योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-37, verse-26

मन्दराहननोड्डीनस्वच्छक्षीरार्णवोदरे ।
वनानीवायुधान्यासञ्छत्रुप्रालेयसानुनि ॥ २६ ॥

mandarāhananoḍḍīnasvacchakṣīrārṇavodare ,
vanānīvāyudhānyāsañchatruprāleyasānuni 26

26. mandara-āhanana-udḍīna-svaccha-kṣīra-arṇava-udare
vanānī iva āyudhāni āsan śatru-prāleya-sānuni

26. mandara-āhanana-udḍīna-svaccha-kṣīra-arṇava-udare
śatru-prāleya-sānuni vanānī iva āyudhāni āsan

26. On the enemy, who resembled a snowy mountain, vast as the interior of the pure milk ocean churned and risen by Mount Mandara, weapons lay like dense forests.

Words meanings summery:

• मन्दर-आहनन-उद्डीन-स्वच्छ-क्षीर-अर्णव-उदरे (mandara-āhanana-udḍīna-svaccha-kṣīra-arṇava-udare) - resembling the vast expanse of the milk ocean churned by Mount Mandara, referring to the immensity of the enemy (in the interior of the clear milk ocean that rose up due to the churning by Mandara)

• वनानी (vanānī) - forests, groves

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• आयुधानि (āyudhāni) - weapons, arms

• आसन् (āsan) - they were

• शत्रु-प्रालेय-सानुनि (śatru-prāleya-sānuni) - on the enemy, who was like a mountain peak covered in snow (implying formidable presence, yet vulnerable) (on the enemy-snow-mountain peak)

Words meanings and morphology

मन्दर-आहनन-उद्डीन-स्वच्छ-क्षीर-अर्णव-उदरे (mandara-āhanana-udḍīna-svaccha-kṣīra-arṇava-udare) - resembling the vast expanse of the milk ocean churned by Mount Mandara, referring to the immensity of the enemy (in the interior of the clear milk ocean that rose up due to the churning by Mandara)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mandara-āhanana-udḍīna-svaccha-kṣīra-arṇava-udara

mandara-āhanana-udḍīna-svaccha-kṣīra-arṇava-udara - interior of a clear milk ocean risen by Mandara's churning

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mandara+āhanana+udḍīna+svaccha+kṣīra-arṇava+udara)

• mandara – Mount Mandara (used for churning the ocean of milk in Hindu mythology)
  proper noun (masculine)
• āhanana – beating, striking, churning
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  From root han (to strike, beat) with prefix ā-
  Prefix: ā
  Root: han (class 2)
• udḍīna – flown up, risen, swelled up
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root ḍī (to fly) with prefix ud-
  Prefix: ud
  Root: ḍī (class 4)
• svaccha – clear, pure, transparent
  adjective
• kṣīra-arṇava – ocean of milk
  noun (masculine)
• udara – belly, interior, expanse
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adverbial locative, describing the spatial extent or nature of the enemy.

वनानी (vanānī) - forests, groves

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vanānī

vanānī - forests, groves, collection of forests

Note: Part of the simile `vanānī iva āyudhāni`.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

आयुधानि (āyudhāni) - weapons, arms

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of āyudha

āyudha - weapon, implement

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Subject complement with `vanānī iva`.

आसन् (āsan) - they were

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of as

Imperfect Active

3rd person plural, augment ā-

Root: as (class 2)

शत्रु-प्रालेय-सानुनि (śatru-prāleya-sānuni) - on the enemy, who was like a mountain peak covered in snow (implying formidable presence, yet vulnerable) (on the enemy-snow-mountain peak)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of śatru-prāleya-sānu

śatru-prāleya-sānu - enemy's snowy peak, or a snowy peak belonging to the enemy

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śatru+prāleya+sānu)

• śatru – enemy, foe, rival
  noun (masculine)
• prāleya – snow, frost, dew
  noun (neuter)
• sānu – peak, summit, ridge (of a mountain)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Locative indicating the place or object of the weapons, in apposition with `mandara-āhanana-udḍīna-svaccha-kṣīra-arṇava-udare`.

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