दृश्यन्ते हेतिदलिताश्छत्रचामरकेतवः । आकाशक्षेत्रविक्षिप्ता यशःशालिलता इव ॥ ३८ ॥
dṛśyantē hētidalitāśchatracāmarakētavaḥ | ākāśakṣētravikṣiptā yaśaḥśālilatā iva || 38 ||
Translation
"Parasols, chowries and banners split by weapons are seen scattered over the field of the sky like stalks of the rice of fame."
Word by word
- dṛśyantē
- are seen
- hēti
- by weapons
- dalitāś
- (dalitāḥ) split
- chatra
- parasols
- cāmara
- chowries
- kētavaḥ
- and banners
- ākāśa
- of the sky
- kṣētra
- over the field
- vikṣiptā
- scattered
- yaśaḥ
- of fame
- śāli
- of the rice
- latā
- like stalks
- iva
- like
Meaning
Fame grows from deeds as rice grows from sown seed, and the torn emblems lying across the sky are its harvest.