योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-34, verse-41

हेतिकल्पानिलक्षुण्णा दन्तनिर्झरवारयः ।
जनताक्षयकालेऽस्मिन्भग्ना नागा नगा इव ॥ ४१ ॥

hetikalpānilakṣuṇṇā dantanirjharavārayaḥ ,
janatākṣayakāle'sminbhagnā nāgā nagā iva 41

41. hetikalpānilakṣuṇṇāḥ dantanirjharavārayaḥ
janatākṣayakāle asmin bhagnāḥ nāgāḥ nagāḥ iva

41. asmin janatākṣayakāle hetikalpānilakṣuṇṇāḥ
dantanirjharavārayaḥ nāgāḥ nagāḥ iva bhagnāḥ

41. During this period of widespread destruction, elephants, whose fluid secretions (musth) resembled waterfalls from their tusks, were shattered like mountains (naga) by winds as fierce as weapons.

Words meanings summery:

• हेतिकल्पानिलक्षुण्णाः (hetikalpānilakṣuṇṇāḥ) - struck down by winds as fierce as weapons (struck/crushed by winds like weapons)

• दन्तनिर्झरवारयः (dantanirjharavārayaḥ) - whose fluid secretions (musth) resembled waterfalls from their tusks (having streams like waterfalls from tusks)

• जनताक्षयकाले (janatākṣayakāle) - during this period of widespread destruction (in the time of people's destruction, in the period of universal decay)

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (period) (in this)

• भग्नाः (bhagnāḥ) - shattered, broken (shattered, broken, defeated)

• नागाः (nāgāḥ) - elephants (elephants, snakes)

• नगाः (nagāḥ) - mountains (mountains, trees)

• इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as if)

Words meanings and morphology

हेतिकल्पानिलक्षुण्णाः (hetikalpānilakṣuṇṇāḥ) - struck down by winds as fierce as weapons (struck/crushed by winds like weapons)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hetikalpānilakṣuṇṇa

hetikalpānilakṣuṇṇa - struck by winds like weapons

Past Passive Participle at the end of the compound

Bahuvrihi compound. heti (weapon), kalpa (like), anila (wind) - 'wind like weapon'. Then kṣuṇṇa (crushed, struck) by hetikalpa-anila.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (heti+kalpa+anila+kṣuṇṇa)

• heti – weapon, missile, flame
  noun (feminine)
• kalpa – like, resembling, similar to
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Suffix -kalpa
• anila – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
• kṣuṇṇa – struck, crushed, shattered, pounded
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root kṣud (to crush, pound)
  Root: kṣud (class 7)

Note: Modifies nāgāḥ.

दन्तनिर्झरवारयः (dantanirjharavārayaḥ) - whose fluid secretions (musth) resembled waterfalls from their tusks (having streams like waterfalls from tusks)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dantanirjharavāra

dantanirjharavāra - possessing streams like waterfalls from tusks

Bahuvrihi compound. danta (tusk) + nirjhara (waterfall) + vāra (stream). 'Those for whom streams are like tusk-waterfalls'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (danta+nirjhara+vāra)

• danta – tusk, tooth, ivory
  noun (masculine)
• nirjhara – waterfall, cascade, stream
  noun (masculine)
  from nir-jhar (to flow down)
  Prefix: nir
  Root: jhar (class 1)
• vāra – stream, flow, flood, water
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies nāgāḥ.

जनताक्षयकाले (janatākṣayakāle) - during this period of widespread destruction (in the time of people's destruction, in the period of universal decay)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of janatākṣayakāla

janatākṣayakāla - time of people's destruction, period of universal decay

Tatpuruṣa compound. janatā (people) + kṣaya (destruction) + kāla (time).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (janatā+kṣaya+kāla)

• janatā – people, multitude, community
  noun (feminine)
• kṣaya – destruction, decay, loss, end, ruin
  noun (masculine)
  From root kṣi (to destroy)
  Root: kṣi (class 5)
• kāla – time, period, season
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies the time of the action.

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (period) (in this)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, here

Masculine/Neuter locative singular of idam.

भग्नाः (bhagnāḥ) - shattered, broken (shattered, broken, defeated)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhagna

bhagna - broken, shattered, defeated, frustrated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bhañj (7th class) + kta suffix

Root: bhañj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with nāgāḥ.

नागाः (nāgāḥ) - elephants (elephants, snakes)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nāga

nāga - elephant, snake, mountain

नगाः (nagāḥ) - mountains (mountains, trees)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of naga

naga - mountain, tree, immovable

इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

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