गणशो नीयमानाग्र्यश्वापदारावनिर्भरः । नखाङ्गुष्ठखनत्पुङ्खप्रेङ्खारणरणारवैः ॥ ४४ ॥
gaṇaśō nīyamānāgryaśvāpadārāvanirbharaḥ | nakhāṅguṣṭhakhanatpuṅkhaprēṅkhāraṇaraṇāravaiḥ || 44 ||
Translation
filled with the cries of the great beasts of prey dragging away the best of the fallen in troops; with the "raṇa-raṇa" of the swinging feathered shafts drawn out by thumbs with their nails,
Word by word
- gaṇaśō
- (gaṇaśaḥ) in troops
- nīyamāna
- dragging away
- agrya
- the best
- śvāpada
- of the beasts of prey
- ārāva
- with the cries
- nirbharaḥ
- filled
- nakha
- with their nails
- aṅguṣṭha
- by thumbs
- khanat
- drawn out
- puṅkha
- feathered shafts
- prēṅkhā
- swinging
- raṇaraṇa
- "raṇa-raṇa"
- āravaiḥ
- with the sounds
Meaning
The scavengers come: tigers and wolves (another commentary) dragging off the fallen. And the arrows are pulled out of the bodies, by the beasts' clawed paws or by men's thumbs, with a whirring sound. The sentence runs on.