आपादशृङ्खलाप्रोतभ्रमत्स्थूलोपलद्वयम् । भ्रामयंश्चित्रदण्डाख्यं चक्रमूर्ध्वभुजो जवात् ॥ १२ ॥
āpādaśṛṅkhalāprōtabhramatsthūlōpaladvayam | bhrāmayaṁścitradaṇḍākhyaṁ cakramūrdhvabhujō javāt || 12 ||
Translation
"Whirling at speed, arm raised, the discus called Citradaṇḍa, with two huge stones strung on a chain hanging to his feet,
Word by word
- āpāda
- hanging to his feet
- śṛṅkhalā
- on a chain
- prōta
- strung
- bhramat
- whirling
- sthūla
- huge
- upala
- stones
- dvayam
- with two
- bhrāmayaṁś
- (bhrāmayan) whirling
- citradaṇḍa
- Citradaṇḍa
- ākhyaṁ
- called
- cakram
- the discus
- ūrdhva
- raised
- bhujō
- (bhujaḥ) arm
- javāt
- at speed
Meaning
A coward to a coward (the first commentary). A terrible fighter comes on, swinging a strange weapon: a discus with two heavy stones on a long chain. The sentence goes on.