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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.10.39

शिरोभिरुद्धूतकिरीटकुण्डलै: संरम्भद‍ृग्भि: परिदष्टदच्छदै: । महाभुजै: साभरणै: सहायुधै: सा प्रास्तृता भू: करभोरुभिर्बभौ ॥ ३९ ॥
śirobhir uddhūta-kirīṭa-kuṇḍalaiḥ
[shirobhir uddhoota-kireeta-kundalaih]
saṁrambha-dṛgbhiḥ paridaṣṭa-dacchadaiḥ
[samrambha-drigbhih paridashta-dachchadaih]
mahā-bhujaiḥ sābharaṇaiḥ sahāyudhaiḥ
[mahaa-bhujaih saabharanaih sahaayudhaih]
sā prāstṛtā bhūḥ karabhorubhir babhau
[saa praastritaa bhooh karabhorubhir babhau]
Word-for-word
śirobhiḥ — by the heads uddhūta — separated, scattered from kirīṭa — having their helmets kuṇḍalaiḥ — and earrings saṁrambha-dṛgbhiḥ — eyes staring in anger (although the heads were severed from their bodies) paridaṣṭa — having been bitten by the teeth dacchadaiḥ — the lips mahā-bhujaiḥ — with big arms sa-ābharaṇaiḥ — decorated with ornaments saha-āyudhaiḥ — and with weapons in their hands, although the hands were severed sā — that battlefield prāstṛtā — scattered bhūḥ — the warfield karabha-ūrubhiḥ — and with thighs and legs resembling the trunks of elephants babhau — it so became.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śirobhir uddhūta-kirīṭa-kuṇḍalaiḥ
śirobhiḥ
by the heads
uddhūta
separated, scattered from
kirīṭa
having their helmets
kuṇḍalaiḥ
and earrings
saṁrambha-dṛgbhiḥ paridaṣṭa-dacchadaiḥ
saṁrambha-dṛgbhiḥ
eyes staring in anger (although the heads were severed from their bodies)
paridaṣṭa
having been bitten by the teeth
dacchadaiḥ
the lips
mahā-bhujaiḥ sābharaṇaiḥ sahāyudhaiḥ
mahā-bhujaiḥ
with big arms
sa-ābharaṇaiḥ
decorated with ornaments
saha-āyudhaiḥ
and with weapons in their hands, although the hands were severed
sā prāstṛtā bhūḥ karabhorubhir babhau
sā
that battlefield
prāstṛtā
scattered
bhūḥ
the warfield
karabha-ūrubhiḥ
and with thighs and legs resembling the trunks of elephants
babhau
it so became.
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.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
In the course of the battle, the field 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 thighs, which resembled the trunks of elephants. Prāstṛtā means “completely covered.”
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Personal Guidance
Severed heads with staring eyes and teeth pressed in anger; arms still gripping weapons. The anger of warriors persists in their dead bodies. Emotion outlives the act. Some hatreds do not die with their hosts.
Reflection Questions
  • What anger of mine, if I died today, would still be visible in my expression?
  • Whose remembered hatred — even of someone now gone — still operates in my circle?
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