भ्रमद्भिर्ग्रहमार्गेषु शिरोभिर्वीरभूभृताम् । आयुधांशुलतानाललग्नासिदलकण्टकैः ॥ २९ ॥
bhramadbhirgrahamārgēṣu śirōbhirvīrabhūbhṛtām | āyudhāṁśulatānālalagnāsidalakaṇṭakaiḥ || 29 ||
Translation
"With the heads of heroic kings whirling in the paths of the planets, with stalks that are creepers of the gleam of weapons, sword-blade petals and thorns stuck to them,
Word by word
- bhramadbhir
- (bhramadbhiḥ) whirling
- graha
- of the planets
- mārgēṣu
- in the paths
- śirōbhir
- (śirobhiḥ) with the heads
- vīra
- heroic
- bhūbhṛtām
- of kings
- āyudha
- of weapons
- aṁśu
- of the gleam
- latā
- creepers
- nāla
- with stalks
- lagna
- stuck to them
- asi
- sword
- dala
- blade petals
- kaṇṭakaiḥ
- and thorns
Meaning
Another long image, completed in the next verse: the sky is a lotus pond. The heads are the lotuses, the gleam of weapons their stalks, the blades their petals and thorns.