एषा प्रसृतदोर्दण्डभटखड्गच्छटात्कृतिः । कठिनात् कङ्कटाज्जाता मृत्योरेवोग्रहुंकृतिः ॥ ४० ॥
ēṣā prasṛtadōrdaṇḍabhaṭakhaḍgacchaṭātkṛtiḥ | kaṭhināt kaṅkaṭājjātā mṛtyōrēvōgrahuṁkṛtiḥ || 40 ||
Translation
"This crack of the warriors' swords from their outstretched arms, born from hard armour, is the fierce roar of Death himself."
Word by word
- ēṣā
- this
- prasṛta
- outstretched
- dōrdaṇḍa
- from their arms
- bhaṭa
- of the warriors
- khaḍga
- of swords
- chaṭātkṛtiḥ
- crack
- kaṭhināt
- hard
- kaṅkaṭāj
- (kaṅkaṭāt) from armour
- jātā
- born
- mṛtyōr
- (mṛtyoḥ) of Death
- ēva
- himself
- ugra
- fierce
- huṁkṛtiḥ
- roar
Meaning
The sound of sword on armour is so terrible that it seems to be Death shouting.