आदिवं रचिताकाराः कुन्तकाननकान्तयः । वीराणां स्वर्गमारोढुमिव सोपानपङ्क्तयः ॥ २१ ॥
ādivaṁ racitākārāḥ kuntakānanakāntayaḥ | vīrāṇāṁ svargamārōḍhumiva sōpānapaṅktayaḥ || 21 ||
Translation
"The gleaming forests of lances, shaped as far as heaven, are like flights of stairs for the heroes to climb to heaven."
Word by word
- ādivaṁ
- as far as heaven
- racita
- shaped
- ākārāḥ
- whose form is
- kunta
- of lances
- kānana
- forests
- kāntayaḥ
- gleaming
- vīrāṇāṁ
- for the heroes
- svargam
- to heaven
- ārōḍhum
- to climb
- iva
- like
- sōpāna
- of stairs
- paṅktayaḥ
- flights
Meaning
The lances held upright in rows reach so high that they look like staircases into the sky. The image fits the belief of v. 5: the brave go up.