y3034_1je03-04 Overheard on the BattleField

11 views

Skip to first unread message

jivadas

unread,

Jun 4, 2014, 8:37:10 AM6/4/14

to yoga-va...@googlegroups.com

y3034_1je03-04 Overheard on the BattleField

fm (trans. only): http://goo.gl/jgy4St

Word (complete with Working Notes): http://goo.gl/8mnYgV

All YVFiles: http://goo.gl/k3hRBX

Concordant Glossary (CGl1405) http://goo.gl/3Hj9K6

http://goo.gl/

oॐm

Overheard on the BattleField

jd: This is an unusual canto, a sort of montage of voices. In that respect, it is very 'modern', and uncommon in saMskRta, except in works like the amaru-SaTakam. In the original text, there is no indication of who is "speaking" at any particular point. So I have improvised quotation marks, and used indentations to indicate the change of speakers. Each —" … " denotes a different speaker. Where you find —( … ), it is vasiSTha poetizing upon the ongoing events. ¶ The original, of course, has no quotation marks. It does not even use the Sanskrit <iti>, which performs a similar function. So my divisions of the speeches are an addition to the text, and the reader is welcome to disregard the attributions. More interesting would be to guess who is talking at any particular time. There is at least one pompous _brAhmaNa, and one excellent poet: probably vasiSTha quoting himself. ¶ The last stanza shows a sense of humor that is curiously modern.

vasiSTha said:

अथ राज्ञाम् युयुत्सूनाम् भतानाम् मन्त्रिणाम्_अपि । नभस: प्रेक्षकाणाम् च तत्र_इमा: प्रोदगु: गिर: ॥1॥

And then they spoke:

the royals,

and the battle-hungry soldiers,

and the counsellors,

as well as those who watched from the sky.

This is what some of these voices had to say:

चलत्पद्मं सर इव वहद्विहगमेव च । नभ: शुरशिर: कीर्णं भाति तारकिताकृति ॥2॥

"They're like loose lotuses afloat in a lake."

"They're like birds in flight."

"They're like stars spangling the heavens!"

"They are the heads of high heroes!"

पश्य रक्तपृषत्पूरसिन्दूरारुणमारुतै: । सांध्या इव विभान्त्येते मध्याह्नेऽम्बुदभानव: ॥3॥

"Look at it!

The winds carry their vermilion drops of blood, and all the clouds shine with the rosiness, making a sunset at midday."

किम्_इदम् भगवन् व्योम पलाल-भरितम् स्थितम् । न_इदम् पलालम् वीराणाम्_एते शर-भर-अम्बुदा: ॥4॥

"What is this, Lord? The sky looks like a pile of straw!"

"That is no straw!

That is a cloud of arrows, shot by the champions of this war."

यावन्तो भुवि सिच्यन्ते रुधिरै रणरेणव: । तावन्त्यब्दसहस्राणि भटानामास्पदं दिवि ॥5॥

"Insofar as the dusty field of battle becomes wet with blood,

the bleeding thousands of soldiers

are sure to find their home in heaven."

मा भैष्ट नैते निस्त्रिंशा नीलोत्पलदलत्विष: । अमी वीरावलोकिन्या लक्ष्म्या नयनविभ्रमा: ॥6॥

"Do not fear!

not these short.swords—these blue.lotus-splendid things."

"Fear those eye-catching snares,

those violent hero-sought riches of _lakSmI."

वीरालिङ्गनलोलानां नितम्बे सुरयोषिताम् । मेखला: शिथिलीकर्तुं प्रवृत्त: कुसुमायुधा: ॥7॥

लसद्भुजलतालोला रक्तपल्लवपाणय: । मञ्जरीमत्तनयना मध्वामोदसुगन्धय: ॥8॥

"She longs for the embraces of some Hero,

of some love-god who would let loose the girdle from her buttocks,

and make love with her."

"Those arms wave like vines in the wind,

those hands with painted fingertips;

those maddening eyes are like flowers,

perfumed with honey-sweet perfume."

गायन्त: मधुर-आलापै: नन्दन-उद्यान-देवता: । तव_आगमनम्_आशङ्क्य प्रवृत्ता: परिनर्तितुम् ॥9॥

(There was much singing,

much sweet talk,

from those eye-gladdening women come from the garden of the gods

to dance their dances as they watched.)

प्रत्यनीकं भिन्नत्यन्त: कुठारै: कठिनैरियम् । सेना ग्राम्येव वनिता दयितं दृष्टिचेष्टितै: ॥10॥

"The army breaks-into the town with ruthless battle-axes.

They come like a country girl

who strikes her lover with her shifting eyes!"

हा पितुर्मम भल्लेन शिरो ज्वलितकुण्डलम् । सूर्यस्य निकटं नीतं कालेनेवाष्टमो ग्रह: ॥11॥

"Oh, my father's head is flying towards the sun!"

"And it goes there like _rahu, to eclipse it."

आपादशृङ्खलाप्रोतभ्रमत्स्थूलोपलद्वयम् । भ्रामयंश्चित्रदण्डाख्यं चक्रमूर्ध्वभुजो जवात् ॥12॥

"Look there—

a pair of boulders, linked with chain:

they call that flying, whirling pair

the 'citra-daNDa Wonder-Stick'.

Cuts.off more heads than discuses!"

योध: यम इव_आभाति याम्यात्_आयाति दिक्तटात् । सर्वत: संहरन्_सेनाम्_एहि याम: यथागतम् ॥13॥

"This battle is like _yama, come from the south country.

Where he goes,

the armies are destroyed by him."

"I think we should get out of here!"

सद्यश्छिन्नशिर: श्वभ्रमज्जत्कङ्ककुलाकुला: । कबन्धा: परिनृत्यन्ति तालोत्ताला रणाङ्गणे ॥14॥

(Suddenly, heads are split,

there,

in a canyon,

and the birds dive down.

The headless bodies dance about, clapping time in the battle-field.

गीर्वण-गण-गोष्टीषु प्रवृत्ता: संकथा: मिथ: । कदा लोकान्तरम् धीरा: कथम् यास्यन्ति के कुत: ॥15॥

(Some eloquent observers asked,

doubtfully wondering:)

"When will they go to the other-world, those heroes?"

"And how?"

"And who?"

"And why?"

निगिरत्यागता: सेना: स्रवन्तीर् इव सागर: । समत्स्यमकरव्यूहा अहो नु विषमो भट: ॥16॥

"The columns of advancing troops

are rivers running to a sea with schools of nibbling fish and sharks.

Death's a devilish warrior!"

कटेषु करिणाम् कीर्णा: धारा-नाराच-राजय: । पतिता: इव संपूर्णा: शृङ्ग-संघेषु वृष्टय: ॥17॥

"The heads of elephants are stuck with rows of arrows—

thick as rain on those elephantine mountains."

हा कुन्तेन शिरो नीतं ममेत्येवं विवक्षत: । शिरसाऽजीवमित्येवं खे खगेनेव वाशितम् ॥18॥

"Oh, no! My head is riding on a javelin!"

(That's what seems to be said by a catapulting dead head,

like a crow croaking in the sky.)

यन्त्रपाषाणवर्षेण यैषास्मान्परिषिञ्चति । सेनानुशृखलाजालवलना क्रियतां बलात् ॥19॥

"A shower of catapulted stones,

and then the men who sent them."

"Now they're setting the Elephant Hobble,

quickly deploying in encirclement."

वलीपलितनिर्मुक्तं पूर्वभार्याप्सरा: सती । अङ्गीकरोति भर्तारं परिज्ञाय रणे हतम् ॥20॥

"There is an _apsarA widow claiming a body from the field."

"It's free at last from doddering Old Age,

a body in the battlefield."

आदिवं रचिताकारा: कुन्तकाननकान्तय: । वीराणां स्वर्गमारोढुमिव सोपानपङ्क्तय: ॥21॥

"Toward the sky, troublesome forms:

a glory-forest of lances climb the mountain."

"It's their staircase,

leading them up to Svarga Heaven."

कान्तकाञ्चनकान्ताङ्गे भटस्योरसि कामिनी । दृष्टा देवपुरन्ध्रीयं भर्तुरन्वेषणान्विता ॥22॥

हा हतं सैन्यं अस्माकं भटैरुद्धतमुष्टिभि: । महाप्रलयकल्लोलै: सुरशैलस्थलं यथा ॥23॥

"There's a girl seeking her lover's body,

a golden chested soldier:

she is a goddess looking.for her man.

But oh, another soldier's slain

by warriors with their upraised swords!"

"A holy mountain falls

before the billows of the Great Doomsday."

युध्यध्वम्_अग्रत: मूढा नयता_अर्ध-मृतान्_नरान् । निजान्_पाद-प्रहारेण मा_एतान्_दारयता-अधमा: ॥24॥

"Fight the enemy we face, fools,

and don't be trampling our wounded!"

धम्मिल्लवलनाव्यग्रे घनोत्कण्ठेऽप्सरोगणे । भटो दिव्यशरीरेण पार्श्वप्राप्तो निरीक्ष्यताम् ॥25॥

(Their heads circled with braids,

eager for men,

the crowd of heavenly apsarA-s watch the warriors.)

फुल्लहेमारविन्दासु छायाशीतजलानिलै: । स्वर्गनद्यास्तटीष्वेनं दूरायातं विनोदय ॥26॥

"Among sun-golden lotuses,

with cooling breezes, by shaded

waters, rivers of Heaven,

on such shores, hard to reach, let them

find at last their heavenly rest."

विविधायुधसंघट्टखण्डितोग्रास्थिकोटय: । खे कवन्त्य: कणत्कारै: प्रसृतास्तारका इव ॥27॥

व्योम्नि जीवनदीवाहे वहत्सायकवारिणि । चक्रावर्तिणि गच्छन्ति गिरयोऽप्यणुपङ्कताम् ॥28॥

(From every sort of weaponry fragments lie in the battlefield,

mingled with kotis of bare bones clunking 'kaNat-kaNat',

like hard sea-crests colliding in the air.

In the sky, there is a river of jIva-s;

from the sky a shower of missiles,

rolling discuses that grind the mountains into dust.)

भ्रमद्भिर्ग्रहमार्गेषु शिरोभिर्वीरभूभृताम् । आयुधांशुलतानाललग्नासिदलकण्टकै: ॥29॥

केतुपट्टमृणालाङ्गदलैर्लब्धशिलीमुखै: । वहद्वातचलत्पद्मं नभ: पद्मसर: कृतम् ॥30॥

"The heads of the heroic EarthLords drift like planets along the ecliptic,

and their weapons are their planetary radiance.

The torn banners are lotus-filaments, the bodies its petals;

the arrows come like browsing bees, the lotuses flow with the wind."

मृतमातङ्गसंघाते गिराविव पिपीलिका: । भीरव: परिलीयन्ते स्त्रिय: पुंवक्षसीव च ॥31॥

"Like the arrows stuck in a dead elephant

—like ants on a hill—

they hug each other, the fearful women,

as if they were clinging against their husband's barrel chest."

अपूर्वोत्तमसौन्दर्यकान्तसंगमशंसिन: । वान्ति विद्याधरस्त्रीणामलकोल्लासिनोऽनिला: ॥32॥

"They have no rival,

no,

not those most beautiful _vidyAdhara Sorcerer women!

They whisper their secret promises of love,

their fair hair blowing in the wind."

छत्रेषूड्डीयमानेषु स्थितेषु व्योम्नि चन्द्रता । इन्दुनेव यशोमूर्त्या कृता शुभ्रातपत्रता ॥33॥

"The parasols that fly about the sky

are tiny satellites beneath the full moon,

the emblem of glory,

and the moonbeams make a great white umbrella of light."

भटो मरणमूर्च्छान्ते निमेषेणामरं वपु: । स्वकर्मशिल्पिरचितं प्राप्त: स्वप्नपुरं यथा ॥34॥

"After his death-oblivion, a soldier attains a deathless body,

fixed by the nature of his own karma.

It is just like seeing a city in a dream."

शूलशक्त्यृष्टिचक्राणां वृष्टयो मुक्ततुष्टय: । व्योमाब्धौ मत्स्यमकरसंकुलावयवा: स्थिता: ॥35॥

"The pikes, javelins, discuses, battle-axes—

let loose, they fall like rain."

(In the sky-sea, schools of fishes and sharks nibble at limbs.)

शरोत्कृत्तसितच्छत्रकलहंसैर्नभःस्थलम् । भाति संचितपूर्णेन्दुबिम्बलक्षैरिवावृतम् ॥36॥

"Those arrow-torn white parasols go drifting like a flock of geese.

The sky is covered with them all, like a disintegrated moon."

क्रियते गगनोड्डीनैश्चामरैश्चारुघर्घरै: । वातावधूतसंरोधतरङ्गनिकरद्युति: ॥37॥

दृश्यते हेतिदलिताश्छत्रचामरकेतव: । आकाशक्षेत्रविक्षिप्ता यशःशालिलता इव ॥38॥

वहद्भिर्व्योम्नि सक्षेम पश्य नीता क्षयं शरै: । शक्तिवृष्टिरुपायान्ती सस्यश्री: शलभैरिव ॥39॥

(Sky-flying fly-whisks make a subtle gurgling radiance of sound,

like drops of wind-shaken waves colliding.

Shredded by flying javelins,

scraps of parasols,

fly-whisks,

banners—

the sky-field is overspread with them,

a garland to the warriors' abounding fame.

Floating in the sky, we hear:)

"Look out!

there's a piercing of arrows coming, a shearing of spears!"

(They reap a rich harvest,

like locusts.)

एषा प्रसृतदोर्दण्डभटखड्गच्छटात्कृति: । कठिनात् कंकटाज्जाता मृत्योरेवोग्रहुंकृति: ॥40॥

"The outstretched arms of a soldier brandish a cudgel.

'Cha-ta-ta-ta' it sounds."

"On armor it sounds 'Hoom!',

which is the resonance of death."

हेतिकल्पानिलक्षुण्णा दन्तनिर्झरवारय: । जनताक्षयकालेऽस्मिन्भग्ना नगा नगा इव ॥41॥

"Mountains are shattered by the Doomsday winds;

mountainous elephants are felled by snares,

or fall from cliffs of the elephantine mountains."

सचक्रनाथसूताश्वं व्यूधं रक्तमहाह्रदे । हाहाभिभूतगतिकं चेष्टिते रथपत्तनम् ॥42॥

(A DiscusLord,

his driver,

and his horse,--

they lie-down together in a pool of blood.

Not cries of war,

but cries of woe,

when fear strikes-at

charioteers and villagers.)

करकंकटकुट्यङ्कखड्गसंघट्टटांकृतै: । कालरात्र्या प्रनृत्यन्त्या रणवीणेव वाद्यते ॥43॥

"The armor-denting cudgels strike

'tomm-tomm' like the drums of Doomsday Eve,

but the delightful lute cannot be heard in battle,

although it speaks."

नरेभखरवाजिभ्यो ये च्युता रक्तनिर्झरा: । पश्य तद्बिन्दुसिक्तेन वायुनारुणितां दिश: ॥44॥

"The warlike men and elephants fall down, pour waterfalls of blood!"

"Look how the drops of blood are scattered by the wind,

making the sky sunset."

शस्त्रांशुजलदे व्योम्नि कालीचिकुरमेचके । शरकोरकभारस्रङ्मेघे विद्युदिवोदिता ॥45॥

"Mist in the sky?"

"Clouds of arrows!"

(...Dark clouds, dark as the darkness of deadly kAlI...

And now another cloud, budded with flashing flowers!"

अनन्तरक्तसंसक्तसन्नावनितलायुधै: । भुवनं भात्यभिज्वालमग्निलोक इवाकुलम् ॥46॥

Everywhere unbounded blood-red sticky weapons cover the ground.

The red earth seems to have caught fire,

it is Agni-loka Fire-World.)

भुशुण्डीशक्तिशूलासिमुसलप्रासवृष्टय: । अन्योन्यच्छेदभेदाभ्यां करप्रकरतोऽपतन् ॥47॥

"The warclubs,

and the javelins,

the spikes and pikes,

swords and maces,

and barbed spears

—all fall in a rain—

a cutting rain, a splitting rain."

अक्षोभैकप्रहरणाद्यातुधान्योऽन्यचेष्टितम् । संरम्भावेक्षणप्रज्ञं रणं स्वप्नमिव स्थितम् ॥48॥

"A lone soldier with his weapon can be like a Magician,—

he makes the enemy disappear!"

"Another kind of soldier,

in the heat of battle,

sees it all as something like a waking dream."

अनन्यशब्दाविरतहताहतिरणज्झणै: । गायतीव क्षतक्षोभमुदितो रणभैरिव ॥49॥

"It is like singing, the rattle of battle;

they are like dancers, the warriors.

It is the dance of Lord ziva's fearsome _bhairava-s."

अन्योन्यरणहेत्युग्रचूर्णपूर्णो रणार्णव: । वालकामय एवाभूच्छिन्नतरङ्गक: ॥50॥

सरभसरसवद्विसारितूर्य-प्रतिरवपूरितलोकपाललोक: ।

रणगिरिरयमुग्रपक्षदक्ष-प्रतिसृतिवृत्त इवाम्बरे युगान्ते ॥51॥

(After many fierce encounters,

the javelins are smashed to dust:

they make a sandy seashore in

the battle-sea, where the waves break.

Impetuous, impassioned,

battle-horns resound through every quarter of the world.)

"The battle roars like a mountain stream,

with fierce fighting on the wings, and fast advances.

Skies like this are seen at the end of an Age."

हा हा धिक्प्रविकटकङ्कटाननोद्या=त्प्रोड्डीनप्रकटतडिच्छटाप्रतप्ता: ।

क्रेङ्कारस्फुरितगुणेरिता रणन्तो नाराचा: शिखरिशिलागणं वहन्ति ॥52॥

"Oh, what an unlovely war!

It's their armor:

we shoot arrows like thunderbolts,

streaks of fire from the heavens,

and, with a 'clang!' they bang their rattling target,

and after that rattlle they bounce-back to the mountain-tops."

छिन्नेच्छाच्छमिति न यावदङ्गभङ्गं कुर्वन्तो ज्वलदनलोज्ज्वला: पृषत्का: ।

तावद्द्राग्द्रुतमिति एहि मित्र यामो यामोऽयं प्रवहति वासरश्चतुर्थ: ॥53॥

"It's clearly time for us to split from here!

It's not so very much the body-breaking work,—

but all those fire-arrows,

they fly too fast,

they fly too far.

So my suggestion is:

let's get out of here!

It's getting near the next watch…."

oॐm

+++

wn3034

The complete YVFiles in their most recent update can be downloaded at

http://bit.ly/NjbdVI

This link will get you the full package, from which you can download any or all files. (Note that the Key does not carry the approx. 144MB download, but provides a "tree" of available Folders. Folders <y1> through <y7> contain Books 1 through 7. File <y0> has Introductory material, the Concordant Glossary (CGl) and other useful material.

Recent updates of cantos can also be found at www.yoga-vasishtha.org (under construction).

Your NOTES AND COMMENTS are very welcome at das....@gmail.com .

Please report any transcription errors with a Subject line beginning with the Sarga Number, "y3039". Collaborators are always invited.

To find this Canto/sarga in YVFiles go to —> y3 —> y3039. Open Office copies are available in the Open Office subfolder.

A tool to convert transliterations to DN and other Indic scripts is at

http://learnsanskrit.org/tools/sanscript

Tags:

y3034.001

वसिष्ठ उवाच ।

अथ राज्ञां युयुत्सूनां भतानां मन्त्रिणामपि ।

नभस: प्रेक्षकाणां च तत्रेमा: प्रोदगुर्गिर: ॥३।३४।१॥

**वसिष्ठ उवाच ।

अथ राज्ञाम् युयुत्सूनाम् भतानाम् मन्त्रिणाम्_अपि ।

नभस: प्रेक्षकाणाम् च तत्र_इमा: प्रोदगु: गिर: ॥३।३४।१॥

**vasiSTha uvAca |

atha rAjJAm yuyutsUnAm bhatAnAm mantriNAm_api |

nabhasa: prekSakANAm ca tatra-imA: prodagu: gira: ||3|34|1||

vasiSTha said:

atha rAjJAm_ yuyutsUnAm_ bhatAnAm_ mantriNAm

And then of the royals, the battle-hungry soldiers, the counsellors,

api ca nabhasa: prekSakANAm

as well as of those watching from the sky

tatra imA: gira: prodaguH

there these voices declared—

**vlm.1. Now the generals and ministers of the belligerent powers, and the aerial spectators of the war, were thus talking among themselves.

**AB. … | prodagu: prAdur babhUvu: ||3|34|

**vasiSTha uvAca |

atha rAjJAM yuyutsUnAM bhatAnAM mantriNAmapi |

nabhasa: prekSakANAM ca tatremA: prodagurgira: ||3|34|1||

अथ राज्ञाम् युयुत्सूनाम् भतानाम् मन्त्रिणाम्_अपि ।

नभस: प्रेक्षकाणाम् च तत्र_इमा: प्रोदगु: गिर: ॥1॥

And then they spoke:

the royals,

and the battle-hungry soldiers,

and the counsellors,

as well as those who watched from the sky.

This is what some of these voices had to say:

y3034.002

चलत्पद्मं सर इव वहद्विहगमेव च ।

नभ: शुरशिर: कीर्णं भाति तारकिताकृति ॥३।३४।२॥

चलत्_पद्मम् सरे इव वहत् विहगम्_एव च ।

नभ: शुर-शिर: कीर्णम् भाति तारकित-आकृति ॥३।३४।२॥

calat_padmam sare iva vahat vihagam_eva ca |

nabha: zura-zira: kIrNam bhAti tArakita-AkRti ||3|34|2||

iva padmam_ calat sare

Like lotuses drifting/floating in a pond/lake

vahad vihagam eva ca

and even flying birds

nabha: kIrNam_ zura-ziraH

sky over-spread with hero-heads

bhAti tArakita-AkRti

appears in spangled-form.

**vlm.2. Lo! here the ground has become a lake of blood, with the heads of the slaughtered hosts floating as lotuses upon it; and there the air has become as the starry heaven, glittering with broken weapons, flying like birds in the sky.

चलत्पद्मं सर इव वहद्विहगमेव च । नभ: शुरशिर: कीर्णं भाति तारकिताकृति ॥2॥

"They're like loose lotuses afloat in a lake."

"They're like birds in flight."

"They're like stars spangling the heavens!"

"They are the heads of high heroes!"

y3034.003

पश्य रक्तपृषत्पूरसिन्दूरारुणमारुतै: ।

सांध्या इव विभान्त्येते मध्याह्नेऽम्बुदभानव: ॥३।३४।३॥

पश्य रक्त-पृषत्-पूर-सिन्दूर-अरुण-मारुतै: ।

सांध्या: इव विभान्ति_एते मध्य.अह्ने अम्बुद-भानव: ॥३।३४।३॥

pazya rakta-pRSat-pUra-sindUra-aruNa-mArutai: |

sAMdhyA: iva vibhAnti_ete madhya.ahne ambuda-bhAnava: ||3|34|3||

pazya – Look! —

rakta-pRSat-pUra-sindUra-aruNa-mAruta-i: – by blood-spotted-full-vermillion-sunset-winds —

sAMdhyA iva – as at the Sandhi — sunrise or sunset —

vibhAnti ete madhya-ahne – they shine, these, at mid-day —

ambuda-bhAnava: – cloud-radiances —

jd#>syand ? —> #sindUra -m.- a sort of tree • a proper n. • #sindUrI –f.- red clothing • Grislea Tomentosa • = rocanI • -n.- red lead, minium, vermilion • (= raktazAsana, rAjalekha, and rAjalekhitadakSiNa)

**vlm.3. Behold the air is reddened with the particles of vermeil blood, borne above by the winds, and the sky presenting the evening clouds, with the glow of the setting sun at midday.

**AB. rakta-pRSatAm_ rudhira-sIkarANAm_ pUrair nikarai: sindUreNa …

पश्य रक्तपृषत्पूरसिन्दूरारुणमारुतै: । सांध्या इव विभान्त्येते मध्याह्नेऽम्बुदभानव: ॥३।३४।३॥

"Look at it!

The winds carry their vermilion drops of blood, and all the clouds shine with the rosiness, making a sunset at midday."

y3034.004

किमिदं भगवन्व्योम पलालभरितं स्थितम् ।

नेदं पलालं वीराणामेते शरभराम्बुदा: ॥३।३४।४॥

किम्_इदम् भगवन् व्योम पलाल-भरितम् स्थितम् ।

न_इदम् पलालम् वीराणाम्_एते शर-भर-अम्बुदा: ॥३।३४।४॥

kim_idam bhagavan vyoma palAla-bharitam sthitam |

na_idam palAlam vIrANAm_ete zara-bhara-ambudA: ||3|34|4||

kim idam_ bhagavan

"What is this, Lord?

vyoma – The sky —

palAla-bharitam

straw-filled — like a haystack

sthitam

is situate" —

na idam_ palAlam

"This is not a haystack!

vIrANAm

Of Heroes —

ete zara-bhara-ambudAH

these are arrow-bearing-clouds."

**vlm.4. What are these, says one, that are flying as straws in the firmament? They are, says the other, no straws, but the flight of arrows, that have filled the atmosphere.

kimidaM bhagavanvyoma palAlabharitaM sthitam |

nedaM palAlaM vIrANAmete zarabharAmbudA: ||3|34|4||

किम्_इदम् भगवन् व्योम पलाल-भरितम् स्थितम् ।

न_इदम् पलालम् वीराणाम्_एते शर-भर-अम्बुदा: ॥३।३४।४॥

"What is this, Lord? The sky looks like a pile of straw!"

"That is no straw!

That is a cloud of arrows, shot by the champions of this war."

y3034.005

यावन्तो भुवि सिच्यन्ते रुधिरै रणरेणव: ।

तावन्त्यब्दसहस्राणि भटानामास्पदं दिवि ॥३।३४।५॥

यावन्त: भुवि सिच्यन्ते रुधिरै: रण-रेणव: ।

तावन्ति_अब्द-सहस्राणि भटानाम्_आस्पदम् दिवि ॥३।३४।५॥

yAvanta: bhuvi sicyante rudhirai: raNa-reNava: |

tAvanti_abda-sahasrANi bhaTAnAm_Aspadam divi ||3|34|5||

yAvanta: – insofar as — bhuvi – on-earth — sicyante – are moistened —

rudhirai – with blood — raNa-reNava: – battle-dusts —

tAvanti – thus far — abda-sahasrANi – flooding-thousands —

bhaTAnAm – of soldiers — Aspadam_ divi – is home in the heavens —

**vlm.5. As long as the dust of the earth, cries another, is moistened by the bloodshed of the brave, so long are the heroes entitled to glory, and have their abode in heaven for myriads of years. * Notwithstanding the reward of heavenly abodes promised to the slayer and slain in war, in the Sástra and Koran, the Asiatics are far backward now-a-days, both to kill and to be killed than the Europeans, who are forbidden by the Holy writ, to slay and shed human blood. Thus there is a laxity of the injunction and prohibition on both sides.

yAvanto bhuvi sicyante rudhirai raNareNava: |

tAvantyabdasahasrANi bhaTAnAmAspadaM divi ||3|34|5||

"Insofar as the dusty field of battle becomes wet with blood,

the bleeding thousands of soldiers

are sure to find their home in heaven."

y3034.006

मा भैष्ट नैते निस्त्रिंशा नीलोत्पलदलत्विष: ।

अमी वीरावलोकिन्या लक्ष्म्या नयनविभ्रमा: ॥३।३४।६॥

मा भैष्ट न_एते निस्त्रिंशा: नील-उत्पल-दल-त्विष: ।

अमी वीर-अवलोकिन्या लक्ष्म्या नयन-विभ्रमा: ॥३।३४।६॥

mA bhaiSTa na_ete nistriMzA: nIla-utpala-dala-tviSa: |

amI vIra-avalokinyA lakSmyA nayana-vibhramA: ||3|34|6||

mA bhaiSTa – Do not fear! — na ete nistriMzA – Not these shortSwords —

nIla-utpala-dala-tviSa-: – blue-lotus-petal - vehement/splendid —

amI nayana-vibhramA-: – but these leading/eye - violence/deluded —

vIra-avalokinyA – w/ hero-beholding — lakSmyA – riches/Lakshmi —

**DC. Do not fear! not these swords do not bring delusion, they are splendid petals of blue lotus of Lakshmi beholding heroes.

**AS. Both meanings are mistaken. It says: Don't be afraid, these are not daggers, but glances of Laxmi with the sheen of a blue lotus eying the brave (with desires). Notice that all the words nIlotpalatviSaH, vIrAvalokinyA: lakSmyA: are in gen. sing. and the vibhramas are what are possessed! The Laxmi can be the Laxmi or victory - termed as jayalakSmI.
**vlm.6. Fear not these sable swords, says the sástra, whose blades are worn by the brave like petals of blue lotuses about their hecks and breasts; and bravoes are favourites in the eyes of the goddess of fortune. (Fortune favours the brave).

**AB. lakSmyA: svarga-lakSmyA jaya-lakSmyA vA ||3|34|

mA bhaiSTa naite nistriMzA nIlotpaladalatviSa: |

amI vIrAvalokinyA lakSmyA nayanavibhramA: ||3|34|6||

"Do not fear!

not these short.swords—these blue.lotus-splendid things."

"Fear those eye-catching snares,

those violent hero-sought glances of _lakSmI."

y3034.007

वीरालिङ्गनलोलानां नितम्बे सुरयोषिताम् ।

मेखला: शिथिलीकर्तुं प्रवृत्त: कुसुमायुधा: ॥३।३४।७॥

वीर-आलिङ्गन-लोलानाम् नितम्बे सुर-योषिताम् ।

मेखला: शिथिली-कर्तुम् प्रवृत्त: कुसुम.आयुधा: ॥३।३४।७॥

vIra-AliGgana-lolAnAm nitambe sura-yoSitAm |

mekhalA: zithilI-kartum pravRtta: kusuma.AyudhA: ||3|34|7||

vIra-AliGgana-lolAnAm

Hero-embraces-longingFor —

nitambe

in the buttocks

su-raya-uSitAm

great-ardor-lying —

mekhalAH

girdle

zithilI-kartum

to make‑loose —

pravRttaH

begun/engaged

kusuma-AyudhAH

the Flower-Armed – a name of Kâma, the god of love.

**vlm.7. The heavenly nymphs that beheld the fighting, felt a desire to embrace the brave, and the god of the flowery bow (Káma or cupid), was busy to loosen their waist bands.

vIrAliGganalolAnAM nitambe surayoSitAm |

mekhalA: zithilIkartuM pravRtta: kusumAyudhA: ||3|34|7||

लसद्भुजलतालोला रक्तपल्लवपाणय: । मञ्जरीमत्तनयना मध्वामोदसुगन्धय: ॥8॥

"She longs for the embraces of some Hero,

of some love-god who would let loose the girdle from her buttocks,

and make love with her."

"Those arms wave like vines in the wind,

those hands with painted fingertips;

those maddening eyes are like flowers,

perfumed with honey-sweet perfume."

y3034.008

लसद्भुजलतालोला रक्तपल्लवपाणय: ।

मञ्जरीमत्तनयना मध्वामोदसुगन्धय: ॥३।३४।८॥

लसत्-भुज-लतालोला रक्त-पल्लव-पाणय: ।

मञ्जरी-मत्त-नयना: मधु-आमोद-सुगन्धय: ॥३।३४।८॥

lasat-bhuja-latAlolA rakta-pallava-pANaya: |

maJjarI-matta-nayanA: madhu-Amoda-sugandhaya: ||3|34|8||

lasad-bhuja-latA-AlolA

moving/playing-arms-vines-trembling

rakta-pallava-pANayaH

red/passionate - shoot/fingered – hands

maJjarI-matta-nayanA

flowers-maddening-eyed

madhu-Amoda-sugandhaya: - honey-aroma-perfumed.

**vlm.8. They beckoned their welcome by the waving of their reddish palms, in the shaking of the ruddy leaves of trees, and by the round glances of their eyes, in the blooming blossoms of plants, and by the perfume of their breath in the honied fragrance of flowers.

lasadbhujalatAlolA raktapallavapANaya: |

maJjarImattanayanA madhvAmodasugandhaya: ||3|34|8||

लसद्भुजलतालोला रक्तपल्लवपाणय: । मञ्जरीमत्तनयना मध्वामोदसुगन्धय: ॥8॥

"She longs for the embraces of some Hero,

of some love-god who would let loose the girdle from her buttocks,

and make love with her."

"Those arms wave like vines in the wind,

those hands with painted fingertips;

those maddening eyes are like flowers,

perfumed with honey-sweet perfume."

y3034.009

गायन्तो मधुरालापैर्नन्दनोद्यानदेवता: ।

तवागमनमाशङ्क्य प्रवृत्ता: परिनर्तितुम् ॥३।३४।९॥

गायन्त: मधुर-आलापै: नन्दन-उद्यान-देवता: ।

तव_आगमनम्_आशङ्क्य प्रवृत्ता: परिनर्तितुम् ॥३।३४।९॥

gAyanta: madhura-AlApai: nandana-udyAna-devatA: |

tava_Agamanam_AzaGkya pravRttA: parinartitum ||3|34|9||

gAyanta: – singing — madhura-AlApa-i: – with sweet talk/twittering —

nandana-udyAna-devatA: – gladdening-garden-ofGods —

tava Agamanam – your coming — AzaGkya – suspected/expected —

pravRttA-: – come-forth — parinartitum – to dance about —

**vlm.9. The geniuses of the garden of Paradise, were singing sweetly in the notes of the sylvan choir, and betook themselves to dancing in the wagging tails of peacocks.

gAyanto madhurAlApairnandanodyAnadevatA: |

tavAgamanamAzaGkya pravRttA: parinartitum ||3|34|9||

गायन्त: मधुर-आलापै: नन्दन-उद्यान-देवता: ।

तव_आगमनम्_आशङ्क्य प्रवृत्ता: परिनर्तितुम् ॥३।३४।९॥

(There was much singing, much sweet talk, from those eye-gladdening women come from the garden of the gods to dance their dances as they watched.)

-9-

y3034.010

प्रत्यनीकं भिन्नत्यन्त: कुठारै: कठिनैरियम् ।

सेना ग्राम्येव वनिता दयितं दृष्टिचेष्टितै: ॥३।३४।१०॥

प्रत्यनीकम् भिन्नति_अन्त: कुठारै: कठिनैः_इयम् ।

सेना ग्राम्या_इव वनिता दयितम् दृष्टि-चेष्टितै: ॥३।३४।१०॥

pratyanIkam bhinnati_anta: kuThArai: kaThinaiH_iyam |

senA grAmyA_iva vanitA dayitam dRSTi-ceSTitai: ||3|34|10||

प्रत्यनीकं भिन्नत्य्_अन्तः – Shatters the enemy, =

कुठारैः कठिनैर् – with ruthless battle-axes, =

इयम् सेना – the army, =

ग्राम्या इव वनिता – as a country girl =

दयितं दृष्टि-चेष्टितैः – her lover with shifting glances. -10-

**vlm.10. As the brave warrior was breaking the line of the enemy with his hardy axe; so was his beloved breaking his hard heart and spirit, with the soft glances of her eyes.

**AB. dRSTi-ceSTitair dRg-vilAsai: ||3|34|

pratyanIkaM bhinnatyanta: kuThArai: kaThinairiyam |

senA grAmyeva vanitA dayitaM dRSTiceSTitai: ||3|34|10||

"The army breaks-into the town with ruthless battle-axes.

They come like a country girl

who strikes her lover with her shifting eyes!"

y3034.011

हा पितुर्मम भल्लेन शिरो ज्वलितकुण्डलम् ।

सूर्यस्य निकटं नीतं कालेनेवाष्टमो ग्रह: ॥३।३४।११॥

हा पितुर्मम भल्लेन शिरो ज्वलितकुण्डलम् ।

सूर्यस्य निकटं नीतं कालेनेवाष्टमो ग्रह: ॥11॥

hA pituH_mama bhallena ziro jvalita-kuNDalam |

sUryasya nikaTam nItam kAlena_iva_aSTama: graha: ||3|34|11||

hA pitur mama – Oh of my father — bhallena – by a Bhalla arrow — zira: – the head —

jvalita-kuNDala-m - fiery-ring/bracelet — sUryasya – to the sun — Oh my father's head is flying to the sun —

nikaTa-m_ – near — nIta-m_ – led — kAlena iva – as if by time —

aSTamo graha: – the eighth astro. sign, Rahu, the dragon of eclipse —

**vlm.11. It is by my lance, says the lancer, that I have severed the head of my adversary with the rings in his ears, like the head of the ascending node of Ráhu, approaching the disk of the sun.

hA piturmama bhallena ziro jvalitakuNDalam |

sUryasya nikaTaM nItaM kAlenevASTamo graha: ||3|34|11||

"Oh, my father's head is flying towards the sun!"

"And it goes there like _rahu, to eclipse it."

y3034.012

आपादशृङ्खलाप्रोतभ्रमत्स्थूलोपलद्वयम् ।

भ्रामयंश्चित्रदण्डाख्यं चक्रमूर्ध्वभुजो जवात् ॥३।३४।१२॥

आपाद-शृङ्खला-प्रोत-भ्रमत्-स्थूल-उपल-द्वयम् ।

भ्रामयन्_चित्र-दण्ड-आख्यम् चक्र-मूर्ध्व-भुज: जवात् ॥३।३४।१२॥

ApAda-zRGkhalA-prota-bhramat-sthUla-upala-dvayam |

bhrAmayan_citra-daNDa-Akhyam cakra-mUrdhva-bhuja: javAt ||3|34|12||

ApAda-zRGkhala-Aprota-bhramat-sthUla-upala-dvaya-m - reaching-fetter/hobble-linked-flying-gross-millstone-pair — A pair of linked boulders sent flying —

bhrAmayaMz – whirling — citra-daNDa-Akhyam_ – called the Chitra-danda WonderStick —

cakra-mUrdhva-bhuja: – discus-head-arm — javAt – speedily —

**vlm.12. Lo! There is a champion, hurling the blocks of stones, attached to the end of a chain reaching his feet; and another whirling his wheel with a wondrous log of wood, held in his uplifted arm.

ApAdazRGkhalAprotabhramatsthUlopaladvayam |

bhrAmayaMzcitradaNDAkhyaM cakramUrdhvabhujo javAt ||3|34|12||

आपादशृङ्खलाप्रोतभ्रमत्स्थूलोपलद्वयम् । भ्रामयंश्चित्रदण्डाख्यं चक्रमूर्ध्वभुजो जवात् ॥३।३४।१२॥

"Look there—

a pair of boulders, linked with chain:

they call that flying, whirling pair

the 'citra-daNDa Wonder-Stick'.

Cuts.off more heads than discuses!"

y3034.013

योधो यम इवाभाति याम्यादायाति दिक्तटात् ।

सर्वत: संहरन्सेनामेहि यामो यथागतम् ॥३।३४।१३॥

योध: यम इव_आभाति याम्यात्_आयाति दिक्तटात् ।

सर्वत: संहरन्_सेनाम्_एहि याम: यथागतम् ॥३।३४।१३॥

yodha: yama iva_AbhAti yAmyAt_AyAti diktaTAt |

sarvata: saMharan_senAm_ehi yAma: yathAgatam ||3|34|13||

yodha: – The battle — yama: iva – like Yama —

AbhAti – appears — yAmyAd dik-taTAt – from Yama's country, the southern shore —

AyAti – comes — sarvata: – everywhere —

saMharan senAm ehi – destroying the army he goes —

yAmo yathAgatam — Let's go as-come – Let's get out of here! —

**vlm.13. There comes that combatant in the form of Yama, appearing from the region of Pluto (Preta), and spreading a horrid devastation all around. Come let us go hence as we came.

yodho yama ivAbhAti yAmyAdAyAti diktaTAt |

sarvata: saMharansenAmehi yAmo yathAgatam ||3|34|13||

योध: यम इव_आभाति याम्यात्_आयाति दिक्तटात् । सर्वत: संहरन्_सेनाम्_एहि याम: यथागतम् ॥३।३४।१३॥

"This battle is like _yama, come from the south country.

Where he goes,

the armies are destroyed by him."

"I think we should get out of here!"

y3034.014

सद्यश्छिन्नशिर: श्वभ्रमज्जत्कङ्ककुलाकुला: ।

कबन्धा: परिनृत्यन्ति तालोत्ताला रणाङ्गणे ॥३।३४।१४॥

सद्यस्_छिन्न-शिर: श्वभ्र-मज्जत्-कङ्क-कुल-आकुला: ।

कबन्धा: परिनृत्यन्ति ताल-उत्ताला: रण-अङ्गणे ॥३।३४।१४॥

sadyas_chinna-zira: zvabhra-majjat-kaGka-kula-AkulA: |

kabandhA: parinRtyanti tAla-uttAlA: raNa-aGgaNe ||3|34|14||

sadyas-chinna-ziras

sameDay/suddenly-split-head

zvabhra-majjat-kaGka-kulAkulA – ## x = ##

canyon/Pit-diving-herons/birds-goodBad.multitudes

kabandhA: parinRtyanti

the headless bodies dance about

tAla-uttAlAH

clapping time

raNa-aGgaNe

in the battle-field.

**vlm.14. Look there the ravenous birds, greedily plunging their long necks in the cells of bodies just separated from their heads, and glutting themselves with the gushing blood; and see there the headless trunk of the slain, moving to and fro in the field of battle.

sadyazchinnazira: zvabhramajjatkaGkakulAkulA: |

kabandhA: parinRtyanti tAlottAlA raNAGgaNe ||3|34|14||

(Suddenly, heads are split,

there,

in a canyon,

and the birds dive down.

The headless bodies dance about, clapping time in the battle-field.)

y3034.015

गीर्वणगणगोष्टीषु प्रवृत्ता: संकथा मिथ: ।

कदा लोकान्तरं धीरा: कथं यास्यन्ति के कुत: ॥३।३४।१५॥

गीर्वण-गण-गोष्टीषु प्रवृत्ता: संकथा: मिथ: ।

कदा लोकान्तरम् धीरा: कथम् यास्यन्ति के कुत: ॥३।३४।१५॥

gIrvaNa-gaNa-goSTISu pravRttA: saMkathA: mitha: |

kadA lokAntaram dhIrA: katham yAsyanti ke kuta: ||3|34|15||

gIrvaNa-gaNa-goSTISu

w/ eloquent-bunch-guests??? —

pravRttA: saMkathAH

engaged in conversation

mithaH

doubtfully — wondering —

kadA

when

loka-antaram

to the other-world

dhIrAH

heroes —

katham

and how

yAsyanti

will they come

ke kutaH

and who and why.

**vlm.15. The eloquent among the spectators were talking to one another, about the frailty of human life, and the uncertainty of the time of their meeting in the next world.

gIrvaNagaNagoSTISu pravRttA: saMkathA mitha: |

kadA lokAntaraM dhIrA: kathaM yAsyanti ke kuta: ||3|34|15||

(Some eloquent observers asked,

doubtfully wondering:)

"When will they go to the other-world, those heroes?"

"And how?"

"And who?"

"And why?"

-15-

y3034.016

निगिरत्यागता: सेना: स्रवन्तीर् इव सागर: ।

समत्स्यमकरव्यूहा अहो नु विषमो भट: ॥३।३४।१६॥

निगिरति_आगता: सेना: स्रवन्तीः_इव सागर: ।

स-मत्स्य.मकर=व्यूहा अहो नु विषम: भट: ॥३।३४।१६॥

nigirati_AgatA: senA: sravantIH_iva sAgara: |

sa-matsya.makara=vyUhA aho nu viSama: bhaTa: ||3|34|16||

nigirati – swallows —

AgatA: senA: – the come armies —

sravantI: iva sAgara: – flowing like rivers to the ocean —

sa=matsya-makara=vyUhA: – with fish- and shark-schools —

aho nu viSama: bhaTa: – Oh now a terrible warrior —

**vlm.16. Oh! the stern cannibal of death, says one, that devours in one swoop, whole bodies of the assembled armies, now weltering in blood; and levels the levelling hosts to the ground.

**AB. sravantIr nadI: | … ||3|34|

nigiratyAgatA: senA: sravantIr iva sAgara: |

samatsyamakaravyUhA aho nu viSamo bhaTa: ||3|34|16||

"The columns of advancing troops

are rivers running to a sea with schools of nibbling fish and sharks.

Death's a devilish warrior!"

y3034.017

कटेषु करिणां कीर्णा धारानाराचराजय: ।

पतिता इव संपूर्णा: शृङ्गसंघेषु वृष्टय: ॥३।३४।१७॥

कटेषु करिणाम् कीर्णा: धारा-नाराच-राजय: ।

पतिता: इव संपूर्णा: शृङ्ग-संघेषु वृष्टय: ॥३।३४।१७॥

kaTeSu kariNAm kIrNA: dhArA-nArAca-rAjaya: |

patitA: iva saMpUrNA: zRGga-saMgheSu vRSTaya: ||3|34|17||

kaTeSu – on the temples — kariNAm_ - of elephants — kIrNA-: – fallen

dhArA-nArAca-rAjaya: – the rows of bowmen —

patitA: iva – as-is fallen — saMpUrNA: – fullsome —

zRGga-saMgheSu – in mountain-ranges — vRSTaya: – showers —

**vlm.17. The showers of arrows falling on the bodies of elephants, resemble the showers of rain drops on mountain tops; and the darts sticking to their frontal bones, liken the bolts of lightening piercing the peaks of cliffs.

kaTeSu kariNAM kIrNA dhArAnArAcarAjaya: |

patitA iva saMpUrNA: zRGgasaMgheSu vRSTaya: ||3|34|17||

"The heads of elephants are stuck with rows of arrows—

thick as rain on those elephantine mountains."

y3034.018

हा कुन्तेन शिरो नीतं ममेत्येवं विवक्षत: ।

शिरसाऽजीवमित्येवं खे खगेनेव वाशितम् ॥३।३४।१८॥

हा कुन्तेन शिरो नीतं ममेत्येवं विवक्षत: ।

शिरसाऽजीवमित्येवं खे खगेनेव वाशितम् ॥18॥

hA kuntena ziras nItam mama_iti_evam vivakSata: |

zirasA_ajIvam_iti_evam khe khagena_iva vAzitam ||3|34|18||

hA – "Oh — kuntena – by a javelin — mama ziras nItam_ iti – my head is led away!" —

evam_ vivakSata: – thus seemingly-said — "Oh no! My head is riding on a javelin!" —

zirasA – by a head — ajIvam iti – that's dead — [that's what seems said by a dead head] —

evam_ khe – thus in-the-sly — khagena iva – as by birds — vAzitam – calling — like a crow croaking in the sky —

**vlm.18. While the headless body of the beheaded, was groveling grievously on the ground for want of its head, the pate flying on high as a bird of air, proclaimed its immortality in heaven.

hA kuntena ziro nItaM mametyevaM vivakSata: |

zirasA'jIvamityevaM khe khageneva vAzitam ||3|34|18||

"Oh, no! My head is riding on a javelin!"

(That's what seems said by a catapulting dead head,

like a crow croaking in the sky.)

`````y3034.019

यन्त्रपाषाणवर्षेण यैषास्मान्परिषिञ्चति ।

सेनानुशृखलाजालवलना क्रियतां बलात् ॥३।३४।१९॥

यन्त्र-पाषाण-वर्षेण या_एषा_अस्मान्_परिषिञ्चति ।

सेना-अनुशृखला-जाल-वलना क्रियताम् बलात् ॥३।३४।१९॥

yantra-pASANa-varSeNa yA_eSA_asmAn_pariSiJcati |

senA-anuzRkhalA-jAla-valanA kriyatAm balAt ||3|34|19||

yantra-pASANa-varSeNa

w/ catapult-stone-shower — by a shower of catapulted stones/boulders

yA eSA asmAn pari-SiJcati

this who about-scatters these

senA

the army

anuzRkhalA-jAla-valanA

afterFetter-trap-encircling

kriyatAm

operation

balAt

perforce.

**AB. yA senA siJcaty eSA 'nuzRGkhalA-jAlena valitA veSTitA kriyatAm iti sainikokti: ||3|34|

**DC. army sends showers of catapulted stones, itself is being encircled by powerful snares? kriyatAm_ - du, past passive????

**AS.The verse is the utterance of soldiers being pounded and they are expressing a wish. kriyatAm is an optative passive form. The army that is showering us with catapulted stones, may it be forcibly surrounded by a net of chains. (lit. be made to be surrounded by a fence of chains).

**vlm.19. The army harassed by stones slung on their heads, cried to entrap the enemy in the snares set at their feet.

yantrapASANavarSeNa yaiSAsmAnpariSiJcati |

senAnuzRkhalAjAlavalanA kriyatAM balAt ||3|34|19||

yantrapASANavarSeNa yaiSAsmAnpariSiJcati |

senAnuzRkhalAjAlavalanA kriyatAM balAt ||3|34|19||

yantra-pASANa-varSeNa yA_eSA_asmAn_pariSiJcati |

senA-anuzRkhalA-jAla-valanA kriyatAm balAt ||3|34|19||

yantra-pASANa-varSeNa yA_eSA_asmAn_pariSiJcati | senA-anuzRkhalA-jAla-valanA kriyatAm balAt ||3|34|19||

—"A shower of catapulted stones,

and then the men who sent them, set

the Elephant Hobble, quickly

deploying in encirclement." -19-

y3034.020

वलीपलितनिर्मुक्तं पूर्वभार्याप्सरा: सती ।

अङ्गीकरोति भर्तारं परिज्ञाय रणे हतम् ॥३।३४।२०॥

वली-पलित-निर्मुक्तम् पूर्व-भार्य-अप्सरा: सती ।

अङ्गी.करोति भर्तारम् परिज्ञाय रणे हतम् ॥३।३४।२०॥

valI-palita-nirmuktam pUrva-bhArya-apsarA: satI |

aGgI.karoti bhartAram parijJAya raNe hatam ||3|34|20||

pUrva-bhArya-apsarA: satI - being a former-husband-Apsarâ — being an Apsarâ widow —

aGgI-karoti – claims — valI-palita-nirmukta-m_ – her wrinkles-silverHair-free — Free from old age —

bhartAram_ – as husband — parijJAya – ascertaining — raNe hatam – in battle killed —

**vlm.20. Wives that had become Apsarás (heavenly nymphs) after death, were now eager to claim their husbands, who were restored to their youth, by virtue of their falling in the field of battle.

—"She is an Apsarâ widow.

She claims a body from the field,

free at last from doddering Age,

a body in the battlefield." -20-

y3034.021

आदिवं रचिताकारा: कुन्तकाननकान्तय: ।

वीराणां स्वर्गमारोढुमिव सोपानपङ्क्तय: ॥३।३४।२१॥

आ=दिवम् रचित-आकारा: कुन्त-कानन-कान्तय: ।

वीराणाम् स्वर्गम्_आरोढुम्_इव सोपान-पङ्क्तय: ॥३।३४।२१॥

A=divam racita-AkArA: kunta-kAnana-kAntaya: |

vIrANAm svargam_AroDhum_iva sopAna-paGktaya: ||3|34|21||

A-divam_ – to the sky — racita-AkArA: – distressing-forms —

kunta-kAnana-kAntaya: – lance-forest-splendor —

vIrANAm_ svargam – of heroes the Svarga heaven —

AroDhum iva – as to ascend-to —

sopAna-paGktaya: – staircase-steps —

**vlm.21. The glaring light of the line of lances that had reached the skies, seemed as a flight of stairs or golden vistas, for the ascent of the brave to the gates of heaven.

AdivaM racitAkArA: kuntakAnanakAntaya: |

vIrANAM svargamAroDhumiva sopAnapaGktaya: ||3|34|21||

"Toward the sky, troublesome forms:

a glory-forest of lances climb the mountain."

"It's their staircase,

leading them up to Svarga Heaven."

y3034.022

कान्तकाञ्चनकान्ताङ्गे भटस्योरसि कामिनी ।

दृष्टा देवपुरन्ध्रीयं भर्तुरन्वेषणान्विता ॥३।३४।२२॥

कान्त-काञ्चन-कान्त-अङ्गे भटस्य_उरसि कामिनी ।

दृष्टा देव-पुरन्ध्रीयम् भर्तुः_अन्वेषण-अन्विता ॥३।३४।२२॥

kAnta-kAJcana-kAnta-aGge bhaTasya_urasi kAminI |

dRSTA deva-purandhrIyam bhartuH_anveSaNa-anvitA ||3|34|22||

kAnta-kAJcana-kAnta-aGge

on lover-golden-lover-body —

bhaTasya

of a soldier

urasi

on the chest

kAminI dRSTA – a lover seen

deva-puraMdhrIyaM

the god-woman —

bhartur – of her husband — anveSaNa-anvitA – is searching-engaged —

**vlm.22. The wife of the slain soldier, seeing now a heavenly goddess, taking possession of her husband's fair gold-like breast, was looking about in search of another.

kAntakAJcanakAntAGge bhaTasyorasi kAminI |

dRSTA devapurandhrIyaM bharturanveSaNAnvitA ||3|34|22||

"There's a girl seeking her lover's body,

a golden chested soldier:

she is a goddess looking.for her man.

But oh, another soldier's slain

by warriors with their upraised swords!"

"A holy mountain falls

before the billows of the Great Doomsday."

y3034.023

हा हतं सैन्यं अस्माकं भटैरुद्धतमुष्टिभि: ।

महाप्रलयकल्लोलै: सुरशैलस्थलं यथा ॥३।३४।२३॥

हा हतम् सैन्यम् अस्माकम् भटैः_उद्धत-मुष्टिभि: ।

महा.प्रलय-कल्लोलै: सुर-शैल-स्थलम् यथा ॥३।३४।२३॥

hA hatam sainyam asmAkam bhaTaiH_uddhata-muSTibhi: |

mahA.pralaya-kallolai: sura-zaila-sthalam yathA ||3|34|23||

hA hatam_ sainyam_ asmAkam_ – "Oh, slain is a soldier of ours, —

bhaTair – by soldiers — uddhata-muSTibhi: – w/ raised-handful/hilt — with upraised swords —

mahApralaya-kallolai: – by greatDoomsday billows — sura-zaila-sthalam_ yathA — divine-mountain-place — as a sacred mountain falls before the billows of the Great Doomsday —

**vlm.23. Generals, wailing loudly with their uplifted arms, over their fallen armies in the field, appeared as the cliffs of rocks, resounding to the clamorous surges below.

hA hataM sainyaM asmAkaM bhaTairuddhatamuSTibhi: |

mahApralayakallolai: surazailasthalaM yathA ||3|34|23||

"There's a girl seeking her lover's body,

a golden chested soldier:

she is a goddess looking.for her man.

But oh, another soldier's slain

by warriors with their upraised swords!"

"A holy mountain falls

before the billows of the Great Doomsday."

y3034.024

युध्यध्वमग्रतो मूढा नयतार्धमृतान्नरान् ।

निजान्पादप्रहारेण मैतान्दारयताधमा: ॥३।३४।२४॥

युध्यध्वम्_अग्रत: मूढा नयता_अर्ध-मृतान्_नरान् ।

निजान्_पाद-प्रहारेण मा_एतान्_दारयता-अधमा: ॥३।३४।२४॥

yudhyadhvam_agrata: mUDhA nayatA_ardha-mRtAn_narAn |

nijAn_pAda-prahAreNa mA_etAn_dArayatA-adhamA: ||3|34|24||

yudhyadhvam

let's fight

agratas

foremost

mUDhAH

fools

nayatA

w/ leading — Fight the enemy we face, fools,

ardha-mRtAn - half-dead – narAn - men

nijAn

own

pAda-prahAreNa

w/ foot-strike

mA etAn

not these

dArayatA - w/ trampling

adhamAH

the least — ??? — and don't be trampling our wounded and dead —

**vlm.24. They cried out to fight the foremost in war, and to remove the wounded to the rear; and not to trample over the bodies of their own soldiers, now lying low on the ground.

yudhyadhvamagrato mUDhA nayatArdhamRtAnnarAn |

nijAnpAdaprahAreNa maitAndArayatAdhamA: ||3|34|24||

युध्यध्वम्_अग्रत: मूढा नयता_अर्ध-मृतान्_नरान् ।

निजान्_पाद-प्रहारेण मा_एतान्_दारयता-अधमा: ॥३।३४।२४॥

"Fight the enemy we face, fools,

and don't be trampling our wounded."

y3034.025

धम्मिल्लवलनाव्यग्रे घनोत्कण्ठेऽप्सरोगणे ।

भटो दिव्यशरीरेण पार्श्वप्राप्तो निरीक्ष्यताम् ॥३।३४।२५॥

धम्मिल्ल-वलना-व्यग्रे घन-उत्कण्ठे_अप्सरस्-गणे ।

भट: दिव्य-शरीरेण पार्श्व-प्राप्तः_निरीक्ष्यताम् ॥३।३४।२५॥

dhammilla-valanA-vyagre ghana-utkaNThe_apsaras-gaNe |

bhaTa: divya-zarIreNa pArzva-prAptaH_nirIkSyatAm ||3|34|25||

dhammilla-valanA-vyagre

i/ braid-circled-eager —

ghana-utkaNTha-i

i/ cloud/thick - eager/ready

apsaro-gaNa-i

i/ the Apsarâ-horde —

bhaTa-H

a warrior

divya-zarIra-iNa

w/ heavenly-body —

pArzva-prApta-H

near-drawing —

nirIkSyatAm

is observed.

**AB. dhammilla-valanA keza- hair saMgrathanam bundled ||3|34|

**vlm.25. Behold! there the Apsáras eagerly tying their loosened locks, and advancing with sobbing bosoms to receive the departed warriors, joining their company in their celestial forms.

dhammillavalanAvyagre ghanotkaNThe'psarogaNe |

bhaTo divyazarIreNa pArzvaprApto nirIkSyatAm ||3|34|25||

(Their heads circled with braids,

eager for men,

the crowd of heavenly apsarA-s watch the warriors.)

`````y3034.026

फुल्लहेमारविन्दासु छायाशीतजलानिलै: ।

स्वर्गनद्यास्तटीष्वेनं दूरायातं विनोदय ॥३।३४।२६॥

फुल्ल-हेम-अरविन्दासु छाया-शीत-जल-अनिलै: ।

स्वर्ग-नद्याः_तटीषु_एनम् दूरायातम् विनोदय ॥३।३४।२६॥

phulla-hema-aravindAsu chAyA-zIta-jala-anilai: |

svarga-nadyAH_taTISu_enam dUrAyAtam vinodaya ||3|34|26||

phulla-hema-aravindAsu – in flower-golden-lotuses —

chAyA-zIta-jala-anilai: – w/ shady-cool-water-wind —

svarga-nadyA: – Heaven-rivers — taTISu – on shores —

enam_ – this — dUrAyAtam_ – hard-to-get — vinodaya – entertain —

AB. svarga-nadyA: gaGgAyA: vinodaya vizrAmaya iti apsaraH-sakhi-ukti: ||3|34|

**vlm.26. Ah! receive them says one, who are our guests from afar, on the banks of the rivers of Paradise, decorated with lotus blossoms of golden hue, and entertain them with fresh water and cooling breeze.

phullahemAravindAsu chAyAzItajalAnilai: |

svarganadyAstaTISvenaM dUrAyAtaM vinodaya ||3|34|26||

phullahemAravindAsu chAyAzItajalAnilai: |

svarganadyAstaTISvenaM dUrAyAtaM vinodaya ||3|34|26||

phulla-hema-aravindAsu chAyA-zIta-jala-anilai: |

svarga-nadyAH_taTISu_enam dUrAyAtam vinodaya ||3|34|26||

phulla-hema-aravindAsu chAyA-zIta-jala-anilai: | svarga-nadyAH_taTISu_enam dUrAyAtam vinodaya ||3|34|26||

—"Among sun-golden lotuses,

with cooling breezes, by shaded

waters, rivers of Heaven,

on such shores, hard to reach, let them

find at last their heavenly rest." -26-

`````y3034.027

विविधायुधसंघट्टखण्डितोग्रास्थिकोटय: ।

खे कवन्त्य: कणत्कारै: प्रसृतास्तारका इव ॥३।३४।२७॥

विविध-आयुध-संघट्ट-खण्डित-उग्र-अस्थि-कोटय: ।

खे कवन्त्य: कणत्-कारै: प्रसृताः_तारक् ः_इव ॥३।३४।२७॥

vividha-Ayudha-saMghaTTa-khaNDita-ugra-asthi-koTaya: |

khe kavantya: kaNat-kArai: prasRtAH_tArak H_iva ||3|34|27||

vividha-Ayudha-saMghaTTa-khaNDita-ugra-asthi-koTaya: - various-weapons-conflict-shattered-terrible-bone-kotis —

khe - in the sky — kavantya: – warring — kaNat-kArai: – w/ "kanat"-making —

prasRtA: – extended/spread — tArakA: iva – like waves —

**vlm.27. Look! there the groups of weapons, broken into pieces like bones by their concussion, are huddled in the air with a jingling sound (kanatkára), and shining as stars in the sky.

vividhAyudhasaMghaTTakhaNDitogrAsthikoTaya: |

khe kavantya: kaNatkArai: prasRtAstArakA iva ||3|34|27||

vividhAyudhasaMghaTTakhaNDitogrAsthikoTaya: |

khe kavantya: kaNatkArai: prasRtAstArakA iva ||3|34|27||

vividha-Ayudha-saMghaTTa-khaNDita-ugra-asthi-koTaya: |

khe kavantya: kaNat-kArai: prasRtAH_tArak H_iva ||3|34|27||

vividha-Ayudha-saMghaTTa-khaNDita-ugra-asthi-koTaya: | khe kavantya: kaNat-kArai: prasRtAH_tArak H_iva ||3|34|27||

—(From every sort of weaponry,

fragments lie in the battlefield,

mingled with kotis of bare bones,

clunking 'Kanat-Kanat', like hard

sea-crests colliding in the air. -27-

`````y3034.028

व्योम्नि जीवनदीवाहे वहत्सायकवारिणि ।

चक्रावर्तिणि गच्छन्ति गिरयोऽप्यणुपङ्कताम् ॥३।३४।२८॥

व्योम्नि जीव-नदी=वाहे वहत्-सायक-वारिणि ।

चक्रावर्तिणि गच्छन्ति गिरयः_अपि_अणु-पङ्कताम् ॥३।३४।२८॥

vyomni jIva-nadI=vAhe vahat-sAyaka-vAriNi |

cakrAvartiNi gacchanti girayaH_api_aNu-paGkatAm ||3|34|28||

vyomni – In the sky — jIva-nadI-vAhe – in the life-river-current —

vahat-sAyaka-vAriNi – missile-shower — cakra-AvartiNi – discus-rolling / emperor —

gacchanti – they-go —

giraya: api – the mountains indeed — aNu-paGkatA-m – atom-dust —

< vyomni jIvanadIvAhe vahat sAyaka-vAriNi | cakrAvartiNi gacchanti giraya: api aNupaGkatAm

…

#sAyaka - a. - suitable for hurling; — m/n. - missile, arrow; "a sword [missile?} adorned with bells" SDS. —

**vlm.28. Lo! the stream of deceased souls, flowing in arrowy currents and rolling in whirlpools of the flying disks, is rapidly gliding with the pebbles and stones, flung from the slings in the air.

vyomni jIvanadIvAhe vahatsAyakavAriNi |

cakrAvartiNi gacchanti girayo'pyaNupaGkatAm ||3|34|28||

vyomni jIvanadIvAhe vahatsAyakavAriNi |

cakrAvartiNi gacchanti girayo'pyaNupaGkatAm ||3|34|28||

vyomni jIva-nadI=vAhe vahat-sAyaka-vAriNi |

cakrAvartiNi gacchanti girayaH_api_aNu-paGkatAm ||3|34|28||

vyomni jIva-nadI=vAhe vahat-sAyaka-vAriNi | cakrAvartiNi gacchanti girayaH_api_aNu-paGkatAm ||3|34|28||

In the sky, there is a river of

Jivas; from the sky, a shower

of missiles, rolling discuses.

They grind the mountains into dust.) -28-

`````y3034.029

भ्रमद्भिर्ग्रहमार्गेषु शिरोभिर्वीरभूभृताम् ।

आयुधांशुलतानाललग्नासिदलकण्टकै: ॥३।३४।२९॥

भ्रमद्भिः_ग्रह-मार्गेषु शिरोभिः_वीर-भू.भृताम् ।

आयुध-अंशु-लता-नाल-लग्न-असि-दल-कण्टकै: ॥३।३४।२९॥

bhramadbhiH_graha-mArgeSu zirobhiH_vIra-bhU.bhRtAm |

Ayudha-aMzu-latA-nAla-lagna-asi-dala-kaNTakai: ||3|34|29||

bhramadbhiH

w/ wanderings

graha-mArgeSu

along the planet-path — the ecliptic —

zirobhiH

w/ heads

vIra-bhUbhRtAm

of heroic EarthLords

Ayudha-aMzu-latA-AnAla-lagna-asi-dala-kaNTaka-i: - weapon-rays-vine-lotusStalk-stuck/Ascendant-sword-petal-thorn— an astro-pun. The Ascendant is the point where the horizon intersects the ecliptic. —

**vlm.29. The sky is become as a lake of lotuses with the lotiform heads of warriors flung aloft in the air, while the flying weapons are floating like their stalks in it, with the broken swords as their thorns all around.

**DC. roads are littered with heads of heroic commanders, like vines with flowers, and weapons are like its thorns (or rays), and swords they are holding are like torn off petals.

**AS. This and the next verse give an image of severed heads of the warriors giving the appearance of floating lotuses in the lake called sky! Here is the meaning: By the heads of the brave kings moving about on paths of planets, are like lotuses whose stalks are the rays of lights from the weapons, with swords as the leaves and thorns.

bhramadbhirgrahamArgeSu zirobhirvIrabhUbhRtAm |

AyudhAMzulatAnAlalagnAsidalakaNTakai: ||3|34|29||

bhramadbhirgrahamArgeSu zirobhirvIrabhUbhRtAm |

AyudhAMzulatAnAlalagnAsidalakaNTakai: ||3|34|29||

bhramadbhiH_graha-mArgeSu zirobhiH_vIra-bhU.bhRtAm |

Ayudha-aMzu-latA-nAla-lagna-asi-dala-kaNTakai: ||3|34|29||

bhramadbhiH_graha-mArgeSu zirobhiH_vIra-bhU.bhRtAm | Ayudha-aMzu-latA-nAla-lagna-asi-dala-kaNTakai: ||3|34|29||

"The heads of the heroic EarthLords drift like planets along the ecliptic, and their weapons are their planetary radiance." -29-

`````y3034.030

केतुपट्टमृणालाङ्गदलैर्लब्धशिलीमुखै: ।

वहद्वातचलत्पद्मं नभ: पद्मसर: कृतम् ॥३।३४।३०॥

केतु-पट्ट-मृणाल-अङ्ग-दलैः_लब्ध-शिली-मुखै: ।

वहत्-वात-चलत्-पद्मम् नभ: पद्म-सर: कृतम् ॥३।३४।३०॥

ketu-paTTa-mRNAla-aGga-dalaiH_labdha-zilI-mukhai: |

vahat-vAta-calat-padmam nabha: padma-sara: kRtam ||3|34|30||

ketu-paTTa-mRNAla-aGga-dala-iH

w/ banner-strips-lotusFilaments-body-petals

labdha-zilI-mukha-iH

w/ gathered bees/arrows

vahad-vAta-calat-padmam

blowing-winds-flowing-lotuses

nabha: padma-sara-: kRta-m

the sky become a lotus-pond.

**AB. ketu-paTTA: patAkApaTAs ta eva mRNAlasyAvayavabhUtaparNAni yeSAm | labdha: zilImukhA: zleSAd bANa-lakSaNa-bhramarA yai: ||3|34|

**vlm.30. The flying fragments of the flags, forming the folia of the plants, and the darts sticking to them, appear as big black bees fluttering about the flowers moving with the breeze.

ketupaTTamRNAlAGgadalairlabdhazilImukhai: |

vahadvAtacalatpadmaM nabha: padmasara: kRtam ||3|34|30||

ketupaTTamRNAlAGgadalairlabdhazilImukhai: |

vahadvAtacalatpadmaM nabha: padmasara: kRtam ||3|34|30||

ketu-paTTa-mRNAla-aGga-dalaiH_labdha-zilI-mukhai: |

vahat-vAta-calat-padmam nabha: padma-sara: kRtam ||3|34|30||

ketu-paTTa-mRNAla-aGga-dalaiH_labdha-zilI-mukhai: | vahat-vAta-calat-padmam nabha: padma-sara: kRtam ||3|34|30||

"The torn banners are lotus-filaments, the bodies its petals;

the arrows come like browsing bees, the lotuses flow with the wind." -30-

`````y3034.031

मृतमातङ्गसंघाते गिराविव पिपीलिका: ।

भीरव: परिलीयन्ते स्त्रिय: पुंवक्षसीव च ॥३।३४।३१॥

मृत-मातङ्ग-संघाते गिरौ_इव पिपीलिका: ।

भीरव: परिलीयन्ते स्त्रिय: पुम्-वक्षसी_इव च ॥३।३४।३१॥

mRta-mAtaGga-saMghAte girau_iva pipIlikA: |

bhIrava: parilIyante striya: pum-vakSasI_iva ca ||3|34|31||

mRta-mAtaGga-saMghAte

on dead-elephant-conFlicting/clustered — Like the arrows in a dead elephant

girau iva pipIlikAH

as on a mountain red ants — like ants on a hill —

bhIravaH

fearful

parilIyante

hugging, clinging-to

striyaH

women — they hug each other, the women, —

puM-vakSasi iva ca

and like on man-breast — as if clinging-to a man's broad chest. —

**DC. Clinging to the mountain, as if to man’s chest, are fearful women, resembling ants on the dead elephant.

**AS. The women are not doing anything here; they are only a part of an analogy. The meaning is: The fearful lie hidden among heaps of dead elephants, like ants on hills or like women (with faces) on husbands' breasts.

**vlm.31. The arrows sticking to the dead bodies of elephants, are as emmets on mountain tops, and as timid girls clinging to the bosoms of men.

**AB. cakAra upamAna-dvaya-samuccayArtha: ||3|34|

mRtamAtaGgasaMghAte girAviva pipIlikA: |

bhIrava: parilIyante striya: puMvakSasIva ca ||3|34|31||

mRtamAtaGgasaMghAte girAviva pipIlikA: |

bhIrava: parilIyante striya: puMvakSasIva ca ||3|34|31||

mRta-mAtaGga-saMghAte girau_iva pipIlikA: |

bhIrava: parilIyante striya: pum-vakSasI_iva ca ||3|34|31||

mRta-mAtaGga-saMghAte girau_iva pipIlikA: | bhIrava: parilIyante striya: pum-vakSasI_iva ca ||3|34|31||

"Like the arrows stuck in a dead

elephant—like ants on a hill—

they hug each other, the fearful

women, as if they were clinging

against their husband's barrel chest." -31-

`````y3034.032

अपूर्वोत्तमसौन्दर्यकान्तसंगमशंसिन: ।

वान्ति विद्याधरस्त्रीणामलकोल्लासिनोऽनिला: ॥३।३४।३२॥

अ.पूर्व-उत्तम-सौन्दर्य-कान्त-संगम-शंसिन: ।

वान्ति विद्याधर-स्त्रीणाम्_अलक-उल्लासिनः_अनिला: ॥३।३४।३२॥

a.pUrva-uttama-saundarya-kAnta-saMgama-zaMsina: |

vAnti vidyAdhara-strINAm_alaka-ullAsinaH_anilA: ||3|34|32||

apUrva-uttama-saundarya-kAnta-saMgama-zaMsi-naH

unrivaled-highest-beautiful-girls - meeting/intercourse - telling/promising — [one of those naughty puns] —

vAnti

blow

vidyAdhara-strINAm

of the Vidyâdhara Magician women —

alaka-ullAsinaH

locks-playing

anilAH

winds.

**vlm.32. The winds unfurling the curling locks of Vidyadhara females, indicate their approaching spousals, as the unfolding plumage of fowls are predictions of success in augury.

apUrvottamasaundaryakAntasaMgamazaMsina: |

vAnti vidyAdharastrINAmalakollAsino'nilA: ||3|34|32||

apUrvottamasaundaryakAntasaMgamazaMsina: |

vAnti vidyAdharastrINAmalakollAsino'nilA: ||3|34|32||

a.pUrva-uttama-saundarya-kAnta-saMgama-zaMsina: |

vAnti vidyAdhara-strINAm_alaka-ullAsinaH_anilA: ||3|34|32||

a.pUrva-uttama-saundarya-kAnta-saMgama-zaMsina: | vAnti vidyAdhara-strINAm_alaka-ullAsinaH_anilA: ||3|34|32||

"They have no rival, no, not those

most beautiful Vidyâdhara

Magician women! They whisper

their secret promises of love,

their fair hair blowing in the wind." -32-

`````y3034.033

छत्रेषूड्डीयमानेषु स्थितेषु व्योम्नि चन्द्रता ।

इन्दुनेव यशोमूर्त्या कृता शुभ्रातपत्रता ॥३।३४।३३॥

छत्रेषु_उड्डीयमानेषु स्थितेषु व्योम्नि चन्द्रता ।

इन्दुना_इव यशस्-मूर्त्या कृता शुभ्र-आतपत्र=ता ॥३।३४।३३॥

chatreSu_uDDIyamAneSu sthiteSu vyomni candratA |

indunA_iva yazas-mUrtyA kRtA zubhra-Atapatra=tA ||3|34|33||

chatreSu – w/ parasols — uDDIyamAneSu –upflying — sthiteSu – w/ situate — vyomni – in the sky — parasols flying about the sky —

candra-tA – moon-ness —

indunA iva – as w/ Luna — yazas-mUrtyA – w/ fame-embodiment — kRtA – w/ doing/making —

zubhra-Atapatra-tA – white-umbrella-ness —

**vlm.33. The lifted umbrellas are shining as so many moons on high and the moon shining above in the form of fair fame, spreads her light as a white canopy on earth.

chatreSUDDIyamAneSu sthiteSu vyomni candratA |

induneva yazomUrtyA kRtA zubhrAtapatratA ||3|34|33||

chatreSUDDIyamAneSu sthiteSu vyomni candratA |

induneva yazomUrtyA kRtA zubhrAtapatratA ||3|34|33||

chatreSu_uDDIyamAneSu sthiteSu vyomni candratA |

indunA_iva yazas-mUrtyA kRtA zubhra-Atapatra=tA ||3|34|33||

chatreSu_uDDIyamAneSu sthiteSu vyomni candratA | indunA_iva yazas-mUrtyA kRtA zubhra-Atapatra=tA ||3|34|33||

—"The parasols that fly about

the sky are tiny satellites

beneath the full moon, the emblem

of glory, and the moonbeams make

a great white umbrella of light." -33-

`````y3034.034

भटो मरणमूर्च्छान्ते निमेषेणामरं वपु: ।

स्वकर्मशिल्पिरचितं प्राप्त: स्वप्नपुरं यथा ॥३।३४।३४॥

भट: मरण-मूर्च्छान्ते निमेषेण_अमरम् वपु: ।

स्व.कर्म-शिल्पि-रचितम् प्राप्त: स्वप्न.पुरम् यथा ॥३।३४।३४॥

bhaTa: maraNa-mUrcchAnte nimeSeNa_amaram vapu: |

sva.karma-zilpi-racitam prApta: svapna.puram yathA ||3|34|34||

bhaTa-: – A soldier — maraNa-mUrcchA-ante – dying-faint-after — after the death-oblivion —

nimeSeNa – in an eyeblink — amaram_ vapu: – a deathless body —

svakarma-zilpi-racita-m_ – ownKarma-trade-written/determined —

prApta-: – is got — yathA svapna-puram_ – like a dream-city —

**vlm.34. The brave warrior, soon after his death, assumes a celestial form framed by his own merit, as a man in his sleep, attains to a state, he has imagined to himself in his waking.

bhaTo maraNamUrcchAnte nimeSeNAmaraM vapu: |

svakarmazilpiracitaM prApta: svapnapuraM yathA ||3|34|34||

bhaTo maraNamUrcchAnte nimeSeNAmaraM vapu: |

svakarmazilpiracitaM prApta: svapnapuraM yathA ||3|34|34||

bhaTa: maraNa-mUrcchAnte nimeSeNa_amaram vapu: |

sva.karma-zilpi-racitam prApta: svapna.puram yathA ||3|34|34||

bhaTa: maraNa-mUrcchAnte nimeSeNa_amaram vapu: | sva.karma-zilpi-racitam prApta: svapna.puram yathA ||3|34|34||

—"After his death-oblivion,

a soldier attains a deathless

body, fixed by the nature of

his own karma."

—"It is just like

seeing a city in a dream." -34-

`````y3034.035

शूलशक्त्यृष्टिचक्राणां वृष्टयो मुक्ततुष्टय: ।

व्योमाब्धौ मत्स्यमकरसंकुलावयवा: स्थिता: ॥३।३४।३५॥

शूल-शक्ति-ऋष्टि-चक्राणाम् वृष्टय: मुक्त-तुष्टय: ।

व्योम.अब्धौ मत्स्य-मकर-संकुल-अवयवा: स्थिता: ॥३।३४।३५॥

zUla-zakti-RSTi-cakrANAm vRSTaya: mukta-tuSTaya: |

vyoma.abdhau matsya-makara-saMkula-avayavA: sthitA: ||3|34|35||

zUla-zakti-RSTi-cakrA-NAm_ – pikes-javelins-battle-axes-discuses —

vRSTaya: – rains — mukta-tuSTaya: – freed - satisfaction/pleasure —

vyoma-abdhau – in the sky-sea — matsya-makara-saMkula-avayavA: – fish-sharks - crowd / battle - limbs/parts — sthitA-: – are situate —

**DC. by calm rain pour down pikes, javelins axes and discuses; as in sea schools of fish and sharks, so in space (of earth) battle regimens are fighting. **AS.The meaning is: The showers of javelins, axes and discuses unhappy (about missing their target) are hanging in the ocean of sky like schools of fishes and crocodiles.

**vlm.35. The flying spears and lances and clubs and disks are hurtling in the air, like shoals of restless fishes and sharks, moving about incessantly in the troubled waters of the sea.

zUlazaktyRSTicakrANAM vRSTayo muktatuSTaya: |

vyomAbdhau matsyamakarasaMkulAvayavA: sthitA: ||3|34|35||

zUlazaktyRSTicakrANAM vRSTayo muktatuSTaya: |

vyomAbdhau matsyamakarasaMkulAvayavA: sthitA: ||3|34|35||

zUla-zakti-RSTi-cakrANAm vRSTaya: mukta-tuSTaya: |

vyoma.abdhau matsya-makara-saMkula-avayavA: sthitA: ||3|34|35||

zUla-zakti-RSTi-cakrANAm vRSTaya: mukta-tuSTaya: | vyoma.abdhau matsya-makara-saMkula-avayavA: sthitA: ||3|34|35||

—"The pikes, javelins, discuses,

battle-axes—let loose, they fall

like rain." —(In the sky-sea, schools of

fishes and sharks nibble at limbs.) -35-

`````y3034.036

शरोत्कृत्तसितच्छत्रकलहंसैर्नभःस्थलम् ।

भाति संचितपूर्णेन्दुबिम्बलक्षैरिवावृतम् ॥३।३४।३६॥

शर-उत्कृत्त-सित-च्छत्र-कलहंसैः_नभःस्थलम् ।

भाति संचित-पूर्ण.इन्दु-बिम्ब-लक्षैः_इव_आवृतम् ॥३।३४।३६॥

zara-utkRtta-sita-cchatra-kalahaMsaiH_nabhaHsthalam |

bhAti saMcita-pUrNa.indu-bimba-lakSaiH_iva_AvRtam ||3|34|36||

zara-utkRtta-sita-cchatra-kalahaMsa-ir – w/ arrow-torn-white-parasols-geese — Arrow-torn white parasols drifting like geese —

nabhaHsthalam – the sky —

bhAti – shines/appears — saMcita-pUrNa-indu-bimba-lakSa-i: – w/ gathered-fullMoon-disc-appearing — iva AvRta-m – as-if overspread/surrounded —

**vlm.36. The milk-white rags of umbrellas, tattered and shattered by arrowy shafts, are flying as cranes in the crowded air, and appearing as the disk of the moon broken into a thousand pieces.

zarotkRttasitacchatrakalahaMsairnabhaHsthalam |

bhAti saMcitapUrNendubimbalakSairivAvRtam ||3|34|36||

zarotkRttasitacchatrakalahaMsairnabhaHsthalam |

bhAti saMcitapUrNendubimbalakSairivAvRtam ||3|34|36||

zara-utkRtta-sita-cchatra-kalahaMsaiH_nabhaHsthalam |

bhAti saMcita-pUrNa.indu-bimba-lakSaiH_iva_AvRtam ||3|34|36||

zara-utkRtta-sita-cchatra-kalahaMsaiH_nabhaHsthalam | bhAti saMcita-pUrNa.indu-bimba-lakSaiH_iva_AvRtam ||3|34|36||

"Those arrow-torn white parasols

go drifting like a flock of geese.

The sky is covered with them all,

like a disintegrated moon." -36-

`````y3034.037

क्रियते गगनोड्डीनैश्चामरैश्चारुघर्घरै: ।

वातावधूतसंरोधतरङ्गनिकरद्युति: ॥३।३४।३७॥

क्रियते गगन-उड्डीनैः_चामरैः_चारु-घर्घरै: ।

वात-अवधूत-संरोध-तरङ्ग-निकर-द्युति: ॥३।३४।३७॥

kriyate gagana-uDDInaiH_cAmaraiH_cAru-ghargharai: |

vAta-avadhUta-saMrodha-taraGga-nikara-dyuti: ||3|34|37||

kriyate – There is made — gagana-uDDInai: –by sky-flying — cAmarai: – fly-whisks — cAru-ghargharai: – dear-gurgling —

vAta-avadhUta-saMrodha-taraGga-nikara-dyuti-: — wind-shakenOff-besieged-waves-heaping-radiance —

**vlm.37. These waving flappers flying in the air with a hoarse gurgling (gharghara), seem as the waves of the sea lifted in the air, and undulating with a babbling noise in the ocean of the sky.

kriyate gaganoDDInaizcAmaraizcArughargharai: |

vAtAvadhUtasaMrodhataraGganikaradyuti: ||3|34|37||

kriyate gaganoDDInaizcAmaraizcArughargharai: |

vAtAvadhUtasaMrodhataraGganikaradyuti: ||3|34|37||

kriyate gagana-uDDInaiH_cAmaraiH_cAru-ghargharai: |

vAta-avadhUta-saMrodha-taraGga-nikara-dyuti: ||3|34|37||

kriyate gagana-uDDInaiH_cAmaraiH_cAru-ghargharai: | vAta-avadhUta-saMrodha-taraGga-nikara-dyuti: ||3|34|37||

—(There is made, by sky-flying fly-

whisks, with a subtle gurgling,

a radiance of sound, like drops

of wind-shaken waves colliding. -37-

`````y3034.038

दृश्यते हेतिदलिताश्छत्रचामरकेतव: ।

आकाशक्षेत्रविक्षिप्ता यशःशालिलता इव ॥३।३४।३८॥

दृश्यते हेति-दलिताः_छत्र-चामर-केतव: ।

आकाश-क्षेत्र-विक्षिप्ता: यशः-शालि-लता: इव ॥३।३४।३८॥

dRzyate heti-dalitAH_chatra-cAmara-ketava: |

AkAza-kSetra-vikSiptA: yazaH-zAli-latA: iva ||3|34|38||

dRzyate – There is seen — heti-dalitA: – javelin-shredded —

chatra-cAmara-ketava: – parasols, fly-whisks, banners —

AkAza-kSetra-vikSiptA: – space-field - scattered/distraught —

yazas-zAli-latA iva – like a fame - abounding/bestowing - vine —

**vlm.38. Those slips of the flappers and umbrellas, hashed by the slashing arms, appear as the laurels of glory flung aloft and flying in the regions of air.

dRzyate hetidalitAzchatracAmaraketava: |

AkAzakSetravikSiptA yazaHzAlilatA iva ||3|34|38||

dRzyate hetidalitAzchatracAmaraketava: |

AkAzakSetravikSiptA yazaHzAlilatA iva ||3|34|38||

dRzyate heti-dalitAH_chatra-cAmara-ketava: |

AkAza-kSetra-vikSiptA: yazaH-zAli-latA: iva ||3|34|38||

dRzyate heti-dalitAH_chatra-cAmara-ketava: | AkAza-kSetra-vikSiptA: yazaH-zAli-latA: iva ||3|34|38||

There are seen, shredded by flying

javelins, scraps of parasols,

fly-whisks, banners—the sky-field is

overspread with them, a garland

to the warriors' abounding fame. -38-

`````y3034.039

वहद्भिर्व्योम्नि सक्षेम पश्य नीता क्षयं शरै: ।

शक्तिवृष्टिरुपायान्ती सस्यश्री: शलभैरिव ॥३।३४।३९॥

वहद्भिः_व्योम्नि स.क्षेम पश्य नीता क्षयम् शरै: ।

शक्ति-वृष्टि-रुपा_आयान्ती सस्य-श्री: शलभैः_इव ॥३।३४।३९॥

vahadbhiH_vyomni sa.kSema pazya nItA kSayam zarai: |

zakti-vRSTi-rupA_AyAntI sasya-zrI: zalabhaiH_iva ||3|34|39||

vahadbhir vyomni

w/ flying in the sky

sa-kSema

comfortably heard —

pazya nItA kSayam_ zaraiH

"See! we're sent destruction with arrows! —

zakti-vRSTiH

spear-showers

upAyAntI sasya-zrIH

reap a rich harvest —

zalabhai: iva

like locusts —

**vlm.39. Behold ye friends! how these flying arrows and showering spears, are approaching to us with hits of their spoil, like bodies of locusts, bearing away their verdant booty in the air.

**AB. sakSemeti zrotR-saMbodhanam | … ||3|34|

vahadbhirvyomni sakSema pazya nItA kSayaM zarai: |

zaktivRSTirupAyAntI sasyazrI: zalabhairiva ||3|34|39||

Floating in the sky, we hear:)

—"Look

out! there's a piercing of arrows

coming, a shearing of spears!"

— (They

reap a rich harvest, like locusts.) -39-

`````y3034.040

एषा प्रसृतदोर्दण्डभटखड्गच्छटात्कृति: ।

कठिनात् कंकटाज्जाता मृत्योरेवोग्रहुंकृति: ॥३।३४।४०॥

एषा प्रसृत-दोर्दण्ड-भट-खड्ग-"च्छटा"त्_कृति: ।

कठिनात् कंकटात्_जाता मृत्योः_एव-उग्र-"हुम्"कृति: ॥३।३४।४०॥

eSA prasRta-dordaNDa-bhaTa-khaDga-"cchaTA"t_kRti: |

kaThinAt kaMkaTAt_jAtA mRtyoH_eva-ugra-"hum"kRti: ||3|34|40||

eSA

This

prasRta-dordaNDa-bhaTa-khaDga-cchaTAtkRtiH

outstretched-arms-soldier-cudgel-"Chatta"-making —

kaThinAt

hard

kaMkaTAt

armor

jAtA

arisen —

mRtyo: eva

of death itself

ugra-huMkRtiH

fierce "Hoom"-making.

**vlm.40. Hearken to the clanking sound of the striking steel, in the uplifted arm of the armoured soldier, resounding like the loud alarum according to another edition of the regent of death.

**AB. … chaTAtkRtir iti khaDga-pAta-dhvany-anukaraNam | … ||3|34|

eSA prasRtadordaNDabhaTakhaDgacchaTAtkRti: |

kaThinAt kaMkaTAjjAtA mRtyorevograhuMkRti: ||3|34|40||

eSA prasRtadordaNDabhaTakhaDgacchaTAtkRti: |

kaThinAt kaMkaTAjjAtA mRtyorevograhuMkRti: ||3|34|40||

eSA prasRta-dordaNDa-bhaTa-khaDga-"cchaTA"t_kRti: |

kaThinAt kaMkaTAt_jAtA mRtyoH_eva-ugra-"hum"kRti: ||3|34|40||

eSA prasRta-dordaNDa-bhaTa-khaDga-"cchaTA"t_kRti: | kaThinAt kaMkaTAt_jAtA mRtyoH_eva-ugra-"hum"kRti: ||3|34|40||

—"The outstretched arms of a soldier

brandish a cudgel. 'Cha-ta-ta-ta'

it sounds." —"On armor it sounds 'Hoom!',

which is the resonance of death." -40-

`````y3034.041

हेतिकल्पानिलक्षुण्णा दन्तनिर्झरवारय: ।

जनताक्षयकालेऽस्मिन्भग्ना नगा नगा इव ॥३।३४।४१॥

हेति-कल्प-अनिल-क्षुण्णा: दन्त-निर्झर-वारय: ।

जनता-क्षय-काले_अस्मिन्_भग्ना: नगा: नगा: इव ॥३।३४।४१॥

heti-kalpa-anila-kSuNNA: danta-nirjhara-vAraya: |

janatA-kSaya-kAle_asmin_bhagnA: nagA: nagA: iva ||3|34|41||

heti-kalpa-anila-kSuNNA – heti - Kalpa-wind - broken —

danta-nirjhara-vAraya: - tuskers-cataract-ropes —

asmin janatA-kSaya-kAle – in this people-destroying time —

bhagnA nagA nagA iva – broken elephants like mountains —

**AB. … | nagA gajA nagA giraya iva ||3|34|

**DC. At the same time people are dying and elephants fall down by missiles, as mountains shattered by winds of cosmic dissolution, and their tusks are like waters of mountain waterfalls. **AS. The elephants are the only ones being described, the mountains are for an analogy (and also the subtle word play between naga and nAga). Knocked down by the Doomsday winds of weapons, with their tusks appearing like water in brooks, in this time of loss of life, the elephants are shattered like mountains (which get shattered by the Doomsday winds).

**vlm.41. Hear the tremendous blows of weapons, like the blowing of an all destroying tornado, throwing down the elephants like

craigs of mountains, with their long stretching tusks lying like water falls on the ground.

hetikalpAnilakSuNNA dantanirjharavAraya: |

janatAkSayakAle'sminbhagnA nagA nagA iva ||3|34|41||

hetikalpAnilakSuNNA dantanirjharavAraya: |

janatAkSayakAle'sminbhagnA nagA nagA iva ||3|34|41||

heti-kalpa-anila-kSuNNA: danta-nirjhara-vAraya: |

janatA-kSaya-kAle_asmin_bhagnA: nagA: nagA: iva ||3|34|41||

heti-kalpa-anila-kSuNNA: danta-nirjhara-vAraya: | janatA-kSaya-kAle_asmin_bhagnA: nagA: nagA: iva ||3|34|41||

—"Mountains are shattered by the Doomsday winds; mountainous elephants*

are felled by snares, or fall from cliffs of the elephantine mountains." -41-

* Mountains and elephants are often designated by the same word, as wordplay.

`````y3034.042

सचक्रनाथसूताश्वं व्यूधं रक्तमहाह्रदे ।

हाहाभिभूतगतिकं चेष्टिते रथपत्तनम् ॥३।३४।४२॥

स-चक्र.नाथ-सूत-अश्वम् व्यूधम् रक्त-महाह्रदे ।

sa-cakra.nAtha-sUta-azvam vyUdham rakta-mahAhrade |

hAhA-abhibhUta-gatikam ceSTite ratha-pattanam ||3|34|42||

sa-cakranAtha-sUta-azvam

with-discusLord-driver-horse —

vyUdham

the array

rakta-mahAhrade

in a great pool of blood —

hAhA-abhibhUta-gatikam

hAhA - overwhelmed - condition —

ceSTite

in agitation

ratha-pattanam

chariot-village.

**DC. Raja, charioter and horse lie together in the pool of blood, united by cakra weapon?, - blow, which defeated and broke rows of chariot lines?? **AS. Serious typo: gatikam->gatikam {corrected}. The chariots are compared to a town. In the big pool of blood, along with its wheels, owners, drivers and horses, the town (congregation) of chariots stretches and pulsates overcome with sounds of laments and pain (hAhA-abhibhUta-gatikam).

**vlm.42. Lo! there the drivers of war chariots are stopped in their course, and striving to make their way through the puddles of blood, in which the wheels and horses of the car, are huddled together as in a bog of quagmire.

sacakranAthasUtAzvaM vyUdhaM raktamahAhrade |

hAhAbhibhUtagatikaM ceSTite rathapattanam ||3|34|42||

sacakranAthasUtAzvaM vyUdhaM raktamahAhrade |

hAhAbhibhUtagatikaM ceSTite rathapattanam ||3|34|42||

sa-cakra.nAtha-sUta-azvam vyUdham rakta-mahAhrade |

hAhA-abhibhUta-gatikam ceSTite ratha-pattanam ||3|34|42||

sa-cakra.nAtha-sUta-azvam vyUdham rakta-mahAhrade | hAhA-abhibhUta-gatikam ceSTite ratha-pattanam ||3|34|42||

—(A DiscusLord, his driver, and

his horse, lie-down together in

a pool of blood. Not cries of war,

but cries of woe, when fear strikes-at

charioteers and villagers. -42-

`````y3034.043

करकंकटकुट्यङ्कखड्गसंघट्टटांकृतै: ।

कालरात्र्या प्रनृत्यन्त्या रणवीणेव वाद्यते ॥३।३४।४३॥

कर-कंकट-कुटि-अङ्क-खड्ग-संघट्ट-"टाम्"कृतै: ।

कालरात्र्या प्रनृत्यन्त्या रण-वीणेव वाद्यते ॥३।३४।४३॥

kara-kaMkaTa-kuTi-aGka-khaDga-saMghaTTa-"TAm"kRtai: |

kAlarAtryA pranRtyantyA raNa-vINeva vAdyate ||3|34|43||

kara-kaGkaTa-kuTyaGka-khaDga-saMghaTTa-TAM-kRta-iH

w/ arm-armor-body-branding-cudgels-striking-"Tomm!"-made

kAlarAtri-A

on Doomsday Eve

pranRtyat-IyA

to be played

raNa-vINA iva

like the delightful/battle – lute

vAdyate

made to speak.

**DC. clashing of swords against armoured bodies makes ‘tam” sound like play of war-lute at final dance at the night of dissolution. **AS. In the second line, the dancer is kAlarAtri - the Doomsday night. It says, the clanging sounds (of the first line) are the war-lute being played by her. The clanging sound in the first line is indeed caused by the swords hitting on body armor. The only problem is what armor? The first is karakaGkaTa and this can be interpreted as an arm plate. The second is a kuTi-aGka and this is a bit problematic. The kuTi is a body. aGka has numerous meanings, none of them is an armor. However, one of the meanings is a solid bolt and thus, it could mean a waist band.
**vlm.43. The jingling of arms and armours, and the jangling of swords and steel, resound, as the tingling of the lute at the dancing of the dire and dreaded dame of death.

karakaMkaTakuTyaGkakhaDgasaMghaTTaTAMkRtai: |

kAlarAtryA pranRtyantyA raNavINeva vAdyate ||3|34|43||

—"The armor-denting cudgels strike

'Tomm-Tomm' like the drums of Doomsday

Eve, but the delightful lute is not

heard in battle, although it speaks." -43-

`````y3034.044

नरेभखरवाजिभ्यो ये च्युता रक्तनिर्झरा: ।

पश्य तद्बिन्दुसिक्तेन वायुनारुणितां दिश: ॥३।३४।४४॥

नर-इभ-खर-वाजिभ्य: ये च्युता: रक्त-निर्झरा: ।

पश्य तत्_बिन्दु-सिक्तेन वायुना_अरुणिताम् दिश: ॥३।३४।४४॥

nara-ibha-khara-vAjibhya: ye cyutA: rakta-nirjharA: |

pazya tat_bindu-siktena vAyunA_aruNitAm diza: ||3|34|44||

nara-ibha-khara-vAjibhya: – men-elephants-rough-warlike —

ye cyutA: – who are fallen — rakta-nirjharA: – blood-waterfalls —

pazya tad – see that —

bindu-siktena – w/ drops-sprinkling — vAyunA –wind —

aruNitAm_ – dawn-fiery — diza: – the directions —

**vlm.44. See the skirts of the sky reddened by the roseate particles, borne by the winds from the streams of blood, issuing out of the wounds in the bodies of men, horses and elephants lying dead in the field.

narebhakharavAjibhyo ye cyutA raktanirjharA: |

pazya tadbindusiktena vAyunAruNitAM diza: ||3|34|44||

narebhakharavAjibhyo ye cyutA raktanirjharA: |

pazya tadbindusiktena vAyunAruNitAM diza: ||3|34|44||

nara-ibha-khara-vAjibhya: ye cyutA: rakta-nirjharA: |

pazya tat_bindu-siktena vAyunA_aruNitAm diza: ||3|34|44||

nara-ibha-khara-vAjibhya: ye cyutA: rakta-nirjharA: | pazya tat_bindu-siktena vAyunA_aruNitAm diza: ||3|34|44||

—"The warlike men and elephants

fall down, pour waterfalls of blood!"

—"Look how the drops are scattered by

the wind, making the sky sunset." -44-

``y3034.045

शस्त्रांशुजलदे व्योम्नि कालीचिकुरमेचके ।

शरकोरकभारस्रङ्मेघे विद्युदिवोदिता ॥४५॥

शस्त्र-अंशु-जलदे व्योम्नि काली-चिकुर-मेचके ।

शर-कोरक-भार-स्रक्-मेघे विद्युत्_इव_उदिता ॥४५॥

zastra-aMzu=jala.de vyomni kAlI=cikura-mecake |

zara-koraka-bhAra-srak-meghe vidyut_iva_uditA ||3|34|45||

शस्त्र-अंशु=जल.दे – In an arrow-drops=watery (cloud) cloud =

व्योम्नि काली=चिकुर-मेचके – – kAlI-hair- darkness/blue/black - in a sky dark as Kâlî's hair =

शर.कोरक-भार=स्रक्-मेघे – in an arrow.bud-bearing=wreath-cloud =

विद्युत् इव उदिता – like lightning arisen. -45-

**AB. cikurA: kezA iva menake zyAme | … ||3|34|

**DC. in sky, in clouds of pieces of sword’s broken pieces, as in black hair of Kali, in clouds which are like garlands with buds of arrows which arise as if lightnings.

**AS. Here is my meaning: In the sky, dark like Kali's hair, which is showering rays of weapons (zastrAMzu-jala-de), a garland made with arrows as buds (zara-koraka-bhAra-srag) appears (uditA) like lightening in a cloud (meghe vidyut iva).

**vlm.45. Look at the array of arrows formed in the air as a wreath of blossoms, and falling as the rays of lightnings from the dark black clouds of weapons hanging on high.

zastrAMzujalade vyomni kAlIcikuramecake |

zarakorakabhArasraGmeghe vidyudivoditA ||3|34|45||

शस्त्र-अंशु-जलदे व्योम्नि काली-चिकुर-मेचके । शर-कोरक-भार-स्रक्-मेघे विद्युत्_इव_उदिता ॥४५॥

"Mist in the sky?"

"Clouds of arrows!"

...Dark clouds, dark as the darkness of deadly Kâli...

And now another cloud, budded with flashing flowers!"

-45-

`````y3034.046

अनन्तरक्तसंसक्तसन्नावनितलायुधै: ।

भुवनं भात्यभिज्वालमग्निलोक इवाकुलम् ॥३।३४।४६॥

अनन्त-रक्त-संसक्त-सन्न-अवनि-तल-आयुधै: ।

भुवनम् भाति_अभिज्वालम्_अग्निलोके इव_आकुलम् ॥३।३४।४६॥

ananta-rakta-saMsakta-sanna-avani-tala-Ayudhai: |

bhuvanam bhAti_abhijvAlam_agniloke iva_Akulam ||3|34|46||

ananta-rakta-saMsakta-sanna-avani-tala-Ayudha-i: – w/ unbounded-blood/red-sticking-settling-earth-surface-weapons —

bhuvana-m_ – the earth — bhAti – shines/appears —

abhijvAla-m – blazing — agni-loke iva Akulam – like the flames of Agniloka FireWorld —

**AB. … sannair vizINair avani-talair …

**vlm.46. Lo! the surface of the earth filled with blood-red weapons, appearing as faggots of fire strewn over the ground in an universal conflagration.

anantaraktasaMsaktasannAvanitalAyudhai: |

bhuvanaM bhAtyabhijvAlamagniloka ivAkulam ||3|34|46||

anantaraktasaMsaktasannAvanitalAyudhai: |

bhuvanaM bhAtyabhijvAlamagniloka ivAkulam ||3|34|46||

ananta-rakta-saMsakta-sanna-avani-tala-Ayudhai: |

bhuvanam bhAti_abhijvAlam_agniloke iva_Akulam ||3|34|46||

ananta-rakta-saMsakta-sanna-avani-tala-Ayudhai: | bhuvanam bhAti_abhijvAlam_agniloke iva_Akulam ||3|34|46||

—(Everywhere unbounded blood-red

sticky weapons cover the ground.

The red earth seems to have caught fire,

it is Agni-loka Fire-World.) -46-

`````y3034.047

भुशुण्डीशक्तिशूलासिमुसलप्रासवृष्टय: ।

अन्योन्यच्छेदभेदाभ्यां करप्रकरतोऽपतन् ॥३।३४।४७॥

भुशुण्डी-शक्ति-शूल-असि-मुसल-प्रास-वृष्टय: ।

अन्योन्य-च्छेद-भेदाभ्याम् कर-प्रकरतः_अपतन् ॥३।३४।४७॥

bhuzuNDI-zakti-zUla-asi-musala-prAsa-vRSTaya: |

anyonya-ccheda-bhedAbhyAm kara-prakarataH_apatan ||3|34|47||

bhuzuNDI-zakti-zUla-asi-musala-prAsa-vRSTi-aya: - clubs-javelins-spike/pike-sword-mace-barbedSpear-rain —

anyonya-ccheda-bhedA-bhyAm_ – w/ mutual-cutting-splitting —

kara-prakara-tas – from causing wounds — apatan – having fallen —

**vlm.47. The multitudes of commingled weapons, clashing with and breaking one another into pieces, are falling down in showers, like the innumerable rays of the sun.

bhuzuNDIzaktizUlAsimusalaprAsavRSTaya: |

anyonyacchedabhedAbhyAM karaprakarato'patan ||3|34|47||

bhuzuNDIzaktizUlAsimusalaprAsavRSTaya: |

anyonyacchedabhedAbhyAM karaprakarato'patan ||3|34|47||

bhuzuNDI-zakti-zUla-asi-musala-prAsa-vRSTaya: |

anyonya-ccheda-bhedAbhyAm kara-prakarataH_apatan ||3|34|47||

bhuzuNDI-zakti-zUla-asi-musala-prAsa-vRSTaya: | anyonya-ccheda-bhedAbhyAm kara-prakarataH_apatan ||3|34|47||

—"The warclubs, and the javelins,

the spikes and pikes, swords and maces,

and barbed spears—all fall in a rain—

a cutting rain, a splitting rain." -47-

`````y3034.048

अक्षोभैकप्रहरणाद्यातुधान्योऽन्यचेष्टितम् ।

संरम्भावेक्षणप्रज्ञं रणं स्वप्नमिव स्थितम् ॥३।३४।४८॥

अ.क्षोभ-एक-प्रहरणात्_यातुधान्यः_अन्य-चेष्टितम् ।

संरम्भ-अवेक्षण-प्रज्ञम् रणम् स्वप्नम्_इव स्थितम् ॥३।३४।४८॥

a.kSobha-eka-praharaNAt_yAtudhAnyaH_anya-ceSTitam |

saMrambha-avekSaNa-prajJam raNam svapnam_iva sthitam ||3|34|48||

akSobha-eka-praharaNA-t – unmoved/undisturbed-one-weapons —

yAtudhAni-a: – Yâtudhâni Magicians — ??? —

anya-ceSTitam – other-disturbed ??? —

saMrambha-avekSaNa-prajJa-m_ – zeal/battleBrunt - onlooking-knowing —

raNam_ svapnam iva sthitam – a battle as-if in a dream situate —

**AB. … yAtudhAnAnAm_ rakSasAm_ mAyA … ||3|34|

**DC. from one’s calm strike another is possessed by demon, wise onlookers see battle like a dream?

**AS. There is a lot going on in this metaphor. On one hand, it describes the amazing demonic action (yAtudhAnyA - by demonic action) of one concluding the war with one calm masterstroke (akSobha-eka-praharaNAt) being witnessed with angry recognition (saMrambha-IkSaNa-prajJam). Then compares it with a dream where the whole action sequence is wiped out with one swift action of awakening. There is an interesting twist in the words yAtudhAno'nyaceSTitam.
As is, it would have to break as yAtudhAnya: anyaceSTitam. But yAtudhAnya: does not fit any meaning, it needs to be instrumental as yAtudhAnyA. The AB commentary drops the avagraha in its consideration and suggest that anya is an unya which is a shortened form of unnaya. He says the drop of one "n" is cCandasa - vedic or ancient!

**vlm.48. The fighting of one man among the motionless many, is like the magic play of a magician* where the conjuror acts his part amidst the bewitched beholders, Lo! there the indifferent spectators viewing the warfare as a dream (by their prajna or inward vision of the mind). * P. mujosi S. Yátudhána, H. Jádugar = juggler.

akSobhaikapraharaNAdyAtudhAnyo'nyaceSTitam |

saMrambhAvekSaNaprajJaM raNaM svapnamiva sthitam ||3|34|48||

akSobhaikapraharaNAdyAtudhAnyo'nyaceSTitam |

saMrambhAvekSaNaprajJaM raNaM svapnamiva sthitam ||3|34|48||

a.kSobha-eka-praharaNAt_yAtudhAnyaH_anya-ceSTitam |

saMrambha-avekSaNa-prajJam raNam svapnam_iva sthitam ||3|34|48||

a.kSobha-eka-praharaNAt_yAtudhAnyaH_anya-ceSTitam | saMrambha-avekSaNa-prajJam raNam svapnam_iva sthitam ||3|34|48||

—"A lone soldier with his weapon

can be like a Magician,—he

makes the enemy disappear!"

—"Another kind of soldier, in

the heat of battle, sees it all

as something like a waking dream." -48-

`````y3034.049

अनन्यशब्दाविरतहताहतिरणज्झणै: ।

गायतीव क्षतक्षोभमुदितो रणभैरिव ॥३।३४।४९॥

अनन्य-शब्द-अ.विरत-हत-आहति-रणत्-झणै: ।

गायति_इव क्षत-क्षोभ-मुदित: रण-भैः_इव ॥३।३४।४९॥

ananya-zabda-a.virata-hata-Ahati-raNat-jhaNai: |

gAyati_iva kSata-kSobha-mudita: raNa-bhaiH_iva ||3|34|49||

ananya-zabda-avirata-hata-Ahati-raNaj-jhaNai-: - mutual-sound-constant-blow-hit-battle-rattle —

gAyati iva – as-if singing — kSata-kSobha-mudita: – wounded-agitation-crazed —

raNabhai: iva – as if by Bhairavas ??? [VLM] —

**DC. constant sound of strikes and blows of battle is like singing of bhairava, rejoicing in hurt and commotion of the battle.**AS.I agree with your translation.

**vlm.49. The field of battle, where all other sounds are hushed under the clashing of arms, resembles the stage of the martial god Bhairava, chanting his pitiless war song in jarring cacophony.

ananyazabdAviratahatAhatiraNajjhaNai: |

gAyatIva kSatakSobhamudito raNabhairiva ||3|34|49||

ananyazabdAviratahatAhatiraNajjhaNai: |

gAyatIva kSatakSobhamudito raNabhairiva ||3|34|49||

ananya-zabda-a.virata-hata-Ahati-raNat-jhaNai: |

gAyati_iva kSata-kSobha-mudita: raNa-bhaiH_iva ||3|34|49||

ananya-zabda-a.virata-hata-Ahati-raNat-jhaNai: | gAyati_iva kSata-kSobha-mudita: raNa-bhaiH_iva ||3|34|49||

—"It is like singing, the rattle

of battle; they are like dancers,

the warriors. It is the dance of

Lord Shiva's fearsome Bhairavas." -49-

`````y3034.050

अन्योन्यरणहेत्युग्रचूर्णपूर्णो रणार्णव: ।

वालकामय एवाभूच्छिन्नतरङ्गक: ॥३।३४।५०॥

अन्योन्य-रण-हेति-उग्र-चूर्ण-पूर्ण: रण-अर्णव: ।

वालकामये एव_अभूत्_छिन्न-तरङ्गक: ॥३।३४।५०॥

anyonya-raNa-heti-ugra-cUrNa-pUrNa: raNa-arNava: |

vAlakAmaye eva_abhUt_chinna-taraGgaka: ||3|34|50||

anyonya-raNa-hety-ugra-cUrNa-pUrNa-: – mutual-battles-javelins-fierce-smashed/powdered-full —

raNa-arNava: – battle-ocean — vAlakA-maye – in the form of ring/sands —

eva abhUt – only it-was — chinna-taraGgaka: – broken wavelets —

AB. vAlaka-maya: saikata-pracura: ||3|34|

**vlm.50. The battlefield is turned to a sea of blood, filled with the sands of pounded weapons, and rolling with the waves of broken discuses.

anyonyaraNahetyugracUrNapUrNo raNArNava: |

vAlakAmaya evAbhUcchinnataraGgaka: ||3|34|50||

anyonyaraNahetyugracUrNapUrNo raNArNava: |

vAlakAmaya evAbhUcchinnataraGgaka: ||3|34|50||

anyonya-raNa-heti-ugra-cUrNa-pUrNa: raNa-arNava: |

vAlakAmaye eva_abhUt_chinna-taraGgaka: ||3|34|50||

anyonya-raNa-heti-ugra-cUrNa-pUrNa: raNa-arNava: | vAlakAmaye eva_abhUt_chinna-taraGgaka: ||3|34|50||

—(After many fierce encounters,

the javelins are smashed to dust:

they make a sandy seashore in

the battle-sea, where the waves break. -50-

`````y3034.051

सरभसरसवद्विसारितूर्य-

प्रतिरवपूरितलोकपाललोक: ।

रणगिरिरयमुग्रपक्षदक्ष-

प्रतिसृतिवृत्त इवाम्बरे युगान्ते ॥३।३४।५१॥

सरभस-रसवत्-विसारि-तूर्य-

प्रतिरव-पूरित-लोक.पाल-लोक: ।

रण-गिरि-रयम्_उग्र-पक्ष-दक्ष-

प्रतिसृति-वृत्ते_इव_अम्बरे युग.अन्ते ॥३।३४।५१॥

sarabhasa-rasavat-visAri-tUrya-

pratirava-pUrita-loka.pAla-loka: |

raNa-giri-rayam_ugra-pakSa-dakSa-

pratisRti-vRtte_iva_ambare yuga.ante ||3|34|51||

sarabha-sarasavad-visAri-tUrya-pratirava-pUrita-lokapAla-loka-: – impetuously-impassioned-spreading/emerging-horns- resounding-fully-quarters-world/people —

raNa-giri-rayam – battle-mountain-stream/fast —

ugra-pakSa-dakSa-pratisRti-vRtte – in fierce-wings-strong-byways-happening —

iva ambare yugAnte – as in the sky at yuga-end — 12/13 —

**vlm.51. All the quarters under the regents of the sky, are filled with martial music loudly resounding on all sides; and the rebellowing hills seem to challenge one another, in their aerial flight and fighting (as in contest of the gods and titans of old).

**AB. sarabhasam_ rasavadbhir madhurair visAribhi: prasRmarais tUryANAm_ vAdyAnAm_ pratiravai: pratidhvanibhi: pUritA lokapAlAnAm_ dik-patInAm_ lokA yena | … ||3|34| puSpitAgra, 12/13//12/13

**DC. All directions are full of resounding coming from violence of the battle

like sound of crashing of speedy mountains on huge wings like in the skies at the time of cosmic dissolution. **AS. i generally agree with the meaning. I would point out that AB commentary give a different meaning for the second half. it is describing the whole war as a mountain which is ready to fly with its wings - the two fighting armies.

sarabhasarasavadvisAritUrya-

pratiravapUritalokapAlaloka: |

raNagirirayamugrapakSadakSa-

pratisRtivRtta ivAmbare yugAnte ||3|34|51||

sarabhasarasavadvisAritUrya-

pratiravapUritalokapAlaloka: |

raNagirirayamugrapakSadakSa-

pratisRtivRtta ivAmbare yugAnte ||3|34|51||

sarabhasa-rasavat-visAri-tUrya- , pratirava-pUrita-loka.pAla-loka: |

raNa-giri-rayam_ugra-pakSa-dakSa- , pratisRti-vRtte_iva_ambare yuga.ante ||3|34|51||

Impetuous, impassioned, battle-horns resound through

every quarter of the world.) —

"The battle roars like

a mountain stream, with fierce fighting on the wings, and fast

advances. Such skies are seen at the end of an Age." -51-

`````y3034.052

हा हा धिक्प्रविकटकङ्कटाननोद्या=

त्प्रोड्डीनप्रकटतडिच्छटाप्रतप्ता: ।

क्रेङ्कारस्फुरितगुणेरिता रणन्तो

नाराचा: शिखरिशिलागणं वहन्ति ॥३।३४।५२॥

हा हा धिक्_प्रविकट-कङ्कट-अनन-उद्यात्

प्रोड्डीन-प्रकट-तडित्-छटा-प्रतप्ता: ।

"क्रेङ्"कार-स्फुरित-गुण-ईरिता: रणन्त:

नाराचा: शिखरि-शिला-गणम् वहन्ति ॥३।३४।५२॥

hA hA dhik – Oh oh woe —

pravikaTa-kaGkaTa-anana-udyA-t - huge-armor-face-uplifted —

proDDIna-prakaTa-taDit-chaTA-prataptA-: - upflown-apparent-thunderbolt-streak-burned —

"kreG"kAra-sphurita-guNa-IritA-: – "clang"making-shot-bunch-sent/uttered —

raNanta: - rattling — nArAcA-: – the arrows —

zikhari-zilA-gaNa-m_ – to the mountain-top-s — vahanti — they travel —

**vlm.52. Alas for shame! says one, that these arrows flung with such force from the bow strings, and flying with such loud hissing, and glittering as red hot lightnings in the air, are foiled in their aim of piercing the impenetrable armours, and driven back by them to hit at the stony hills.

hA hA dhikpravikaTakaGkaTAnanodyA=

tproDDInaprakaTataDicchaTAprataptA: |

kreGkArasphuritaguNeritA raNanto

nArAcA: zikharizilAgaNaM vahanti ||3|34|52||

hA hA dhikpravikaTakaGkaTAnanodyA=

tproDDInaprakaTataDicchaTAprataptA: |

kreGkArasphuritaguNeritA raNanto

nArAcA: zikharizilAgaNaM vahanti ||3|34|52||

hA hA dhik_pravikaTa-kaGkaTa-anana-udyAt

proDDIna-prakaTa-taDit-chaTA-prataptA: |

"kreG"kAra-sphurita-guNa-IritA: raNanta:

nArAcA: zikhari-zilA-gaNam vahanti ||3|34|52||

hA hA dhik_pravikaTa-kaGkaTa-anana-udyAt , proDDIna-prakaTa-taDit-chaTA-prataptA: |

"kreG"kAra-sphurita-guNa-IritA: raNanta: , nArAcA: zikhari-zilA-gaNam vahanti ||3|34|52||

—"Oh, what an unlovely war! It's their armor: we shoot

arrows like thunderbolts, streaks of fire from the heavens,

and, with a 'Clang!', they bang their rattling target, and

after that rattlle, they bounce-back to the mountain-tops." -52-

`````y3034.053

छिन्नेच्छाच्छमिति न यावदङ्गभङ्गं

कुर्वन्तो ज्वलदनलोज्ज्वला: पृषत्का: ।

तावद्द्राग्द्रुतमिति एहि मित्र यामो

यामोऽयं प्रवहति वासरश्चतुर्थ: ॥३।३४।५३॥

छिन्न-इच्छ-अच्छम्_इति न यावत्_अङ्ग-भङ्गम्

कुर्वन्त: ज्वलत्-अनल-उज्ज्वला: पृषत्का: ।

तावत् द्राक्-द्रुतम्_इति एहि मित्र याम:

यामः_अयम् प्रवहति वासरः_चतुर्थ: ॥३।३४।५३॥

chinna-iccha-accham_iti na yAvat_aGga-bhaGgam

kurvanta: jvalat-anala-ujjvalA: pRSatkA: |

tAvat drAk-drutam_iti ehi mitra yAma:

yAmaH_ayam pravahati vAsaraH_caturtha: ||3|34|53||

chinna-icchA-accha-m iti – "It's clearly time to split" —

na yAvad – not so much — aGga-bhaGga-m_ — body-breaking — it's not so much the body-breaking work, —

kurvanta: – making — jvalad-anala-ujjavalA-: – flaming-fire-blazing — pRSatkA-: – galloping/arrows — as all those fire-arrows —

tAvat – thus much —drAg-druta-m iti – fast-flying — ehi mitra – it goes, friend — they fly too fast —

yAma: yAma: – Let's get out of here -

ayam_ pravah-ati – It's approaching — vAsara-: caturtha-: – the fourth morning watch —

**vlm.53. Hear me friend, that art tired with the sight, that it is time for us to depart from this place, ere we are pierced in our bodies by these sharp arrows flashing as fire, and before the day runs its course of the fourth watch (evening).

chinnecchAcchamiti na yAvadaGgabhaGgaM

kurvanto jvaladanalojjvalA: pRSatkA: |

tAvaddrAgdrutamiti ehi mitra yAmo

yAmo'yaM pravahati vAsarazcaturtha: ||3|34|53||

chinnecchAcchamiti na yAvadaGgabhaGgaM

kurvanto jvaladanalojjvalA: pRSatkA: |

tAvaddrAgdrutamiti ehi mitra yAmo

yAmo'yaM pravahati vAsarazcaturtha: ||3|34|53||

chinna-iccha-accham_iti na yAvat_aGga-bhaGgam

kurvanta: jvalat-anala-ujjvalA: pRSatkA: |

tAvat drAk-drutam_iti ehi mitra yAma:

yAmaH_ayam pravahati vAsaraH_caturtha: ||3|34|53||

chinna-iccha-accham_iti na yAvat_aGga-bhaGgam , kurvanta: jvalat-anala-ujjvalA: pRSatkA: |

tAvat drAk-drutam_iti ehi mitra yAma: , yAmaH_ayam pravahati vAsaraH_caturtha: ||3|34|53||

—"It's clearly time for us to split! It's not so very

much the body-breaking work,—but all those fire-arrows,

they fly too fast, they fly too far. So my suggestion

is: let's get out of here! It's getting near the next watch…." -53-

a.u-m

"Rare Ramana video", with a wise Cow, and a monkey Prince!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w814-Pj3bm8

The complete YVFiles in their most recent update can be downloaded at

http://bit.ly/NjbdVI

Recent updates of cantos can also be found at www.yoga-vasishtha.org (under construction).

Your NOTES AND COMMENTS are very welcome at das....@gmail.com .

Please report any transcription errors with a Subject line beginning with the Sarga Number, "3xxx". Collaborators are always invited.

You received this message from the Google Groups "yoga vasishtha" group.
To post to this group, send email to

yoga-va...@googlegroups.com

To unsubscribe from this group, send email to yoga-vasishth...@googlegroups.com.

To find this Canto/sarga in YVFiles go to —> y3 —> y2xxx. Open Office copies are available in the Open Office subfolder.

A tool to convert #devanAgarI transliterations to देवनागरी or several other Indic scripts is at http://learnsanskrit.org/tools/sanscript

Tags: #citta; Affection; Mind; Intellect; Affective mind; "I"-dentity;

oॐm

y3034_1je03-04 Overheard on the BattleField.docx

fm3034_1je03-04 Overheard on the BattleField.docx

jivadas

unread,

Mar 29, 2017, 6:26:11 PM3/29/17

to yoga vasishtha

updated at

https://www.dropbox.com/s/y3dvbwn6ook71sc/fm3034%201.je03-04%20%20Overheard%20on%20the%20BattleField%20.z53.docx?dl=0

Reply all

Reply to author

Forward

0 new messages