योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-107, verse-16

चण्डालीकलहोद्विग्नचण्डचण्डालतर्जनैः ।
मुखं जर्जरतां यातमिन्दू राहुरदैरिव ॥ १६ ॥

caṇḍālīkalahodvignacaṇḍacaṇḍālatarjanaiḥ ,
mukhaṃ jarjaratāṃ yātamindū rāhuradairiva 16

16. caṇḍālīkalahodvignacaṇḍacaṇḍālatarjanaiḥ
mukham jarjaratām yātam indū rāhuradair iva

16. caṇḍālīkalahodvignacaṇḍacaṇḍālatarjanaiḥ
mukham jarjaratām yātam rāhuradair indū iva

16. My face became shattered, like the moon by the teeth of Rāhu, due to the fierce threats of Caṇḍālas who were agitated by the quarrels of Caṇḍālī women.

Words meanings summery:

• चण्डालीकलहोद्विग्नचण्डचण्डालतर्जनैः (caṇḍālīkalahodvignacaṇḍacaṇḍālatarjanaiḥ) - by the threats of fierce Caṇḍālas agitated by the quarrels of Caṇḍālī women

• मुखम् (mukham) - face, mouth

• जर्जरताम् (jarjaratām) - to a state of decay, to a shattered state, to a state of being worn out

• यातम् (yātam) - reached a shattered state (gone, reached, attained)

• इन्दू (indū) - the moon

• राहुरदैर् (rāhuradair) - by the teeth of Rāhu

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

Words meanings and morphology

चण्डालीकलहोद्विग्नचण्डचण्डालतर्जनैः (caṇḍālīkalahodvignacaṇḍacaṇḍālatarjanaiḥ) - by the threats of fierce Caṇḍālas agitated by the quarrels of Caṇḍālī women

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of caṇḍālīkalahodvignacaṇḍacaṇḍālatarjana

caṇḍālīkalahodvignacaṇḍacaṇḍālatarjana - threats from fierce Caṇḍālas agitated by the quarrels of Caṇḍālī women

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (caṇḍālīkalahodvigna+caṇḍacaṇḍāla+tarjana)

• caṇḍālīkalahodvigna – agitated by quarrels of Caṇḍālī women
  adjective (masculine)
  Bahuvrīhi compound: one whose quarrel with a caṇḍālī woman has agitated him.
• caṇḍālī – a Caṇḍāla woman, outcaste woman
  noun (feminine)
• kalaha – quarrel, dispute
  noun (masculine)
• udvigna – agitated, disturbed, troubled
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root vij- (to tremble) with prefix ud-
  Prefix: ud
  Root: vij (class 6)
• caṇḍacaṇḍāla – fierce Caṇḍāla, cruel outcaste
  noun (masculine)
• caṇḍa – fierce, violent, cruel, passionate
  adjective (masculine)
• caṇḍāla – an outcaste, a man of the lowest caste
  noun (masculine)
• tarjana – threat, intimidation
  noun (masculine)

Note: Acts as the agent/cause for the face becoming shattered.

मुखम् (mukham) - face, mouth

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mukha

mukha - face, mouth, front, chief

Note: Subject of the sentence.

जर्जरताम् (jarjaratām) - to a state of decay, to a shattered state, to a state of being worn out

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jarjaratā

jarjaratā - state of being shattered, decay, decrepitude

From jarjara (shattered, worn out) + suffix -tā (state of being)

Note: Object of 'yātam', indicating the state reached.

यातम् (yātam) - reached a shattered state (gone, reached, attained)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yāta

yāta - gone, proceeded, attained, reached

Past Passive Participle

From root yā- (to go)

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'mukham'.

इन्दू (indū) - the moon

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of indu

indu - moon, drop, juice

Note: Part of the simile, 'like the moon'.

राहुरदैर् (rāhuradair) - by the teeth of Rāhu

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of rāhurada

rāhurada - teeth of Rāhu

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rāhu+rada)

• rāhu – Rāhu (a mythical demon who causes eclipses by devouring the sun or moon)
  proper noun (masculine)
• rada – tooth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the teeth of the demon Rāhu, which are imagined to bite the moon during an eclipse.

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates comparison.