कृष्णायसपरीधानवलत्सेनाम्बुभीषणः । कबन्धावर्तलेखान्तर्बद्धसैन्यादिभूषणः ॥ ८ ॥
kṛṣṇāyasaparīdhānavalatsēnāmbubhīṣaṇaḥ | kabandhāvartalēkhāntarbaddhasainyādibhūṣaṇaḥ || 8 ||
Translation
fearsome with the water of armies wrapped in black iron, moving; its ornaments the swallowers of armies, bound within the lines of whirlpools that are headless trunks;
Word by word
- kṛṣṇa
- black
- āyasa
- iron
- parīdhāna
- wrapped in
- valat
- moving
- sēnā
- of armies
- ambu
- with the water
- bhīṣaṇaḥ
- fearsome
- kabandha
- that are headless trunks
- āvarta
- of whirlpools
- lēkhā
- the lines
- antar
- (antaḥ) within
- baddha
- bound
- sainya
- of armies
- ādi
- the swallowers
- bhūṣaṇaḥ
- its ornaments
Meaning
The armies in their dark iron armour are the black water of this sea. The headless bodies spinning in it are its whirlpools. The first commentary takes the second half of the beasts that devour the armies.