स्वान् स्वान् बन्धून् परिष्वज्य लक्ष्मणेषुभिरर्दितान् । रुरुदु: सुस्वरं दीना घ्नन्त्य आत्मानमात्मना ॥ २५ ॥
svan svan bandhun parisvajya laksmanesubhir arditan ruruduh susvaram dina ghnantya atmanam atmana
- svan svan
- their own respective husbands
- bandhun
- friends
- parisvajya
- embracing
- laksmana-isubhih
- by the arrows of Laksmana
- arditan
- who were killed
- ruruduh
- all the wives cried piteously
- su-svaram
- it was very sweet to hear
- dinah
- very poor
- ghnantyah
- striking
- atmanam
- their breasts
- atmana
- by themselves.
Striking their breasts in affliction because their husbands had been killed by the arrows of Laksmana, the women embraced their respective husbands and cried piteously in voices appealing to everyone.