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Chapter 8.59 - Verse 32

Sanskrit Text

आदीप्तं तव तत्सैन्यं शरैश्छिन्नतनुच्छदम् आसीत्स्वशोणितक्लिन्नं फुल्लाशोकवनं यथा

English Translation

Resembling a forest of blooming Asoka the troops, streaming with blood, with their armours broken, looked red as if they were ablaze with fire.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

आदीप्तं | तव | तत् | सैन्यं | शरैश् | छिद् + तनुच्छद
आसीत् | स्व + शोणित + क्लिद् | फुल्ल + अशोक + वन | यथा