadavāraṇaḥ | pāśāpāśiviśēṣajñavīrātiparidēvanaḥ || 36 ||
Translation
elephants in rut falling under the blows of hosts of axes; heroes skilled in the noose-fight, wailing much;
Word by word
- paraśu
- of axes
- vrāta
- of hosts
- sampāta
- under the blows
- patat
- falling
- samada
- in rut
- vāraṇaḥ
- elephants
- pāśāpāśi
- in the noose-fight
- viśēṣajña
- skilled
- vīra
- heroes
- ati
- much
- paridēvanaḥ
- wailing
Meaning
The first half repeats the second half of v. 32. The pāśa is the noose, a weapon of capture; heroes who know that fight stake their lives in it. The first commentary: they gambled their lives; another commentary: their game was played with their lives as the stake. "Wailing much" (atiparidevana): the noose brings slow death.