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.

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'.