भुशुण्डीशक्तिशूलासिमुसलप्रासवृष्टयः । अन्योन्यच्छेदभेदाभ्यां करप्रकरतोऽपतन् ॥ ४७ ॥
bhuśuṇḍīśaktiśūlāsimusalaprāsavṛṣṭayaḥ | anyōnyacchēdabhēdābhyāṁ karaprakaratō’patan || 47 ||
Translation
Showers of bhuśuṇḍīs, spears, tridents, swords, pestles and lances fell from hosts of hands, cutting and splitting one another.
Word by word
- bhuśuṇḍī
- of bhuśuṇḍīs
- śakti
- spears
- śūla
- tridents
- asi
- swords
- musala
- pestles
- prāsa
- and lances
- vṛṣṭayaḥ
- showers
- anyōnya
- one another
- cchēda
- cutting
- bhēdābhyāṁ
- and splitting
- kara
- of hands
- prakaratō
- (prakarataḥ) from hosts
- apatan
- fell
Meaning
One of the few verses in the narrator's own voice: the weapons are so many that they meet and break each other in the air before they reach anyone.
