कटेषु करिणां कीर्णा धारानाराचराजयः । पतिता इव सम्पूर्णाः शृङ्गसङ्घेषु वृष्टयः ॥ १७ ॥
kaṭēṣu kariṇāṁ kīrṇā dhārānārācarājayaḥ | patitā iva sampūrṇāḥ śṛṅgasaṅghēṣu vṛṣṭayaḥ || 17 ||
Translation
"Streams of iron arrows lie scattered over the temples of the elephants, like full rains fallen on clusters of peaks."
Word by word
- kaṭēṣu
- over the temples
- kariṇāṁ
- of the elephants
- kīrṇā
- lie scattered
- dhārā
- streams
- nārāca
- of iron arrows
- rājayaḥ
- rows
- patitā
- fallen
- iva
- like
- sampūrṇāḥ
- full
- śṛṅga
- of peaks
- saṅghēṣu
- on clusters
- vṛṣṭayaḥ
- rains
Meaning
The war-elephants are like mountains, and the arrows on their heads like rain on mountain-tops.