योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-36, verse-17

श्रृङ्खलाजालिनो जालैः श्रृङ्खलैरलिकोमलैः ।
क्षुभिताकल्पविक्षुब्धसागरोर्मिघटा इव ॥ १७ ॥

śrṛṅkhalājālino jālaiḥ śrṛṅkhalairalikomalaiḥ ,
kṣubhitākalpavikṣubdhasāgarormighaṭā iva 17

17. śṛṅkhalājālinaḥ jālaiḥ śṛṅkhalaiḥ alikomalaiḥ
kṣubhitākalpavikṣubdhasāgarormighaṭāḥ iva

17. śṛṅkhalājālinaḥ jālaiḥ ca alikomalaiḥ śṛṅkhalaiḥ
kṣubhitākalpavikṣubdhasāgarormighaṭāḥ iva

17. Those with nets of chains fought with nets and with chains that were deceptively soft. They were like throngs of ocean waves, violently agitated and disturbed as if by a cosmic dissolution.

Words meanings summery:

• शृङ्खलाजालिनः (śṛṅkhalājālinaḥ) - warriors using nets made of chains (those possessing nets of chains, chain-net wielders)

• जालैः (jālaiḥ) - using nets as their weapons (by nets, with snares)

• शृङ्खलैः (śṛṅkhalaiḥ) - using chains as their weapons (by chains, with shackles)

• अलिकोमलैः (alikomalaiḥ) - using chains that appear soft but are formidable (by chains that are deceptively soft, with falsely delicate chains)

• क्षुभिताकल्पविक्षुब्धसागरोर्मिघटाः (kṣubhitākalpavikṣubdhasāgarormighaṭāḥ) - the multitude of warriors, as turbulent as the ocean at the end of an eon (like throngs of ocean waves agitated and violently disturbed as if by a cosmic dissolution)

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

Words meanings and morphology

शृङ्खलाजालिनः (śṛṅkhalājālinaḥ) - warriors using nets made of chains (those possessing nets of chains, chain-net wielders)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śṛṅkhalājālin

śṛṅkhalājālin - one who possesses a net of chains

Compound formed from 'śṛṅkhalājāla' (net of chains) with the possessive suffix '-in'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śṛṅkhalā+jāla+in)

• śṛṅkhalā – chain, fetter
  noun (feminine)
• jāla – net, snare, web
  noun (neuter)

जालैः (jālaiḥ) - using nets as their weapons (by nets, with snares)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of jāla

jāla - net, snare, web

शृङ्खलैः (śṛṅkhalaiḥ) - using chains as their weapons (by chains, with shackles)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of śṛṅkhalā

śṛṅkhalā - chain, fetter

अलिकोमलैः (alikomalaiḥ) - using chains that appear soft but are formidable (by chains that are deceptively soft, with falsely delicate chains)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of alikomala

alikomala - falsely delicate, deceptively soft

Compound of 'alika' (false, untrue) and 'komala' (soft, delicate).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (alika+komala)

• alika – false, untrue, vain
  adjective (masculine)
• komala – soft, tender, delicate
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'śṛṅkhalaiḥ'.

क्षुभिताकल्पविक्षुब्धसागरोर्मिघटाः (kṣubhitākalpavikṣubdhasāgarormighaṭāḥ) - the multitude of warriors, as turbulent as the ocean at the end of an eon (like throngs of ocean waves agitated and violently disturbed as if by a cosmic dissolution)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kṣubhitākalpavikṣubdhasāgarormighaṭā

kṣubhitākalpavikṣubdhasāgarormighaṭā - throngs of ocean waves violently disturbed as if by the end of a cosmic age

A long descriptive compound comparing the multitude to an ocean at cosmic dissolution.

Compound type : tatpurusha (kṣubhita+ākalpa+vikṣubdha+sāgara+ūrmi+ghaṭā)

• kṣubhita – agitated, disturbed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of the root √kṣubh (to tremble, be agitated).
  Root: kṣubh (class 1)
• ākalpa – till the end of a kalpa, for an entire kalpa
  indeclinable
  Adverbial use implying intensity or duration 'like a cosmic age'.
• vikṣubdha – greatly agitated, violently disturbed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of the root √kṣubh (to tremble, be agitated) with prefix 'vi' (intensifier).
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kṣubh (class 1)
• sāgara – ocean
  noun (masculine)
• ūrmi – wave
  noun (feminine)
• ghaṭā – multitude, throng, crowd
  noun (feminine)

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

(indeclinable)