विविधायुधसङ्घट्टखण्डितोग्रास्थिकोटयः । खे कवन्त्यः कणत्कारैः प्रसृतास्तारका इव ॥ २७ ॥
vividhāyudhasaṅghaṭṭakhaṇḍitōgrāsthikōṭayaḥ | khē kavantyaḥ kaṇatkāraiḥ prasṛtāstārakā iva || 27 ||
Translation
"Points of bone, cut sharp in the clash of every kind of weapon, sounding with a clink, are spread in the sky like stars."
Word by word
- vividha
- every kind of
- āyudha
- of weapon
- saṅghaṭṭa
- in the clash
- khaṇḍita
- cut
- ugra
- sharp
- asthi
- of bone
- kōṭayaḥ
- points
- khē
- in the sky
- kavantyaḥ
- sounding
- kaṇatkāraiḥ
- with a clink
- prasṛtās
- (prasṛtāḥ) are spread
- tārakā
- stars
- iva
- like
Meaning
Splinters of bone fly up and hang glinting in the air. Both commentaries: the bones, cracking, spread through the sky like stars.