वीरदोर्द्रुमसञ्चारवहद्वननभस्थलः । कोदण्डचक्रकेङ्कारद्रवद्वैमानिकाङ्गनः ॥ ९ ॥
vīradōrdrumasañcāravahadvananabhasthalaḥ | kōdaṇḍacakrakēṅkāradravadvaimānikāṅganaḥ || 9 ||
Translation
the sky full of moving forests, the trees that were the heroes' arms; the women of the gods in their chariots fleeing at the twang of the circles of drawn bows;
Word by word
- vīra
- of the heroes
- dōr
- (doḥ) the arms
- druma
- trees
- sañcāra
- moving
- vahad
- (vahat) bearing
- vana
- forests
- nabhasthalaḥ
- the sky
- kōdaṇḍa
- of bows
- cakra
- of the circles
- kēṅkāra
- at the twang
- dravad
- (dravat) fleeing
- vaimānika
- in their chariots
- aṅganaḥ
- the women of the gods
Meaning
The heroes' arms, raised and swung, are so many that they look like a forest moving through the air. And the divine women watching from their sky-chariots shrink back at the twang of bows drawn into full circles. The spectators of 3.31 are no longer at ease.