योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-34, verse-14

सद्यश्छिन्नशिरश्वभ्रमज्जत्कङ्ककुलाकुलाः ।
कबन्धाः परिनृत्यन्ति तालोत्ताला रणाङ्गणे ॥ १४ ॥

sadyaśchinnaśiraśvabhramajjatkaṅkakulākulāḥ ,
kabandhāḥ parinṛtyanti tālottālā raṇāṅgaṇe 14

14. sadyaḥ chinna śiraḥ ca bhramajjatkaṅkakulākulāḥ
kabandhāḥ parinṛtyanti tālottālāḥ raṇāṅgaṇe

14. raṇāṅgaṇe sadyaḥ chinna śiraḥ ca bhramajjatkaṅkakulākulāḥ
tālottālāḥ kabandhāḥ parinṛtyanti

14. In the battlefield, headless bodies, whose heads have just been severed and which are greatly agitated by flocks of circling vultures, are dancing wildly with thunderous, rhythmic movements.

Words meanings summery:

• सद्यः (sadyaḥ) - just, freshly (immediately, instantly, freshly)

• छिन्न (chinna) - severed (cut, severed, broken)

• शिरः (śiraḥ) - head

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• भ्रमज्जत्कङ्ककुलाकुलाः (bhramajjatkaṅkakulākulāḥ) - greatly agitated by flocks of circling vultures (agitated by flocks of whirling/hovering vultures)

• कबन्धाः (kabandhāḥ) - headless bodies (headless body, trunk)

• परिनृत्यन्ति (parinṛtyanti) - are dancing wildly (dance around, whirl, perform a dance)

• तालोत्तालाः (tālottālāḥ) - with thunderous, rhythmic movements (describing the dance) (loudly rhythmic, making loud sounds, tumultuous)

• रणाङ्गणे (raṇāṅgaṇe) - in the battlefield (in the battlefield, in the arena of battle)

Words meanings and morphology

सद्यः (sadyaḥ) - just, freshly (immediately, instantly, freshly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Acts adverbially within the compound.

छिन्न (chinna) - severed (cut, severed, broken)

(adjective)

of chinna

chinna - cut, severed, divided, broken

Past Passive Participle

From root chid (to cut, cleave)

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: In compound sadyaśchinnaśiras.

शिरः (śiraḥ) - head

(noun)

neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head, top, peak

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Links two descriptions for kabandhāḥ.

भ्रमज्जत्कङ्ककुलाकुलाः (bhramajjatkaṅkakulākulāḥ) - greatly agitated by flocks of circling vultures (agitated by flocks of whirling/hovering vultures)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhramajjatkaṅkakulākula

bhramajjatkaṅkakulākula - agitated by flocks of whirling vultures

Bahuvrihi compound: bhramajjat (spinning/hovering) + kaṅka (vulture) + kula (flock) + ākula (disturbed/agitated).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bhramajjat+kaṅka+kula+ākula)

• bhramajjat – whirling, circling, moving about (present active participle)
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  From root bhram (to wander, spin). The double 'j' is due to sandhi in the compound.
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• kaṅka – vulture, heron
  noun (masculine)
• kula – flock, family, clan, herd
  noun (neuter)
• ākula – agitated, disturbed, filled with, bewildered
  adjective
  From root kul (to collect, crowd) with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kul (class 1)

Note: Qualifies kabandhāḥ.

कबन्धाः (kabandhāḥ) - headless bodies (headless body, trunk)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kabandha

kabandha - headless body, trunk, a demon, cloud

Note: Subject of the sentence.

परिनृत्यन्ति (parinṛtyanti) - are dancing wildly (dance around, whirl, perform a dance)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of parinṛt

Prefix: pari

Root: nṛt (class 4)

तालोत्तालाः (tālottālāḥ) - with thunderous, rhythmic movements (describing the dance) (loudly rhythmic, making loud sounds, tumultuous)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tālottāla

tālottāla - making great noise with claps, extremely excited, tumultuous, loud

Karmadhāraya or Tatpurusha compound: tāla (rhythm, clap) + uttāla (very agitated, loud).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (tāla+uttāla)

• tāla – clap, rhythm, measure (in music), cymbals
  noun (masculine)
• uttāla – very excited, furious, loud, tumultuous
  adjective
  From ud-tala (to make loud noise), or ud-√tṛ (to cross, with ud, meaning high, intense).
  Prefix: ud
  Root: tal (class 1)

Note: Qualifies kabandhāḥ.

रणाङ्गणे (raṇāṅgaṇe) - in the battlefield (in the battlefield, in the arena of battle)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of raṇāṅgaṇa

raṇāṅgaṇa - battlefield, arena of war

Tatpurusha compound: raṇa (battle) + aṅgaṇa (courtyard, arena).

Compound type : tatpurusha (raṇa+aṅgaṇa)

• raṇa – battle, war, combat
  noun (masculine)
• aṅgaṇa – courtyard, open space, arena
  noun (neuter)