योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-34, verse-27

विविधायुधसंघट्टखण्डितोग्रास्थिकोटयः ।
खे कवन्त्यः कणत्कारैः प्रसृतास्तारका इव ॥ २७ ॥

vividhāyudhasaṃghaṭṭakhaṇḍitogrāsthikoṭayaḥ ,
khe kavantyaḥ kaṇatkāraiḥ prasṛtāstārakā iva 27

27. vividhāyudhasaṅghaṭṭakhaṇḍitogrāsthikoṭayaḥ
khe kavantyaḥ kaṇatkāraiḥ prasṛtāḥ tārakāḥ iva

27. vividhāyudhasaṅghaṭṭakhaṇḍitogrāsthikoṭayaḥ
kavantyaḥ kaṇatkāraiḥ khe prasṛtāḥ tārakāḥ iva

27. The severed heads (kavantyaḥ), whose vast number of fierce bones were shattered by the clash of various weapons, flew in the sky, making 'kaṇat' sounds, like scattered stars.

Words meanings summery:

• विविधायुधसङ्घट्टखण्डितोग्रास्थिकोटयः (vividhāyudhasaṅghaṭṭakhaṇḍitogrāsthikoṭayaḥ) - whose myriad of fierce bones were shattered by the clash of various weapons

• खे (khe) - in the sky, in space

• कवन्त्यः (kavantyaḥ) - headless bodies (often used for severed heads in battle contexts) (headless bodies; (here, metaphorically) flying heads)

• कणत्कारैः (kaṇatkāraiḥ) - with a sharp, cracking sound (of bones or impact) (by 'kaṇat' sounds, with a tinkling/cracking sound)

• प्रसृताः (prasṛtāḥ) - scattered or flying (scattered, spread out, extended, flying)

• तारकाः (tārakāḥ) - stars

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

विविधायुधसङ्घट्टखण्डितोग्रास्थिकोटयः (vividhāyudhasaṅghaṭṭakhaṇḍitogrāsthikoṭayaḥ) - whose myriad of fierce bones were shattered by the clash of various weapons

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vividhāyudhasaṅghaṭṭakhaṇḍitogrāsthikoṭi

vividhāyudhasaṅghaṭṭakhaṇḍitogrāsthikoṭi - myriad of fierce bones shattered by the clash of various weapons

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (vividha+āyudha+saṅghaṭṭa+khaṇḍita+ugra+asthi+koṭi)

• vividha – various, manifold
  adjective
• āyudha – weapon
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• saṅghaṭṭa – clash, collision
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: ghaṭṭ (class 10)
• khaṇḍita – shattered, broken
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root khaṇḍ (to break)
  Root: khaṇḍ (class 1)
• ugra – fierce, terrible
  adjective
• asthi – bone
  noun (neuter)
• koṭi – myriad, crore, vast number
  noun (feminine)

Note: Refers to the 'heads' (kavantyaḥ).

खे (khe) - in the sky, in space

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - sky, space, ether

कवन्त्यः (kavantyaḥ) - headless bodies (often used for severed heads in battle contexts) (headless bodies; (here, metaphorically) flying heads)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kavantī

kavantī - headless body, torso; (sometimes) a severed head that flies

Feminine form of kavanta

Note: Subject of the sentence.

कणत्कारैः (kaṇatkāraiḥ) - with a sharp, cracking sound (of bones or impact) (by 'kaṇat' sounds, with a tinkling/cracking sound)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kaṇatkāra

kaṇatkāra - 'kaṇat' sound, a tinkling or cracking sound

From kaṇat (onomatopoeic) + kāra (making)

Compound type : Tatpurusha (kaṇat+kāra)

• kaṇat – making a 'kaṇ' sound (onomatopoeic)
  indeclinable
  Present Active Participle
  From root kaṇ (to sound)
  Root: kaṇ (class 1)
• kāra – making, doing, maker
  noun (masculine)
  From root kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Describes how the heads flew.

प्रसृताः (prasṛtāḥ) - scattered or flying (scattered, spread out, extended, flying)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of prasṛta

prasṛta - scattered, spread out, extended, flowing, flown

Past Passive Participle

From root sṛ (to flow, move) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with kavantyaḥ.

तारकाः (tārakāḥ) - stars

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tārakā

tārakā - star, asteroid

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)