सुतालोत्तालकुद्दालनिखातवनभूतलः । धनुर्द्विगुणमात्रास्तलूनलोकशिलावनिः ॥ ४१ ॥
sutālōttālakuddālanikhātavanabhūtalaḥ | dhanurdviguṇamātrāstalūnalōkaśilāvaniḥ || 41 ||
- Another reading: धनुर्द्विगुणमात्रास्तलूनलोकशिलावलिः (dhanurdviguṇamātrāstalūnalōkaśilāvaliḥ) for धनुर्द्विगुणमात्रास्तलूनलोकशिलावनिः
Translation
the forest ground dug up by tall men like palm trees with good spades; its ground strewn with men and rocks cut down, as far as twice a bow-shot;
Word by word
- su
- good
- tāla
- palm trees
- uttāla
- tall like
- kuddāla
- with spades
- nikhāta
- dug up
- vana
- the forest
- bhūtalaḥ
- ground
- dhanur
- (dhanuḥ) a bow-shot
- dviguṇa
- twice
- mātra
- as far as
- asta
- strewn
- lūna
- cut down
- lōka
- with men
- śilā
- and rocks
- avaniḥ
- its ground
Meaning
Men as tall as palms dig up the forest floor; the first commentary: they levelled it for the fighting. And within twice a bow-shot, the range of the battle, the ground is covered with fallen men and broken rock.