योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-34, verse-36

शरोत्कृत्तसितच्छत्रकलहंसैर्नभःस्थलम् ।
भाति संचितपूर्णेन्दुबिम्बलक्षैरिवावृतम् ॥ ३६ ॥

śarotkṛttasitacchatrakalahaṃsairnabhaḥsthalam ,
bhāti saṃcitapūrṇendubimbalakṣairivāvṛtam 36

36. śara-utkṛtta-sita-cchatra-kalahaṃsaiḥ nabhaḥsthalām
bhāti sañcita-pūrṇendu-bimba-lakṣaiḥ iva āvṛtam

36. śara-utkṛtta-sita-cchatra-kalahaṃsaiḥ nabhaḥsthalām
sañcita-pūrṇendu-bimba-lakṣaiḥ iva āvṛtam bhāti

36. The sky, [filled] with white umbrella-swans cut down by arrows, appears as if covered by thousands of accumulated full moon discs.

36. שמי הקרב, המלאים בשמשיות לבנות שנכרתו בחצים כמו אווזים לבנים, נראים כעטופים במאות אלפי ירחים מלאים שנאספו יחדיו.

Words meanings summery:

• शरोत्कृत्तसितच्छत्त्रकलहंसैः (śarotkṛttasitacchattrakalahaṁsaiḥ) - describing the shattered battlefield paraphernalia as resembling swans (by white umbrella-swans cut by arrows)

• नभःस्थलाम् (nabhaḥsthalām) - the sky-region

• भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, looks like

• सञ्चितपूर्णेन्दुबिम्बलक्षैः (sañcitapūrṇendubimbalakṣaiḥ) - by thousands of accumulated full moon discs

• इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

• आवृतम् (āvṛtam) - covered, surrounded, enveloped

Words meanings and morphology

शरोत्कृत्तसितच्छत्त्रकलहंसैः (śarotkṛttasitacchattrakalahaṁsaiḥ) - describing the shattered battlefield paraphernalia as resembling swans (by white umbrella-swans cut by arrows)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śarotkṛttasitacchattrakalahaṃsa

śarotkṛttasitacchattrakalahaṁsa - white umbrella-swans cut by arrows

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śara+utkṛtta+sita+cchatra+kalahaṃsa)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• utkṛtta – cut out, severed, broken off
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kṛt- (to cut) with upasarga ut-
  Prefix: ut
  Root: kṛt (class 6)
• sita – white, fair, bright
  adjective (masculine)
• cchatra – umbrella, parasol
  noun (neuter)
• kalahaṃsa – a swan, a gander (renowned for grace)
  noun (masculine)

नभःस्थलाम् (nabhaḥsthalām) - the sky-region

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nabhaḥsthala

nabhaḥsthala - sky-region, atmosphere

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nabhas+sthala)

• nabhas – sky, atmosphere, cloud
  noun (neuter)
• sthala – place, ground, region
  noun (neuter)

भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, looks like

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (lat) of bhā

Root: bhā (class 2)

सञ्चितपूर्णेन्दुबिम्बलक्षैः (sañcitapūrṇendubimbalakṣaiḥ) - by thousands of accumulated full moon discs

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of sañcitapūrṇendubimbalakṣa

sañcitapūrṇendubimbalakṣa - thousands of accumulated full moon discs

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sañcita+pūrṇa+indu+bimba+lakṣa)

• sañcita – accumulated, collected, heaped up
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root ci- (to gather) with upasarga sam-
  Prefix: sam
  Root: ci (class 5)
• pūrṇa – full, complete, filled
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root pṛ- (to fill)
  Root: pṛ (class 9)
• indu – moon, drop, spot
  noun (masculine)
• bimba – disc, orb, reflection
  noun (neuter)
• lakṣa – hundred thousand, target, mark
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

(indeclinable)

आवृतम् (āvṛtam) - covered, surrounded, enveloped

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āvṛta

āvṛta - covered, surrounded, enveloped, clothed

Past Passive Participle

From root vṛ- (to cover) with upasarga ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'nabhaḥsthalām'.

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