छत्रडिण्डीरविश्रान्तसितेषुशफरोत्करः । अश्वसैन्योल्लसल्लोलकल्लोलाकुलकोटरः ॥ २ ॥
chatraḍiṇḍīraviśrāntasitēṣuśapharōtkaraḥ | aśvasainyōllasallōlakallōlākulakōṭaraḥ || 2 ||
Translation
its shoals of little fish the white arrows resting in the foam of parasols; its hollows churned by rolling, gleaming breakers of cavalry;
Word by word
- chatra
- of parasols
- ḍiṇḍīra
- in the foam
- viśrānta
- resting
- sita
- white
- iṣu
- the arrows
- śaphara
- of little fish
- utkaraḥ
- its shoals
- aśva
- of cavalry
- sainya
- troops
- ullasal
- (ullasat) gleaming
- lōla
- rolling
- kallōla
- by breakers
- ākula
- churned
- kōṭaraḥ
- its hollows
Meaning
Every part of a sea finds its likeness. The white parasols floating on the field are its foam, and the white arrows caught among them are small silver fish (śaphara). The charging horsemen are its breakers.