मकरव्यूहविस्तारभग्नाभग्नभटौघनौः । महागुडगुडावर्तप्रतिश्रुद्घनकन्दरः ॥ ५ ॥
makaravyūhavistārabhagnābhagnabhaṭaughanauḥ | mahāguḍaguḍāvartapratiśrudghanakandaraḥ || 5 ||
Translation
its boats the troops of warriors, broken or whole, where the makara formation spread; its caves and clouds echoing with the great rumbling of its whirlpools;
Word by word
- makara
- makara
- vyūha
- the formation
- vistāra
- where spread
- bhagna
- broken
- abhagna
- or whole
- bhaṭa
- of warriors
- ōgha
- the troops
- nauḥ
- its boats
- mahā
- great
- guḍaguḍa
- rumbling
- āvarta
- of its whirlpools
- pratiśrud
- (pratiśrut) echoing
- ghana
- clouds
- kandaraḥ
- its caves
Meaning
The warriors in the makara formation are boats in a sea of monsters, some wrecked, some still afloat. The rumble of the fighting (gaḍa-gaḍa) echoes in the hills and the sky.