पतनोत्पतनव्यग्रशिरःशकलसीकरः । आवर्तचक्रव्यूहेषु प्रभ्रमद्भटकाष्ठकः ॥ १० ॥
patanōtpatanavyagraśiraḥśakalasīkaraḥ | āvartacakravyūhēṣu prabhramadbhaṭakāṣṭhakaḥ || 10 ||
Translation
its spray the pieces of heads busy falling and rising; its driftwood the warriors spinning in the formations of discs that are whirlpools;
Word by word
- patana
- falling
- utpatana
- and rising
- vyagra
- busy
- śiraḥ
- of heads
- śakala
- the pieces
- sīkaraḥ
- its spray
- āvarta
- that are whirlpools
- cakra
- of discs
- vyūhēṣu
- in the formations
- prabhramad
- (prabhramat) spinning
- bhaṭa
- the warriors
- kāṣṭhakaḥ
- its driftwood
Meaning
Heads tossed up and falling are the spray; the warriors caught in the wheeling ranks are logs whirled in an eddy.