अनन्यशब्दाविरतहताहतिरणज्झणैः । गायतीव क्षतक्षोभमुदितो रणभैरवः ॥ ४९ ॥
ananyaśabdāviratahatāhatiraṇajjhaṇaiḥ | gāyatīva kṣatakṣōbhamuditō raṇabhairavaḥ || 49 ||
Translation
"With the ceaseless "raṇa-jhaṇa" of blows struck and struck back, with no other sound, Bhairava of the battle, delighted by the turmoil of the wounded, seems to sing."
Word by word
- ananya
- with no other
- śabda
- sound
- avirata
- ceaseless
- hata
- struck
- āhati
- and struck back
- raṇajjhaṇaiḥ
- with the "raṇa-jhaṇa"
- gāyati
- sings
- iva
- seems to
- kṣata
- of the wounded
- kṣōbha
- by the turmoil
- muditō
- (muditaḥ) delighted
- raṇa
- of the battle
- bhairavaḥ
- Bhairava
Meaning
Bhairava is Śiva in his terrible form, lord of the cremation ground. Here he is "the Bhairava of the battle", glad of the slaughter, and the clash of weapons is his song.