ŚB 10.54.8
Devanagari
हस्ता: सासिगदेष्वासा: करभा ऊरवोऽङ्घ्रय: ।
अश्वाश्वतरनागोष्ट्रखरमर्त्यशिरांसि च ॥ ८ ॥
अश्वाश्वतरनागोष्ट्रखरमर्त्यशिरांसि च ॥ ८ ॥
Verse text
hastāḥ sāsi-gadeṣv-āsāḥ
karabhā ūravo ’ṅghrayaḥ
aśvāśvatara-nāgoṣṭra-
khara-martya-śirāṁsi ca
karabhā ūravo ’ṅghrayaḥ
aśvāśvatara-nāgoṣṭra-
khara-martya-śirāṁsi ca
Synonyms
Translation
Lying all around were thighs, legs and fingerless hands, along with hands clutching swords, clubs and bows, and also the heads of horses, donkeys, elephants, camels, wild asses and humans.
Purport
Karabhāḥ indicates the portion of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers. The same word may also indicate an elephant’s trunk, and thus in this verse the implication is that the thighs lying on the battlefield resembled the trunks of elephants.