मरिचैर्व्यञ्जनानीव रञ्जयन्सकलारवान् । सैन्यनिक्षिप्तकुम्भाग्निमृतयोधेरितायुधः ॥ ४५ ॥
maricairvyañjanānīva rañjayansakalāravān | sainyanikṣiptakumbhāgnimṛtayōdhēritāyudhaḥ || 45 ||
- Another reading: रञ्जयन्सकलान् रवान् (rañjayansakalān ravān) for रञ्जयन्सकलारवान्
- Another reading: सैन्यनिक्षिप्तकुम्भाग्निदग्धयोधेरितायुधः (sainyanikṣiptakumbhāgnidagdhayōdhēritāyudhaḥ) for सैन्यनिक्षिप्तकुम्भाग्निमृतयोधेरितायुधः
Translation
seasoning all the cries, as chillies season dishes; weapons let fly by warriors killed by fire from pots hurled into the army;
Word by word
- maricair
- (maricaiḥ) chillies
- vyañjanāni
- dishes
- iva
- as
- rañjayan
- seasoning
- sakala
- all
- āravān
- the cries
- sainya
- into the army
- nikṣipta
- hurled
- kumbha
- from pots
- agni
- by fire
- mṛta
- killed
- yōdha
- by warriors
- īrita
- let fly
- āyudhaḥ
- weapons
Meaning
The sound of the drawn arrows gives an edge to all the other cries, as chillies give flavour to food: a startling kitchen image, found in both commentaries. Then the fire-pots: pots full of burning chaff (the second commentary) are thrown into the ranks, and warriors burn.