गमागमपरानन्तपताकाच्छत्रफेनिलः । वहद्रक्तनदीरंहःप्रोह्यमानरथद्रुमः ॥ १२ ॥
gamāgamaparānantapatākācchatraphēnilaḥ | vahadraktanadīraṁhaḥprōhyamānarathadrumaḥ || 12 ||
Translation
foaming with countless banners and parasols coming and going; its trees the chariots carried off by the rush of flowing rivers of blood;
Word by word
- gamāgama
- coming and going
- para
- busy
- ananta
- countless
- patākā
- with banners
- chatra
- and parasols
- phēnilaḥ
- foaming
- vahad
- (vahat) flowing
- rakta
- of blood
- nadī
- of rivers
- raṁhaḥ
- by the rush
- prōhyamāna
- carried off
- ratha
- the chariots
- drumaḥ
- its trees
Meaning
The banners and parasols, rising and falling, are the foam. The chariots swept away in streams of blood are trees uprooted by a flood.