प्रलयार्णवकल्लोल इवोत्पत्योद्भये भटे । जहौ सानाविव शिलां भटस्योरसि मुद्गरम् ॥ ४ ॥
pralayārṇavakallōla ivōtpatyōdbhayē bhaṭē | jahau sānāviva śilāṁ bhaṭasyōrasi mudgaram || 4 ||
Translation
a warrior who leapt out, fearless, like a wave of the ocean at the world's end, hurled his mace at the man's chest, like a rock onto a mountain slope.
Word by word
- pralaya
- at the world's end
- arṇava
- of the ocean
- kallōla
- a wave
- iva
- like
- utpatya
- who leapt out
- udbhayē
- fearless
- bhaṭē
- a warrior
- jahau
- hurled
- sānāv
- (sānau) onto a slope
- śilāṁ
- a rock
- bhaṭasya
- the man's
- urasi
- at the chest
- mudgaram
- his mace
Meaning
One champion springs out of the enemy line, like a single great wave rising from the sea at the end of an age. Vidūratha answers at once, and his mace strikes the man's chest as a falling rock strikes a hillside. The first blow, which both armies waited for so long (3.32.9–16), is struck by the king himself.