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.

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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