तत्र निर्भिन्नगात्राणां चित्रवाजै: शिलीमुखै: । विप्लवोऽभूद्दु:खितानां दु:सह: करुणात्मनाम् ॥ ९ ॥
tatra nirbhinna-gatranam citra-vajaih silimukhaih viplavo ’bhud duhkhitanam duhsahah karunatmanam
- tatra
- there
- nirbhinna
- being pierced
- gatranam
- whose bodies
- citra-vajaih
- with variegated feathers
- sili-mukhaih
- by the arrows
- viplavah
- destruction
- abhut
- was done
- duhkhitanam
- of the most aggrieved
- duhsahah
- unbearable
- karuna-atmanam
- for persons who are very merciful.
When King Puranjana was hunting in this way, many animals within the forest lost their lives with great pain, being pierced by the sharp arrowheads. Upon seeing these devastating, ghastly activities performed by the King, all the people who were merciful by nature became very unhappy. Such merciful persons could not tolerate seeing all this killing.