योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-32, verse-13

प्रहारपातसंप्रेक्षानिष्पन्दासंख्यसैनिकम् ।
अन्योन्योत्कण्ठकाठिन्यभरभ्रुकुटिसंकटम् ॥ १३ ॥

prahārapātasaṃprekṣāniṣpandāsaṃkhyasainikam ,
anyonyotkaṇṭhakāṭhinyabharabhrukuṭisaṃkaṭam 13

13. prahārapatasaṃprekṣāniṣpandaasaṅkhyasainikam
anyonyotkaṇṭhakāṭhinyabharabhrukuṭisaṅkaṭam

13. prahārapatasaṃprekṣāniṣpandaasaṅkhyasainikam
anyonyotkaṇṭhakāṭhinyabharabhrukuṭisaṅkaṭam

13. The scene was characterized by countless soldiers, motionless as they observed the impact of blows, and by dense, severe frowns caused by their intense mutual eagerness (for combat).

Words meanings summery:

• प्रहारपतसंप्रेक्षानिष्पन्दअसङ्ख्यसैनिकम् (prahārapatasaṁprekṣāniṣpandaasaṅkhyasainikam) - describing a battlefield filled with countless soldiers who are still, observing the fierce impact of attacks (having countless soldiers motionless while observing the impact of blows)

• अन्योन्योत्कण्ठकाठिन्यभरभ्रुकुटिसङ्कटम् (anyonyotkaṇṭhakāṭhinyabharabhrukuṭisaṅkaṭam) - describing a battlefield where combatants exhibit intense, severe frowns from their shared eagerness for battle (having dense, severe frowns due to the heavy severity of mutual eagerness)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रहारपतसंप्रेक्षानिष्पन्दअसङ्ख्यसैनिकम् (prahārapatasaṁprekṣāniṣpandaasaṅkhyasainikam) - describing a battlefield filled with countless soldiers who are still, observing the fierce impact of attacks (having countless soldiers motionless while observing the impact of blows)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of prahārapatasaṃprekṣāniṣpandaasaṅkhyasainika

prahārapatasaṁprekṣāniṣpandaasaṅkhyasainika - one having countless soldiers motionless, observing the impact of blows

Compound type : bahuvrihi (prahāra+pāta+saṃprekṣā+niṣpanda+asaṅkhya+sainika)

• prahāra – strike, blow, assault
  noun (masculine)
  from prefix pra- and root hṛ (to seize, carry)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: hṛ (class 1)
• pāta – fall, falling, impact
  noun (masculine)
  from root pat (to fall)
  Root: pat (class 1)
• saṃprekṣā – observation, looking, seeing
  noun (feminine)
  from prefixes sam-, pra- and root īkṣ (to see)
  Prefixes: sam+pra
  Root: īkṣ (class 1)
• niṣpanda – motionless, still, unmoving
  adjective
  from prefix nis- and root pad (to go, move)
  Prefix: nis
  Root: pad (class 4)
• asaṅkhya – countless, numberless
  adjective
  Nañ-tatpuruṣa compound: 'a' (not) + 'saṅkhya' (number)
• sainika – soldier, warrior, army man
  noun (masculine)
  from senā (army) + suffix -ika

Note: Adjective modifying an implicit neuter noun like 'battlefield' (yuddham) or 'scene' (sthanam).

अन्योन्योत्कण्ठकाठिन्यभरभ्रुकुटिसङ्कटम् (anyonyotkaṇṭhakāṭhinyabharabhrukuṭisaṅkaṭam) - describing a battlefield where combatants exhibit intense, severe frowns from their shared eagerness for battle (having dense, severe frowns due to the heavy severity of mutual eagerness)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anyonyotkaṇṭhakāṭhinyabharabhrukuṭisaṅkaṭa

anyonyotkaṇṭhakāṭhinyabharabhrukuṭisaṅkaṭa - one characterized by dense, severe frowns due to the heavy severity of mutual eagerness

Compound type : bahuvrihi (anyonyā+utkaṇṭha+kāṭhinya+bhara+bhrukuṭi+saṅkaṭa)

• anyonyā – mutual, reciprocal, each other
  pronoun
• utkaṇṭha – eagerness, longing, intense desire (for battle)
  noun (feminine)
  from prefix ud- and root kaṇṭh (to call)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: kaṇṭh (class 10)
• kāṭhinya – hardness, stiffness, severity, rigidity
  noun (neuter)
  from kaṭhina (hard, severe) + suffix -ya (abstract noun)
• bhara – burden, load, weight, abundance, intensity
  noun (masculine)
  from root bhṛ (to bear, carry)
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)
• bhrukuṭi – frown, knitting of the brows
  noun (feminine)
  from bhru (brow) + kuṭi (curve, crookedness)
• saṅkaṭa – difficult, narrow, crowded, dense, distressed situation
  adjective
  from prefix sam- and root kaṭ (to go, move)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kaṭ (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying an implicit neuter noun like 'battlefield' (yuddham) or 'scene' (sthanam).

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