कचच्चक्रशतावर्तवृत्तिभ्रान्तशिरस्तृणः । धूलीजलधरापीतभ्रमत्खड्गप्रभाजलः ॥ ४ ॥
kacaccakraśatāvartavṛttibhrāntaśirastṛṇaḥ | dhūlījaladharāpītabhramatkhaḍgaprabhājalaḥ || 4 ||
Translation
its grass the heads whirling in the eddies of hundreds of gleaming discs; its water, the gleam of whirling swords, drunk up by clouds of dust;
Word by word
- kacac
- (kacat) gleaming
- cakra
- of discs
- śata
- of hundreds
- āvarta
- in the eddies
- vṛtti
- whirling
- bhrānta
- spinning
- śiras
- (śiraḥ) the heads
- tṛṇaḥ
- its grass
- dhūlī
- of dust
- jaladhara
- by clouds
- āpīta
- drunk up
- bhramat
- whirling
- khaḍga
- of swords
- prabhā
- the gleam
- jalaḥ
- its water
Meaning
The severed heads spin like straws in the whirlpools of the discs. And the clouds of dust swallow the flashing of the swords, as clouds drink the sea.