योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-35, verse-2

छत्रडिण्डीरविश्रान्तसितेषुशफरोत्करः ।
अश्वसैन्योल्लसल्लोलकल्लोलाकुलकोटरः ॥ २ ॥

chatraḍiṇḍīraviśrāntasiteṣuśapharotkaraḥ ,
aśvasainyollasallolakallolākulakoṭaraḥ 2

2. chatraḍiṇḍīraviśrāntasiteṣuśapharotkaraḥ
aśvasainyollasallolakalollākulakoṭaraḥ

2. chatraḍiṇḍīraviśrāntasiteṣuśapharotkaraḥ
aśvasainyollasallolakalollākulakoṭaraḥ

2. The battle (is like an ocean) that has multitudes of white, minnow-like arrows resting upon its foam-like umbrellas, and whose depths are agitated by the surging, unsteady waves of the cavalry.

2. שמשיות הקרב נראו כקצף גלים שבו נחים החצים הלבנים כמו דגים קטנים, ומעמקי הים המהו מגלגלות גלי פרשים וסוסים.

Words meanings summery:

• छत्रडिण्डीरविश्रान्तसितेषुशफरोत्करः (chatraḍiṇḍīraviśrāntasiteṣuśapharotkaraḥ) - describes the battlefield where umbrellas are like foam and white arrows are like minnows (having a multitude of white minnow-like arrows settled upon foam-like umbrellas)

• अश्वसैन्योल्लसल्लोलकलोल्लाकुलकोटरः (aśvasainyollasallolakalollākulakoṭaraḥ) - describes the battle's depths being stirred by the horse army acting like waves (whose hollows/depths are agitated by the surging, unsteady waves of the cavalry)

Words meanings and morphology

छत्रडिण्डीरविश्रान्तसितेषुशफरोत्करः (chatraḍiṇḍīraviśrāntasiteṣuśapharotkaraḥ) - describes the battlefield where umbrellas are like foam and white arrows are like minnows (having a multitude of white minnow-like arrows settled upon foam-like umbrellas)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of chatraḍiṇḍīraviśrāntasiteṣuśapharotkara

chatraḍiṇḍīraviśrāntasiteṣuśapharotkara - one having a multitude of white minnow-like arrows settled upon foam-like umbrellas

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (chatra+ḍiṇḍīra+viśrānta+sita+iṣu+śaphara+utkara)

• chatra – umbrella, parasol
  noun (neuter)
• ḍiṇḍīra – foam, froth
  noun (masculine)
• viśrānta – rested, settled, tranquil
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √śram (to be weary, to rest) with prefix vi-.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: śram
• sita – white, pale, bright
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √si (to bind), but frequently means 'white'.
  Root: si
• iṣu – arrow, dart
  noun (masculine)
• śaphara – small fish, minnow
  noun (masculine)
• utkara – multitude, heap, swarm, collection
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ut
  Root: kṛ

अश्वसैन्योल्लसल्लोलकलोल्लाकुलकोटरः (aśvasainyollasallolakalollākulakoṭaraḥ) - describes the battle's depths being stirred by the horse army acting like waves (whose hollows/depths are agitated by the surging, unsteady waves of the cavalry)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aśvasainyollasallolakalollākulakoṭara

aśvasainyollasallolakalollākulakoṭara - one whose depths are agitated by the surging, unsteady waves of the cavalry

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (aśvasainya+ullasat+lola+kallola+ākula+koṭara)

• aśvasainya – horse army, cavalry
  noun (neuter)
• ullasat – surging, rising, sparkling, shining
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root √las (to shine, appear, sport) with prefix ut-.
  Prefix: ut
  Root: las
• lola – unsteady, agitated, tremulous, moving to and fro
  adjective (masculine)
• kallola – large wave, billow
  noun (masculine)
• ākula – agitated, confused, filled with, bewildered
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
• koṭara – hollow of a tree, cavity, socket, depth
  noun (masculine)

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