अपश्यमान: स तदाततायिनं महामृधे कञ्चन मानवोत्तम: । पुरीं दिदृक्षन्नपि नाविशद्द्विषां न मायिनां वेद चिकीर्षितं जन: ॥ २१ ॥
apasyamanah sa tadatatayinam maha-mrdhe kancana manavottamah purim didrksann api navisad dvisam na mayinam veda cikirsitam janah
- apasyamanah
- while not observing
- sah
- Dhruva
- tada
- at that time
- atatayinam
- armed opposing soldiers
- maha-mrdhe
- in that great battlefield
- kancana
- any
- manava-uttamah
- the best of the human beings
- purim
- the city
- didrksan
- wishing to see
- api
- although
- na avisat
- did not enter
- dvisam
- of the enemies
- na
- not
- mayinam
- of the mystics
- veda
- knows
- cikirsitam
- the plans
- janah
- anyone.
Dhruva Maharaja, the best of human beings, observed that in that great battlefield not one of the opposing soldiers was left standing with proper weapons.