योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-108, verse-25

संभ्रान्तपुरुषव्यूहदन्तकृत्तमहाशवम् ।
मांसगन्धजवग्रस्तरक्तारक्तनिजाङ्गुलि ॥ २५ ॥

saṃbhrāntapuruṣavyūhadantakṛttamahāśavam ,
māṃsagandhajavagrastaraktāraktanijāṅguli 25

25. saṃbhrāntapuruṣavyūhadantakṛtamahāśavam
māṃsagandhajavagrastaraktārakta-nijāṅguli

25. saṃbhrāntapuruṣavyūhadantakṛtamahāśavam
māṃsagandhajavagrastaraktārakta-nijāṅguli

25. A place where great corpses are torn by the teeth of bewildered multitudes of men, and where (these men's) own fingers are blood-red, gripped by a natural impulse for the smell of flesh.

25. המון אדם מבוהל כרסם בשיניו את הנבלות הגדולות, ואנשים, מתוך תאווה מהירה לריח הבשר, נשכו בטעות את אצבעותיהם המגואלות בדם.

Words meanings summery:

• संभ्रान्तपुरुषव्यूहदन्तकृतमहाशवम् (saṁbhrāntapuruṣavyūhadantakṛtamahāśavam) - describing the dismembered bodies found in a scene of violent conflict or destruction (a great corpse torn by the teeth of bewildered multitudes of men)

• मांसगन्धजवग्रस्तरक्तारक्त-निजाङ्गुलि (māṁsagandhajavagrastaraktārakta-nijāṅguli) - describing the frenzied state of individuals handling torn corpses, perhaps driven to depravity (whose own fingers are blood-red, gripped by a natural impulse for the smell of flesh)

Words meanings and morphology

संभ्रान्तपुरुषव्यूहदन्तकृतमहाशवम् (saṁbhrāntapuruṣavyūhadantakṛtamahāśavam) - describing the dismembered bodies found in a scene of violent conflict or destruction (a great corpse torn by the teeth of bewildered multitudes of men)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃbhrāntapuruṣavyūhadantakṛtamahāśava

saṁbhrāntapuruṣavyūhadantakṛtamahāśava - great corpse torn by teeth of bewildered multitudes of men

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi-Tatpuruṣa (saṃbhrāntapuruṣavyūhadantakṛta+mahāśava)

• śava – corpse, dead body
  noun (masculine)
• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• kṛtta – torn, cut, mutilated
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √kṛt (to cut, tear).
  Root: kṛt (class 6)
• danta – tooth, tusk
  noun (masculine)
• vyūha – multitude, array, formation
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: ūh (class 1)
• puruṣa – man, person, male
  noun (masculine)
• saṃbhrānta – bewildered, confused, agitated
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from sam-√bhrām (to whirl, be bewildered).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhrām (class 1)

Note: Can be nominative or accusative, here likely an adjective modifying an implied noun like 'sthānam' (place).

मांसगन्धजवग्रस्तरक्तारक्त-निजाङ्गुलि (māṁsagandhajavagrastaraktārakta-nijāṅguli) - describing the frenzied state of individuals handling torn corpses, perhaps driven to depravity (whose own fingers are blood-red, gripped by a natural impulse for the smell of flesh)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of māṃsagandhajavagrastaraktārakta-nijāṅguli

māṁsagandhajavagrastaraktārakta-nijāṅguli - own fingers blood-red, gripped by natural impulse for flesh smell

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (māṃsagandhajavagrasta+rakta+ārakta+nija+aṅguli)

• aṅguli – finger, toe
  noun (feminine)
• nija – own, inherent
  adjective
• ārakta – blood-red, reddish
  adjective
  Prefix: ā
  Root: rañj (class 1)
• rakta – red, blood
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √rañj (to redden, color).
  Root: rañj (class 1)
• grasta – seized, gripped, covered, consumed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √gras (to seize, devour).
  Root: gras (class 1)
• java – natural impulse, ardour, speed, swiftness
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jū (class 1)
• gandha – smell, odor
  noun (masculine)
• māṃsa – flesh, meat
  noun (neuter)

Note: Can be nominative or accusative, here likely an adjective modifying an implied noun (e.g., 'puruṣa' in an adjectival sense 'a person with such fingers'). The ending '-ṅguli' suggests feminine singular.

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