युध्यध्वमग्रतो मूढा नयतार्द्धमृतान्नरान् । निजान् पादप्रहारेण मैतान् दारयताऽधमाः ॥ २४ ॥
yudhyadhvamagratō mūḍhā nayatārddhamṛtānnarān | nijān pādaprahārēṇa maitān dārayatā’dhamāḥ || 24 ||
Translation
"Fight at the front, fools! Carry the half-dead men away! Don't crush your own men with your kicks, you wretches!"
Word by word
- yudhyadhvam
- fight
- agratō
- (agrataḥ) at the front
- mūḍhā
- fools
- nayata
- carry away
- arddha
- half
- mṛtān
- dead
- narān
- the men
- nijān
- your own men
- pāda
- with your feet
- prahārēṇa
- with kicks
- mā
- don't
- ētān
- them
- dārayata
- crush
- adhamāḥ
- you wretches
Meaning
A commander shouting at his troops (the second commentary: a general's words). In the press, men trample their own wounded.