Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.33.8

Translation

sparks of fire flying up with the clang of ringing armour; the sky full of birds that were the fragments of weapons shattered in the clash;

Word by word

nadat

ringing

kaṅkaṭa

of armour

ṭaṅkāra

with the clang

prōḍḍīna

flying up

kaṇa

sparks

pāvakaḥ

of fire

paraspara

in the clash

āhati

struck

chinna

shattered

hēti

of weapons

khaṇḍa

the fragments

khaga

with birds

ambaraḥ

the sky

Meaning

Where blades strike armour, sparks leap. Where weapon meets weapon, pieces break off and fly through the air like birds. Both commentaries take the image so.