योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-38, verse-30

उत्ताल्वर्धमृतेभाश्ववार्यमाणाल्पजीवितम् ।
वहद्रक्तनदीवीचिप्रहारहतदुन्दुभि ॥ ३० ॥

uttālvardhamṛtebhāśvavāryamāṇālpajīvitam ,
vahadraktanadīvīciprahārahatadundubhi 30

30. uttālvardhamṛtebhāśvavāryamāṇālpajīvitam
vahat raktanadīvīciprahārahatadundubhi

30. uttālvardhamṛtebhāśvavāryamāṇālpajīvitam
vahat raktanadīvīciprahārahatadundubhi

30. Where the barely surviving lives of mighty, half-dead elephants and horses were being restrained (from expiring), and war drums were silenced by the impact of waves from flowing rivers of blood.

30. המעטים ששרדו נחנקו תחת פילי ענק וסוסים גוססים שהתפתלו, בעוד גלי נהרות הדם הזורמים טלטלו והכו בתופי המלחמה.

Words meanings summery:

• उत्ताल्वर्धमृतेभाश्ववार्यमाणाल्पजीवितम् (uttālvardhamṛtebhāśvavāryamāṇālpajīvitam) - where the barely surviving lives of mighty, half-dead elephants and horses were being restrained (from expiring)

• वहत् रक्तनदीवीचिप्रहारहतदुन्दुभि (vahat raktanadīvīciprahārahatadundubhi) - where war drums were silenced by the impact of waves from flowing rivers of blood

Words meanings and morphology

उत्ताल्वर्धमृतेभाश्ववार्यमाणाल्पजीवितम् (uttālvardhamṛtebhāśvavāryamāṇālpajīvitam) - where the barely surviving lives of mighty, half-dead elephants and horses were being restrained (from expiring)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uttālvardhamṛtebhāśvavāryamāṇālpajīvita

uttālvardhamṛtebhāśvavāryamāṇālpajīvita - having the meager life of mighty, half-dead elephants and horses being held back (from death)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (uttālva+ardhamṛta+ibha+aśva+vāryamāṇa+alpajīvita)

• uttālva – mighty, fierce, formidable, lofty
  adjective (masculine)
• ardhamṛta – half-dead, severely wounded
  adjective (neuter)
  Compound of 'ardha' (half) and 'mṛta' (dead).
• ibha – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)
• vāryamāṇa – being held back, being restrained, being prevented
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'vṛ' (to restrain, hold back), class 5.
  Root: vṛ (class 5)
• alpajīvita – meager life, barely living
  noun (neuter)
  Compound of 'alpa' (little) and 'jīvita' (life).

Note: Adjective modifying an implied neuter noun like 'kṣetram' (battlefield).

वहत् रक्तनदीवीचिप्रहारहतदुन्दुभि (vahat raktanadīvīciprahārahatadundubhi) - where war drums were silenced by the impact of waves from flowing rivers of blood

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vahatrakta-nadīvīci-prahāra-hata-dundubhi

vahatrakta-nadīvīci-prahāra-hata-dundubhi - having war-drums silenced by the strikes of waves of flowing blood-rivers

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vahat+rakta+nadī+vīci+prahāra+hata+dundubhi)

• vahat – flowing, carrying, bearing
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root 'vah' (to carry, flow), class 1.
  Root: vah (class 1)
• rakta – blood, red, colored
  noun (neuter)
• nadī – river
  noun (feminine)
• vīci – wave, billow, ray, multitude
  noun (feminine)
• prahāra – strike, blow, assault
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra
• hata – struck, killed, destroyed, silenced
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'han' (to strike, kill), class 2.
  Root: han (class 2)
• dundubhi – war drum, kettle drum
  noun (masculine)

Note: The compound acts as an adjective. Although the preceding adjectives end in neuter accusative 'm', this one ends in 'i' as per the noun 'dundubhi'. This may imply a masculine implied noun or a flexible adjectival ending, but for consistency with the overall description of the battlefield, it is assumed to be accusative.

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