योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-35, verse-9

शरसीकरनीहारसान्धकारककुब्गणः ।
निर्घोषाशोषिताशेषशब्दैकघनघुंघुमः ॥ ९ ॥

śarasīkaranīhārasāndhakārakakubgaṇaḥ ,
nirghoṣāśoṣitāśeṣaśabdaikaghanaghuṃghumaḥ 9

9. śarasīkaranīhārasāndhakārakakubgaṇaḥ
nirghoṣāśoṣitāśeṣaśabdaikaghanaghuṃghumaḥ

9. śarasīkaranīhārasāndhakārakakubgaṇaḥ
nirghoṣāśoṣitāśeṣaśabdaikaghanaghuṃghumaḥ

9. Whose multitude of directions is darkened by the mist-like spray of arrows, and whose only dense, rumbling sound is the roar that has absorbed all other sounds.

9. רסיסי החצים יצרו ערפל שהחשיך את כל רוחות השמיים, ושאגת המלחמה האדירה עממה ובטלה כל קול אחר בעולם.

Words meanings summery:

• शरसीकरनीहारसान्धकारककुब्गणः (śarasīkaranīhārasāndhakārakakubgaṇaḥ) - describing the battle as having all directions obscured by the dense, mist-like spray of countless arrows (whose multitude of directions is darkened by the mist-like spray of arrows)

• निर्घोषाशोषिताशेषशब्दैकघनघुंघुमः (nirghoṣāśoṣitāśeṣaśabdaikaghanaghuṁghumaḥ) - describing the battle as having an overwhelming roar that drowns out all other sounds, creating a singular, dense rumble (whose only dense, rumbling sound is the roar that has absorbed all other sounds)

Words meanings and morphology

शरसीकरनीहारसान्धकारककुब्गणः (śarasīkaranīhārasāndhakārakakubgaṇaḥ) - describing the battle as having all directions obscured by the dense, mist-like spray of countless arrows (whose multitude of directions is darkened by the mist-like spray of arrows)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śarasīkaranīhārasāndhakārakakubgaṇa

śarasīkaranīhārasāndhakārakakubgaṇa - characterized by the darkening of all directions by the mist-like spray of arrows

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (śarasīkara+nīhāra+sāndhakāraka+kakubgaṇa)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• sīkara – spray, fine shower, mist
  noun (masculine)
• nīhāra – mist, fog, dew
  noun (masculine)
• sāndhakāraka – darkening, causing darkness
  adjective (masculine)
  From 'sa-andhakāra' (with darkness) + suffix 'ka'.
• kakubh – quarter, direction, region
  noun (feminine)
• gaṇa – multitude, host, group
  noun (masculine)

Note: This entire compound is an adjective modifying an implied noun like 'the battlefield'.

निर्घोषाशोषिताशेषशब्दैकघनघुंघुमः (nirghoṣāśoṣitāśeṣaśabdaikaghanaghuṁghumaḥ) - describing the battle as having an overwhelming roar that drowns out all other sounds, creating a singular, dense rumble (whose only dense, rumbling sound is the roar that has absorbed all other sounds)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirghoṣāśoṣitāśeṣaśabdaikaghanaghuṃghuma

nirghoṣāśoṣitāśeṣaśabdaikaghanaghuṁghuma - characterized by a single, dense, rumbling sound, which is the roar that has absorbed all other sounds

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (nirghoṣa+āśoṣita+aśeṣa+śabda+eka+ghana+ghuṃghuma)

• nirghoṣa – roar, loud sound, din
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from verb ghuṣ (to proclaim) with prefix nir.
  Prefix: nis
  Root: √ghuṣ (class 1)
• āśoṣita – dried up, absorbed, attenuated
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from causative of verb √śuṣ (to dry) with prefix ā.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: √śuṣ (class 4)
• aśeṣa – all, entire, without remainder
  adjective (masculine)
  From 'a' (not) + 'śeṣa' (remainder).
• śabda – sound, noise, word
  noun (masculine)
• eka – one, sole, unique
  adjective (masculine)
• ghana – dense, thick, intense
  adjective (masculine)
• ghuṃghuma – humming, murmuring, indistinct roar, buzz
  noun (masculine)
  Onomatopoeic origin.

Note: This entire compound is an adjective modifying an implied noun like 'the battlefield'.

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