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3,32

योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-32, verse-15

मिथःसंस्थानकालोकमात्रासंदिग्धजीवितम् ।
समस्ताङ्गरुहासक्तप्रांशुवृद्धेभमानवम् ॥ १५ ॥
mithaḥsaṃsthānakālokamātrāsaṃdigdhajīvitam ,
samastāṅgaruhāsaktaprāṃśuvṛddhebhamānavam 15
15. mithaḥsaṃsthānakaālokamātrāsaṃdigdhajīvitam
samastaaṅgaruhaāsaktaprāṃśuvṛddhaibhamānavam
15. mithaḥsaṃsthānakaālokamātrāsaṃdigdhajīvitam
samastaaṅgaruhaāsaktaprāṃśuvṛddhaibhamānavam
15. The scene was one where life seemed uncertain merely from observing the mutual stances of the combatants, and where powerful, elephant-like men stood with all their body hair bristling.

Words meanings summery:

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  • मिथःसंस्थानकआलोकमात्रासंदिग्धजीवितम् (mithaḥsaṁsthānakaālokamātrāsaṁdigdhajīvitam) - describing a battlefield where combatants' lives were so precarious, their fate was uncertain merely by observing their mutual positions (having life that is uncertain merely by the sight of mutual stances/postures)
  • समस्तअङ्गरुहआसक्तप्रांशुवृद्धैभमानवम् (samastaaṅgaruhaāsaktaprāṁśuvṛddhaibhamānavam) - describing powerful warriors, compared to tall elephants, whose body hair stood on end due to intense emotions (fear or excitement) (having men like tall, mighty elephants with all their body hair bristling/clinging)

Words meanings and morphology

मिथःसंस्थानकआलोकमात्रासंदिग्धजीवितम् (mithaḥsaṁsthānakaālokamātrāsaṁdigdhajīvitam) - describing a battlefield where combatants' lives were so precarious, their fate was uncertain merely by observing their mutual positions (having life that is uncertain merely by the sight of mutual stances/postures)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of mithaḥsaṃsthānakaālokamātrāsaṃdigdhajīvita
mithaḥsaṁsthānakaālokamātrāsaṁdigdhajīvita - one whose life is rendered uncertain by the mere sight of mutual postures
Compound type : bahuvrihi (mithaḥ+saṃsthānaka+āloka+mātrā+saṃdigdha+jīvita)
  • mithaḥ – mutually, reciprocally, secretly
    indeclinable
  • saṃsthānaka – form, appearance, posture, state
    noun (neuter)
    from sam-sthā (to stand firmly, settle)
    Prefix: sam
    Root: sthā (class 1)
  • āloka – sight, view, appearance
    noun (masculine)
    from prefix ā- and root lok (to see)
    Prefix: ā
    Root: lok (class 10)
  • mātrā – measure, quantity, only by, merely by
    noun (feminine)
    feminine form of mātra, here used in instrumental sense 'only by'
  • saṃdigdha – doubtful, uncertain, suspected
    adjective
    Past Passive Participle
    PPP of prefix sam- and root dih (to smear, doubt)
    Prefix: sam
    Root: dih (class 4)
  • jīvita – life, living, livelihood
    noun (neuter)
    Past Passive Participle (nominalized)
    PPP of root jīv (to live), used as a neuter noun
    Root: jīv (class 1)
Note: Adjective modifying an implicit neuter noun like 'battlefield' (yuddham) or 'scene' (sthanam).
समस्तअङ्गरुहआसक्तप्रांशुवृद्धैभमानवम् (samastaaṅgaruhaāsaktaprāṁśuvṛddhaibhamānavam) - describing powerful warriors, compared to tall elephants, whose body hair stood on end due to intense emotions (fear or excitement) (having men like tall, mighty elephants with all their body hair bristling/clinging)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of samastaaṅgaruhaāsaktaprāṃśuvṛddhaibhamānava
samastaaṅgaruhaāsaktaprāṁśuvṛddhaibhamānava - one having elephant-like men whose entire body hair is bristling
Compound type : bahuvrihi (samasta+aṅgaruha+āsakta+prāṃśu+vṛddha+ibha+mānava)
  • samasta – all, entire, whole, collected
    adjective
    Past Passive Participle
    PPP of prefix sam- and root as (to throw, be)
    Prefix: sam
    Root: as (class 2)
  • aṅgaruha – body hair, hair of the body
    noun (masculine)
    compound of aṅga (limb, body) and ruha (growing)
  • āsakta – attached, clinging, sticking to, bristling (hair)
    adjective
    Past Passive Participle
    PPP of prefix ā- and root sañj (to cling to, attach)
    Prefix: ā
    Root: sañj (class 1)
  • prāṃśu – tall, lofty, high, enormous
    adjective
  • vṛddha – aged, old, mighty, large, powerful
    adjective
    Past Passive Participle
    PPP of root vṛdh (to grow, increase)
    Root: vṛdh (class 1)
  • ibha – elephant
    noun (masculine)
  • mānava – man, human being
    noun (masculine)
    from Manu (first man) + suffix -a
Note: Adjective modifying an implicit neuter noun like 'battlefield' (yuddham) or 'scene' (sthanam).