यन्त्रपाषाणवर्षेण यैषाऽस्मान् परिषिञ्चति । सेनाऽनुशृङ्खलाजालवलना क्रियतां बलात् ॥ १९ ॥
yantrapāṣāṇavarṣēṇa yaiṣā’smān pariṣiñcati | sēnā’nuśṛṅkhalājālavalanā kriyatāṁ balāt || 19 ||
Translation
"This army that drenches us with a rain of stones from its machines: let it be bound by force in nets of chains."
Word by word
- yantra
- from its machines
- pāṣāṇa
- of stones
- varṣēṇa
- with a rain
- yā
- which
- ēṣā
- this
- asmān
- us
- pariṣiñcati
- drenches
- sēnā
- army
- anu
- then
- śṛṅkhalā
- of chains
- jāla
- in nets
- valanā
- bound
- kriyatāṁ
- let it be
- balāt
- by force
Meaning
A commander's order (another commentary: a warrior's words). Ancient warfare had nets and chains to trap and hold the enemy's war-machines.