शरसीकरनीहारसान्धकारककुब्गणः । निर्घोषाशोषिताशेषशब्दैकघनघुंघुमः ॥ ९ ॥
śarasīkaranīhārasāndhakārakakubgaṇaḥ | nirghōṣāśōṣitāśēṣaśabdaikaghanaghuṁghumaḥ || 9 ||
- Another reading: सरसीकरनीहारसान्धकारककुब्गणः (sarasīkaranīhārasāndhakārakakubgaṇaḥ) for शरसीकरनीहारसान्धकारककुब्गणः
Translation
its quarters darkened by a mist that is the spray of arrows; one dense booming roar that dried up every other sound;
Word by word
- śara
- of arrows
- sīkara
- the spray
- nīhāra
- by a mist
- sāndhakāra
- darkened
- kakub
- (kakubh) its quarters
- gaṇaḥ
- all
- nirghōṣa
- roar
- āśōṣita
- that dried up
- aśēṣa
- every
- śabda
- other sound
- ēka
- one
- ghana
- dense
- ghuṁghumaḥ
- booming
Meaning
The rain of arrows is the sea's spray, and it dims the whole horizon. The noise is one dense roar in which no other sound survives.