क्षुरिकाकुक्षिनिर्भेदगलत्पद्मपतज्जनः । त्रिशूलवलनोन्मत्तशूरसङ्करनर्तनः ॥ ३७ ॥
kṣurikākukṣinirbhēdagalatpadmapatajjanaḥ | triśūlavalanōnmattaśūrasaṅkaranartanaḥ || 37 ||
Translation
men falling, their lotus hearts dropping out as daggers split their bellies; heroes dancing in the throng, frenzied with whirling their tridents;
Word by word
- kṣurikā
- as daggers
- kukṣi
- their bellies
- nirbhēda
- split
- galat
- dropping out
- padma
- their lotus hearts
- pataj
- (patat) falling
- janaḥ
- men
- triśūla
- their tridents
- valana
- with whirling
- unmatta
- frenzied
- śūra
- heroes
- saṅkara
- in the throng
- nartanaḥ
- dancing
Meaning
The daggers (kṣurikā) are for close fighting; the heart, always a lotus in poetry, falls out of the opened body. The trident-bearers whirl their weapons as if in a wild dance.