हा हतं सैन्यमस्माकं भटैरुद्धतमुष्टिभिः । महाप्रलयकल्लोलैः सुरशैलस्थलं यथा ॥ २३ ॥
hā hataṁ sainyamasmākaṁ bhaṭairuddhatamuṣṭibhiḥ | mahāpralayakallōlaiḥ suraśailasthalaṁ yathā || 23 ||
Translation
"Alas, our army is slain by warriors with raised fists, as the slopes of the gods' mountain are by the waves of the great dissolution."
Word by word
- hā
- alas
- hataṁ
- slain
- sainyam
- army
- asmākaṁ
- our
- bhaṭair
- (bhaṭaiḥ) by warriors
- uddhata
- raised
- muṣṭibhiḥ
- with fists
- mahā
- great
- pralaya
- of the dissolution
- kallōlaiḥ
- by the waves
- sura
- of the gods
- śaila
- mountain
- sthalaṁ
- the slopes
- yathā
- as
Meaning
A voice of defeat (the second commentary: a coward's). Meru is the mountain of the gods; only the flood at the end of an age could sweep its slopes.