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

नानायुधनदीनीतसैन्यावर्तविवृत्तिमान् ।
मत्तहस्तिघटापीठचलाचलकुलाचलः ॥ ३ ॥

nānāyudhanadīnītasainyāvartavivṛttimān ,
mattahastighaṭāpīṭhacalācalakulācalaḥ 3

3. nānāyudhanadīnītasainyāvartavivṛttimān
mattahastighaṭāpīṭhacalācalakulācalaḥ

3. nānāyudhanadīnītasainyāvartavivṛttimān
mattahastighaṭāpīṭhacalācalakulācalaḥ

3. The battle (is like an ocean) that possesses whirling whirlpools of armies, brought forth by the river of diverse weapons, and which has swaying, mountain-like forms on the backs of intoxicated elephant herds.

Words meanings summery:

• नानायुधनदीनीतसैन्यावर्तविवृत्तिमान् (nānāyudhanadīnītasainyāvartavivṛttimān) - describes the battle as having army formations moving like whirlpools, driven by diverse weapons flowing like a river (possessing whirling whirlpools of armies, brought forth by the river of diverse weapons)

• मत्तहस्तिघटापीठचलाचलकुलाचलः (mattahastighaṭāpīṭhacalācalakulācalaḥ) - describes the elephants in the battle as large, swaying mountains on the backs of intoxicated elephant groups (having swaying, mountain-like forms on the backs of intoxicated elephant herds)

Words meanings and morphology

नानायुधनदीनीतसैन्यावर्तविवृत्तिमान् (nānāyudhanadīnītasainyāvartavivṛttimān) - describes the battle as having army formations moving like whirlpools, driven by diverse weapons flowing like a river (possessing whirling whirlpools of armies, brought forth by the river of diverse weapons)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nānāyudhanadīnītasainyāvartavivṛttimat

nānāyudhanadīnītasainyāvartavivṛttimat - one possessing whirling whirlpools of armies, brought forth by the river of diverse weapons

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (nānāyudha+nadī+nīta+sainya+āvarta+vivṛtti+mat)

• nānāyudha – various weapons, diverse arms
  noun (neuter)
• nadī – river
  noun (feminine)
• nīta – carried, led, brought forth, guided
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √nī (to lead, carry).
  Root: nī (class 1)
• sainya – army, military force, host of soldiers
  noun (neuter)
• āvarta – whirlpool, eddy, turn, rotation
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• vivṛtti – turning, revolving, movement, evolution
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root √vṛt (to turn, revolve) with prefix vi-.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• mat – possessing, having
  suffix (masculine)
  Possessive suffix, forms adjectives from nouns.

मत्तहस्तिघटापीठचलाचलकुलाचलः (mattahastighaṭāpīṭhacalācalakulācalaḥ) - describes the elephants in the battle as large, swaying mountains on the backs of intoxicated elephant groups (having swaying, mountain-like forms on the backs of intoxicated elephant herds)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mattahastighaṭāpīṭhacalācalakulācala

mattahastighaṭāpīṭhacalācalakulācala - one which has swaying, mountain-like forms on the backs of intoxicated elephant herds

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (matta+hastighaṭā+pīṭha+calācala+kula+acala)

• matta – intoxicated, furious, passionate
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √mad (to be exhilarated, intoxicated).
  Root: mad (class 4)
• hastighaṭā – multitude of elephants, elephant herd
  noun (feminine)
• pīṭha – seat, back, surface, platform
  noun (neuter)
• calācala – swaying, unsteady, moving and unmoving
  adjective (masculine)
  Reduplication of 'cala' (moving, shaking).
  Root: cal (class 1)
• kula – principal, chief, noble (often used as a prefix for certain mountains)
  adjective (neuter)
• acala – mountain (literally 'immovable')
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from 'a-' (negation) and 'cala' (moving).
  Root: cal (class 1)