केतुपट्टमृणालाङ्गदलैर्लब्धशिलीमुखैः । वहद्वातचलत्पद्मं नभः पद्मसरः कृतम् ॥ ३० ॥
kētupaṭṭamṛṇālāṅgadalairlabdhaśilīmukhaiḥ | vahadvātacalatpadmaṁ nabhaḥ padmasaraḥ kṛtam || 30 ||
Translation
with the cloth of banners for leaves and fibres and armlets for petals, with arrows for bees, the sky, its lotuses stirring in the moving wind, has been made a lotus pond."
Word by word
- kētu
- of banners
- paṭṭa
- with the cloth
- mṛṇāla
- fibres
- aṅgada
- armlets
- dalair
- (dalaiḥ) for petals
- labdha
- with
- śilīmukhaiḥ
- arrows for bees
- vahad
- (vahat) moving
- vāta
- in the wind
- calat
- stirring
- padmaṁ
- its lotuses
- nabhaḥ
- the sky
- padma
- a lotus
- saraḥ
- pond
- kṛtam
- has been made
Meaning
The picture completed: the banners are leaves, the armlets petals, the arrows bees. The sky over the battle is a lotus pond ruffled by the wind. Both commentaries take it so.