चलद्द्विरेफनिर्ह्रादो रसत्तूर्यगुहागुरुः । चिरात् ससैन्यजलदो लुठद्भटमृगाधिपः ॥ १७ ॥
caladdvirēphanirhrādō rasattūryaguhāguruḥ | cirāt sasainyajaladō luṭhadbhaṭamṛgādhipaḥ || 17 ||
Translation
its hum the moving bees; great with caves that are sounding trumpets; its clouds, at last, the army with its elephants; its lions the rolling warriors;
Word by word
- calad
- (calat) moving
- dvirēpha
- bees
- nirhrādō
- (nirhrādaḥ) its hum
- rasat
- sounding
- tūrya
- trumpets
- guhā
- with caves
- guruḥ
- great
- cirāt
- at last
- sa
- with
- sainya
- the army
- jaladō
- (jaladaḥ) its clouds
- luṭhad
- (luṭhat) rolling
- bhaṭa
- the warriors
- mṛgādhipaḥ
- its lions
Meaning
The forest image continued. The soldiers moving everywhere are bees; the trumpets are caves that roar; the massed army is the cloud over the mountain; the fallen warriors are lions rolling on the ground. Both commentaries give these.