मृतमातङ्गसङ्घाते गिराविव पिपीलिकाः । भीरवः परिलीयन्ते स्त्रियः पुंवक्षसीव च ॥ ३१ ॥
mṛtamātaṅgasaṅghātē girāviva pipīlikāḥ | bhīravaḥ parilīyantē striyaḥ puṁvakṣasīva ca || 31 ||
Translation
"Cowards hide in the heaps of dead elephants like ants in a mountain, or like women on a man's breast."
Word by word
- mṛta
- dead
- mātaṅga
- of elephants
- saṅghātē
- in the heaps
- girāv
- (girau) in a mountain
- iva
- like
- pipīlikāḥ
- ants
- bhīravaḥ
- cowards
- parilīyantē
- hide
- striyaḥ
- women
- puṁ
- a man's
- vakṣasi
- on the breast
- ca
- or
Meaning
The heaps of dead elephants are like hills, and the frightened creep into them as ants into a hillside, or as a frightened woman hides her face on a man's chest.