कष्टटाङ्कारकोदण्डकुण्डलोन्मथनोद्भटः । अशङ्कमेव पातालादिवोद्यत्सैनिकोर्मिमान् ॥ ११ ॥
kaṣṭaṭāṅkārakōdaṇḍakuṇḍalōnmathanōdbhaṭaḥ | aśaṅkamēva pātālādivōdyatsainikōrmimān || 11 ||
Translation
bold in churning the coils of bows with their painful twang; swelling with waves of soldiers rising fearless, as if from the underworld;
Word by word
- kaṣṭa
- painful
- ṭāṅkāra
- with their twang
- kōdaṇḍa
- of bows
- kuṇḍala
- the coils
- unmathana
- in churning
- udbhaṭaḥ
- bold
- aśaṅkam
- fearless
- ēva
- indeed
- pātālād
- (pātālāt) from the underworld
- iva
- as if
- udyat
- rising
- sainika
- of soldiers
- ūrmimān
- swelling with waves
Meaning
The bows bent into circles are like coiled serpents of the deep, and the warriors fight among them. The ranks keep rising like waves out of the depths of Pātāla.