योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-36, verse-9

सरच्छरभरासाररचितापूर्ववारिदम् ।
युयुधे स्थगिताकाशा धनुर्धरपताकिनी ॥ ९ ॥

saraccharabharāsāraracitāpūrvavāridam ,
yuyudhe sthagitākāśā dhanurdharapatākinī 9

9. saracchara-bharāsāra-racitāpūrva-vāridam
yuyudhe sthagitākāśā dhanurdharapatākinī

9. dhanurdharapatākinī sthagitākāśā
saracchara-bharāsāra-racitāpūrva-vāridam yuyudhe

9. An army of archers with banners, having obscured the sky, fought, creating unprecedented clouds formed by an intense shower of rushing arrows.

9. צבא הקשתים והדגלנים נלחם כשהוא מכסה את השמיים, ויוצר ענן חסר תקדים של ממטר חצים ללא הפסקה.

Words meanings summery:

• सरच्छर-भरासार-रचितापूर्व-वारिदम् (saracchara-bharāsāra-racitāpūrva-vāridam) - the battlefield, due to the intense shower of arrows, appeared like unprecedented clouds (having unprecedented clouds created by a dense shower of rushing arrows; like unprecedented clouds created by a dense shower of rushing arrows)

• युयुधे (yuyudhe) - fought, battled

• स्थगिताकाशा (sthagitākāśā) - describing the army whose arrows obscured the sky (having the sky obscured, covering the sky, with the sky covered)

• धनुर्धरपताकिनी (dhanurdharapatākinī) - army of archers with banners, banner-bearing archer army

Words meanings and morphology

सरच्छर-भरासार-रचितापूर्व-वारिदम् (saracchara-bharāsāra-racitāpūrva-vāridam) - the battlefield, due to the intense shower of arrows, appeared like unprecedented clouds (having unprecedented clouds created by a dense shower of rushing arrows; like unprecedented clouds created by a dense shower of rushing arrows)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of saracchara-bharāsāra-racitāpūrva-vāridam

saracchara-bharāsāra-racitāpūrva-vāridam - characterized by unprecedented clouds formed by a dense shower of rushing arrows

Complex Bahuvrihi compound: 'sarat' (rushing) + 'śara' (arrow) + 'bhara' (mass) + 'āsāra' (shower) + 'racita' (created) + 'apūrva' (unprecedented) + 'vāridam' (cloud). It describes something that possesses or resembles these clouds.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sarat+śara+bhara+āsāra+racita+apūrva+vāridam)

• sarat – rushing, flowing, moving quickly
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  From root 'sṛ' (to move, flow).
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'śṛ' (to break, to go).
  Root: śṛ (class 1)
• bhara – mass, multitude, burden
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'bhṛ' (to bear, carry).
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)
• āsāra – shower, downpour, continuous flow
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'sṛ' (to flow) with prefix 'ā'.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• racita – created, made, constructed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'rac' (to arrange, make, create).
  Root: rac (class 10)
• apūrva – unprecedented, unheard of, new, unique
  adjective (masculine)
  Nañ-tatpurusha compound: 'a' (not) + 'pūrva' (before, former).
• vāridam – cloud (literally 'water-giver')
  noun (masculine)
  Compound 'vāri' (water) + 'da' (giver, from root 'dā' to give).
  Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Functions as an adjective modifying an implied object (like 'the battlefield' or 'the scene') or as an adverbial accusative.

युयुधे (yuyudhe) - fought, battled

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of yudh

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Reduplicated perfect form of root 'yudh' (to fight) in middle voice.

Root: yudh (class 4)

स्थगिताकाशा (sthagitākāśā) - describing the army whose arrows obscured the sky (having the sky obscured, covering the sky, with the sky covered)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sthagitākāśa

sthagitākāśa - having the sky covered/obscured, with the sky hidden

Bahuvrihi compound: 'sthagita' (covered) + 'ākāśa' (sky), meaning 'whose sky is covered'.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sthagita+ākāśa)

• sthagita – covered, hidden, obscured
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'sthag' (to cover, hide).
  Root: sthag (class 10)
• ākāśa – sky, space, ether
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'kāś' (to shine, appear) with prefix 'ā'.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kāś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'dhanurdharapatākinī'.

धनुर्धरपताकिनी (dhanurdharapatākinī) - army of archers with banners, banner-bearing archer army

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dhanurdharapatākinī

dhanurdharapatākinī - army of archers with banners, banner-bearing archer army

Compound of 'dhanurdhara' (archer) and 'patākinī' (army, literally 'having banners').

Compound type : tatpurusha (dhanurdhara+patākinī)

• dhanurdhara – archer, bow-bearer
  noun (masculine)
  Compound 'dhanus' (bow) + 'dhara' (bearer, from root 'dhṛ').
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• patākinī – army, host (literally 'having banners')
  noun (feminine)
  From 'patākā' (banner) with the 'ini' possessive suffix.

Note: Subject of the verb 'yuyudhe'.

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