योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-107, verse-17

चर्विताः खर्वितोष्ठेन द्वीपीपिशितपेशयः ।
नारकाहृतविक्रीता नारक्यो रशना इव ॥ १७ ॥

carvitāḥ kharvitoṣṭhena dvīpīpiśitapeśayaḥ ,
nārakāhṛtavikrītā nārakyo raśanā iva 17

17. carvitāḥ kharvitoṣṭhena dvīpīpiśitapeśayaḥ
nārakāhṛtavikrītāḥ nārakyaḥ raśanāḥ iva

17. kharvitoṣṭhena dvīpīpiśitapeśayaḥ
nārakāhṛtavikrītāḥ nārakyaḥ raśanāḥ iva carvitāḥ

17. Slices of leopard meat were chewed by my shrunken lips, like hellish ropes (raśanā) that had been seized and sold by infernal beings.

Words meanings summery:

• चर्विताः (carvitāḥ) - were chewed, were eaten

• खर्वितोष्ठेन (kharvitoṣṭhena) - by my shrunken lips (by one with shrunken lips)

• द्वीपीपिशितपेशयः (dvīpīpiśitapeśayaḥ) - slices of leopard meat

• नारकाहृतविक्रीताः (nārakāhṛtavikrītāḥ) - seized and sold by hellish beings, brought from hell and sold

• नारक्यः (nārakyaḥ) - hellish, infernal

• रशनाः (raśanāḥ) - ropes, girdles, waistbands

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

Words meanings and morphology

चर्विताः (carvitāḥ) - were chewed, were eaten

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of carvita

carvita - chewed, eaten, tasted

Past Passive Participle

From root carv- (to chew)

Root: carv (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'dvīpīpiśitapeśayaḥ'.

खर्वितोष्ठेन (kharvitoṣṭhena) - by my shrunken lips (by one with shrunken lips)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kharvitoṣṭha

kharvitoṣṭha - having shrunken or shortened lips

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kharvita+oṣṭha)

• kharvita – shrunken, shortened, humbled, disgraced
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kharv- (to shorten, diminish)
  Root: kharv (class 1)
• oṣṭha – lip
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the agent, likely the speaker, whose lips are shrunken due to starvation or distress.

द्वीपीपिशितपेशयः (dvīpīpiśitapeśayaḥ) - slices of leopard meat

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of dvīpīpiśitapeśī

dvīpīpiśitapeśī - slice of leopard's flesh

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvīpī+piśita+peśī)

• dvīpī – leopard, panther (fem. of dvīpin)
  noun (feminine)
• piśita – flesh, meat
  noun (neuter)
• peśī – slice, piece of flesh, muscle
  noun (feminine)

Note: Subject of the passive verb 'carvitāḥ'.

नारकाहृतविक्रीताः (nārakāhṛtavikrītāḥ) - seized and sold by hellish beings, brought from hell and sold

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nārakāhṛtavikrīta

nārakāhṛtavikrīta - seized and sold by infernal beings

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nāraka+āhṛta+vikrīta)

• nāraka – hellish, infernal; an inhabitant of hell
  adjective (masculine)
• āhṛta – brought, taken, seized, procured
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root hṛ- (to seize, carry) with prefix ā-
  Prefix: ā
  Root: hṛ (class 1)
• vikrīta – sold
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root krī- (to buy) with prefix vi-
  Prefix: vi
  Root: krī (class 9)

Note: Qualifies 'raśanāḥ'.

नारक्यः (nārakyaḥ) - hellish, infernal

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nārakī

nārakī - hellish, infernal (feminine form of nāraka)

Note: Qualifies 'raśanāḥ'.

रशनाः (raśanāḥ) - ropes, girdles, waistbands

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of raśanā

raśanā - rope, cord, girdle, waistband

Note: Head noun in the simile.

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates comparison.