तेषां पदाघातरथाङ्गचूर्णिता- दायोधनादुल्बण उत्थितस्तदा । रेणुर्दिश: खं द्युमणिं च छादयन् न्यवर्ततासृक् स्रुतिभि: परिप्लुतात् ॥ ३८ ॥
tesam padaghata-rathanga-curnitad ayodhanad ulbana utthitas tada renur disah kham dyumanim ca chadayan nyavartatasrk-srutibhih pariplutat
- tesam
- of all the people engaged on the battlefield
- padaghata
- because of beating on the ground by the legs of the demons and demigods
- ratha-anga
- and by the wheels of the chariots
- curnitat
- which was made into pieces of dust
- ayodhanat
- from the battlefield
- ulbanah
- very forceful
- utthitah
- rising
- tada
- at that time
- renuh
- the dust particles
- disah
- all directions
- kham
- outer space
- dyumanim
- up to the sun
- ca
- also
- chadayan
- covering all of space up to that
- nyavartata
- dropped floating in the air
- asrk
- of blood
- srutibhih
- by particles
- pariplutat
- because of being widely sprinkled
Because of the impact on the ground of the legs of the demons and demigods and the wheels of the chariots, particles of dust flew violently into the sky and made a dust cloud that covered all directions of outer space, as far as the sun. But when the particles of dust were followed by drops of blood being sprinkled all over space, the dust cloud could no longer float in the sky.