50 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 10

pressed against their lips in anger. Helmets and earrings were scat-
tered from these severed heads. Similarly, many arms, decorated
with ornaments and clutching various weapons, were strewn here
and there, as were many legs and thighs, which resembled the
trunks of elephants.

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PATA Veda: WarafacsharA: |
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kabandhas tatra cotpetuh
patita-sva-siro-’ksibhih

udyatayudha-dordandair
adhavanto bhatan mrdhe

kabandhah—trunks (bodies without heads); tatra—there (on the
battlefield); ca—also; utpetuh—generated; patita—fallen; sva-sirah-
aksibhih—by the eyes in one’s head; udyata—raised; dyudha—
equipped with weapons; dordandaih—the arms of whom; ddhdvan-
tah—rushing toward; bhatan—the soldiers; mrdhe—on the battlefield.

TRANSLATION

Many headless trunks were generated on that battlefield. With
weapons in their arms, those ghostly trunks, which could see with
the eyes in the fallen heads, attacked the enemy soldiers.

PURPORT

It appears that the heroes who died on the battlefield immediately be-
came ghosts, and although their heads had been severed from their
bodies, new trunks were generated, and these new trunks, seeing with
the eyes in the severed heads, began to attack the enemy. In other words,
many ghosts were generated to join the fight, and thus new trunks ap-

peared on the battlefield.
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