प्रोत्पतत्पदपुष्पौघः पताकाच्छत्रवारिदः । वहद्रक्तनदीपूरपतत्साराववारणः ॥ १९ ॥
prōtpatatpadapuṣpaughaḥ patākācchatravāridaḥ | vahadraktanadīpūrapatatsārāvavāraṇaḥ || 19 ||
Translation
its showers of flowers the feet flying up; its clouds banners and parasols; its elephants falling, trumpeting, in the floods of rivers of blood.
Word by word
- prōtpatat
- flying up
- pada
- the feet
- puṣpa
- of flowers
- ōghaḥ
- its showers
- patākā
- banners
- chatra
- and parasols
- vāridaḥ
- its clouds
- vahad
- (vahat) flowing
- rakta
- of blood
- nadī
- of rivers
- pūra
- in the floods
- patat
- falling
- sārāva
- trumpeting
- vāraṇaḥ
- its elephants
Meaning
Severed feet fly up like falling blossoms. Elephants trumpet as they go down in the streams of blood.