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Chapter 8.14 - Verse 38

Sanskrit Text

शरीरैर्बहुधा भिन्नैः शोणितौघपरिप्लुतैः गतासुभिरमित्रघ्न संवृता रणभूमयः

English Translation

O destroyer of foes, the fields of battle were scattered over the dead bodies of the elephants, horses and men, that had been torn into fragments with the shafts, the arrows called Sakti, swords and lances and scimitars, axes, spears and the Nakharas and clubs; and also those bodies were sineared with the torrents of blood.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

शरीरैर् | बहुधा | भिन्नैः | शोणित + ओघ + परिप्लु
गतासुभिर् | अमित्र + घ्न | संवृता | रण + भूमि