योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-106, verse-62

शोषार्थं प्रसृतार्द्रान्त्रतन्त्रीजालपतत्खगम् ।
निष्कुटस्थितजम्बीरखण्डलग्नखगध्वनि ॥ ६२ ॥

śoṣārthaṃ prasṛtārdrāntratantrījālapatatkhagam ,
niṣkuṭasthitajambīrakhaṇḍalagnakhagadhvani 62

62. śoṣārtham prasṛtārdrāntratantrījālapatatkhagam
niṣkuṭasthitajambīrakhaṇḍalagnakhagadhvani

62. śoṣārtham prasṛtārdrāntratantrījālapatatkhagam (ca pakkaṇam) niṣkuṭasthitajambīrakhaṇḍalagnakhagadhvani (ca pakkaṇam).

62. It (the outcaste settlement) was a place where birds swooped down onto networks of spread-out, wet entrails for drying, and where the cries of birds resonated, sticking to the pieces of citrus fruit found in the surrounding groves.

62. מקום שבו ציפורים עטו על רשת של מעיים לחים שנפרשו לייבוש, וקולות עופות נשמעו מבין פלחי הלימון שבחצרות.

Words meanings summery:

• शोषार्थम् (śoṣārtham) - for the purpose of drying

• प्रसृतार्द्रान्त्रतन्त्रीजालपतत्खगम् (prasṛtārdrāntratantrījālapatatkhagam) - where birds swooped down onto networks of spread-out, wet entrails (a place where birds swoop down on spread-out, wet entrail networks)

• निष्कुटस्थितजम्बीरखण्डलग्नखगध्वनि (niṣkuṭasthitajambīrakhaṇḍalagnakhagadhvani) - where the cries of birds resonated, sticking to the pieces of citrus fruit found in the surrounding groves (a place where bird sounds are attached to/coming from citrus fruit pieces in groves)

Words meanings and morphology

शोषार्थम् (śoṣārtham) - for the purpose of drying

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śoṣārtha

śoṣārtha - purpose of drying, for drying

Compound type : tatpurusha (śoṣa+artha)

• śoṣa – drying, desiccation, wasting away
  noun (masculine)
• artha – purpose, meaning, object, wealth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Acts as an adverbial accusative.

प्रसृतार्द्रान्त्रतन्त्रीजालपतत्खगम् (prasṛtārdrāntratantrījālapatatkhagam) - where birds swooped down onto networks of spread-out, wet entrails (a place where birds swoop down on spread-out, wet entrail networks)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of prasṛtārdrāntratantrījālapatatkhaga

prasṛtārdrāntratantrījālapatatkhaga - having birds swooping down on networks of spread-out wet entrails

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (prasṛta+ārdra+antra+tantrī+jāla+patat+khaga)

• prasṛta – spread out, extended
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root sṛ (to flow, spread) with prefix pra-
  Prefix: pra
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• ārdra – wet, moist, fresh
  adjective (neuter)
• antra – entrails, guts, intestine
  noun (neuter)
• tantrī – string, chord, nerve
  noun (feminine)
• jāla – net, network, snare
  noun (neuter)
• patat – falling, flying, swooping
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  From root pat (to fall, fly)
  Root: pat (class 1)
• khaga – bird (lit. 'sky-goer')
  noun (masculine)

निष्कुटस्थितजम्बीरखण्डलग्नखगध्वनि (niṣkuṭasthitajambīrakhaṇḍalagnakhagadhvani) - where the cries of birds resonated, sticking to the pieces of citrus fruit found in the surrounding groves (a place where bird sounds are attached to/coming from citrus fruit pieces in groves)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of niṣkuṭasthitajambīrakhaṇḍalagnakhagadhvani

niṣkuṭasthitajambīrakhaṇḍalagnakhagadhvani - having the cries of birds sticking to pieces of citrus fruit situated in groves

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (niṣkuṭa+sthita+jambīra+khaṇḍa+lagna+khagadhvani)

• niṣkuṭa – a pleasure-grove, garden, enclosure
  noun (masculine)
• sthita – situated, standing, present
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• jambīra – citrus medica, lime, lemon
  noun (masculine)
• khaṇḍa – piece, part, fragment
  noun (neuter)
• lagna – attached, adhering, fixed to
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root lag (to stick, adhere)
  Root: lag (class 1)
• khagadhvani – sound of birds, bird calls
  noun (masculine)

Note: Grammatically masculine noun, but used here as an adjective in neuter accusative singular, possibly due to poetic license or an implied inflection.

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