योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-107, verse-33

तत्कालकोष्णं रुधिरं मातुः स्तनपयो यथा ।
श्मशानसंस्थितान्मत्तो रक्तरक्तान्मलाशिनः ॥ ३३ ॥

tatkālakoṣṇaṃ rudhiraṃ mātuḥ stanapayo yathā ,
śmaśānasaṃsthitānmatto raktaraktānmalāśinaḥ 33

33. tatkālakaoṣṇaṃ rudhiraṃ mātuḥ stanapayaḥ yathā
śmaśānasaṃsthitaḥ mattaḥ raktaraktaḥ malāśī

33. tatkālakaoṣṇaṃ rudhiraṃ mātuḥ stanapayaḥ yathā (āsīt),
(saḥ) śmaśānasaṃsthitaḥ mattaḥ raktaraktaḥ malāśī (ca āsīt)

33. That blood, warm at the time, was like a mother's breast-milk. (He, the hunter, appeared) as one situated in the cremation ground, intoxicated, blood-red, and an eater of impurities.

Words meanings summery:

• तत्कालकओष्णं (tatkālakaoṣṇaṁ) - warm at that time

• रुधिरं (rudhiraṁ) - blood

• मातुः (mātuḥ) - of a mother

• स्तनपयः (stanapayaḥ) - breast-milk

• यथा (yathā) - like (as, like, in the manner that)

• श्मशानसंस्थितः (śmaśānasaṁsthitaḥ) - situated in the cremation ground (situated in a cremation ground, dwelling in a burial place)

• मत्तः (mattaḥ) - intoxicated (intoxicated, frenzied, maddened, passionate)

• रक्तरक्तः (raktaraktaḥ) - blood-red (blood-red, stained with blood)

• मलाशी (malāśī) - eater of impurities (eater of impurities, consumer of filth)

Words meanings and morphology

तत्कालकओष्णं (tatkālakaoṣṇaṁ) - warm at that time

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tatkālakaoṣṇa

tatkālakaoṣṇa - warm at that time

tatkāla (that time) + uṣṇa (warm)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tatkāla+uṣṇa)

• tatkāla – that time, at that moment
  indeclinable (masculine)
• uṣṇa – warm, hot
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: uṣ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'rudhiraṃ'.

रुधिरं (rudhiraṁ) - blood

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rudhira

rudhira - blood, red

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'was'.

मातुः (mātuḥ) - of a mother

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

स्तनपयः (stanapayaḥ) - breast-milk

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of stanapayas

stanapayas - breast-milk

'stana' (breast) + 'payas' (milk)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (stana+payas)

• stana – breast, udder
  noun (masculine)
• payas – milk, water, fluid
  noun (neuter)

Note: Acts as the complement to 'rudhiraṃ' in the comparison.

यथा (yathā) - like (as, like, in the manner that)

(indeclinable)

श्मशानसंस्थितः (śmaśānasaṁsthitaḥ) - situated in the cremation ground (situated in a cremation ground, dwelling in a burial place)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śmaśānasaṃsthita

śmaśānasaṁsthita - situated in a cremation ground

Past Passive Participle

'saṃ' (with) + 'sthita' (stood, placed) in 'śmaśāna' (cremation ground)

Compound type : saptamī tatpuruṣa (śmaśāna+saṃsthita)

• śmaśāna – cremation ground, burial place
  noun (neuter)
• saṃsthita – situated, placed, standing, composed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  'saṃ' (prefix) + 'sthita' (from root 'sthā')
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Describes the hunter.

मत्तः (mattaḥ) - intoxicated (intoxicated, frenzied, maddened, passionate)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of matta

matta - intoxicated, drunk, frenzied, maddened, proud

Past Passive Participle

Root 'mad' (to be drunk, intoxicated)

Root: mad (class 4)

Note: Describes the hunter.

रक्तरक्तः (raktaraktaḥ) - blood-red (blood-red, stained with blood)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of raktarakta

raktarakta - blood-red, very red, stained with blood

'rakta' (blood) + 'rakta' (red/stained)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (rakta+rakta)

• rakta – red, dyed, stained, blood
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root 'rañj' (to color, dye)
  Root: rañj (class 1)

Note: Describes the hunter. The given Devanagari `न्मलाशिनः` implies a non-standard sandhi of `ḥ + malāśinaḥ` which is here interpreted as standard sandhi `o + malāśinaḥ`.

मलाशी (malāśī) - eater of impurities (eater of impurities, consumer of filth)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of malāśin

malāśin - eater of impurities/filth

Agent noun/adjective

'mala' (dirt, impurity) + 'āśin' (eater)

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (mala+āśin)

• mala – dirt, impurity, filth, defilement
  noun (masculine)
• āśin – eater, consumer
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/adjective
  'ā' (prefix) + root 'aś' (to eat) + '-in' suffix
  Prefix: ā
  Root: aś (class 9)

Note: Describes the hunter.