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Chapter 10: The Battle Between the Demigods and the Demons

Verse 39 of 43
SB 8.10.39

शिरोभिरुद्धूतकिरीटकुण्डलैः संरम्भदृग्भिः परिदष्टदच्छदैः महाभुजैः साभरणैः सहायुधैः सा प्रास्तृता भूः करभोरुभिर्बभौ

śirobhir uddhūta-kirīṭa-kuṇḍalaiḥ saṁrambha-dṛgbhiḥ paridaṣṭa-dacchadaiḥ mahā-bhujaiḥ sābharaṇaiḥ sahāyudhaiḥ sā prāstṛtā bhūḥ karabhorubhir babhau

Synonyms

śirobhiḥby the heads; uddhūtaseparated, scattered from; kirīṭahaving their helmets; kuṇḍalaiḥand earrings; saṁrambha-dṛgbhiḥeyes staring in anger (although the heads were severed from their bodies); paridaṣṭahaving been bitten by the teeth; dacchadaiḥthe lips; mahā-bhujaiḥwith big arms; sa-ābharaṇaiḥdecorated with ornaments; saha-āyudhaiḥand with weapons in their hands, although the hands were severed; that battlefield; prāstṛtāscattered; bhūḥthe warfield; karabha-ūrubhiḥand with thighs and legs resembling the trunks of elephants; babhauit so became..

Translation

In the course of the battle, the warfield became strewn with the severed heads of heroes, their eyes still staring and their teeth still pressed against their lips in anger. Helmets and earrings were scattered from these severed heads. Similarly, many arms, decorated with ornaments and clutching various weapons, were strewn here and there, as were many legs and thighs, which resembled the trunks of elephants.

Verse 39 of 43