हा हा धिक् प्रविकटकंकटाननोद्यत्- प्रोड्डीनप्रकटतडिच्छटाप्रतप्ताः । क्रेङ्कारस्फुरितगुणेरिता रणन्तो नाराचाः शिखरिशिलागणं वहन्ति ॥ ५२ ॥
hā hā dhik pravikaṭakaṁkaṭānanōdyat- prōḍḍīnaprakaṭataḍicchaṭāprataptāḥ | krēṅkārasphuritaguṇēritā raṇantō nārācāḥ śikhariśilāgaṇaṁ vahanti || 52 ||
- Another reading: प्रविकटकंकटाननोद्य- (pravikaṭakaṁkaṭānanōdya-) for प्रविकटकंकटाननोद्यत्-
Translation
"Alas, alas, shame! The ringing iron arrows, loosed by bowstrings quivering with a twang, scorched by flashes of lightning that leap from the faces of the huge armour, carry off only the rocks of the mountains."
Word by word
- hā
- alas
- dhik
- shame
- pravikaṭa
- huge
- kaṁkaṭa
- of the armour
- ānana
- from the faces
- udyat
- that leap
- prōḍḍīna
- flying up
- prakaṭa
- bright
- taḍit
- of lightning
- chaṭā
- by flashes
- prataptāḥ
- scorched
- krēṅkāra
- with a twang
- sphurita
- quivering
- guṇa
- by bowstrings
- īritā
- loosed
- raṇantō
- (raṇantaḥ) ringing
- nārācāḥ
- the iron arrows
- śikhari
- of the mountains
- śilā
- the rocks
- gaṇaṁ
- the mass
- vahanti
- carry off
Meaning
Archers lament their arrows, wasted on the enemy's thick armour: they strike sparks like lightning and glance off into the hills. Both commentaries: the warriors grieving for their arrows, fruitless against the armour.