किमिदं भगवन् व्योम पलालभरितं स्थितम् । नेदं पलालं वीराणामेते शरभराम्बुदाः ॥ ४ ॥
kimidaṁ bhagavan vyōma palālabharitaṁ sthitam | nēdaṁ palālaṁ vīrāṇāmētē śarabharāmbudāḥ || 4 ||
Translation
"Lord, what is this? The sky stands full of straw." "This is not straw: these are the clouds of the heroes' masses of arrows."
Word by word
- kim
- what
- idaṁ
- this
- bhagavan
- lord
- vyōma
- the sky
- palāla
- with straw
- bharitaṁ
- full
- sthitam
- stands
- na
- not
- palālaṁ
- straw
- vīrāṇām
- of the heroes
- ētē
- these
- śara
- of arrows
- bhara
- masses
- ambudāḥ
- clouds
Meaning
A short exchange, someone asking an elder (another commentary). The arrows are so thick in the air that they look like straw blown about; the answer corrects him.