योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-38, verse-32

स्वल्पजीवशरापूर्णमुखदृक्कान्तितस्वनम् ।
पिण्डभार्यावसागन्धवातान्तोत्पीठलोहितम् ॥ ३२ ॥

svalpajīvaśarāpūrṇamukhadṛkkāntitasvanam ,
piṇḍabhāryāvasāgandhavātāntotpīṭhalohitam 32

32. svalpajīvaśarāpūrṇamukhadṛkkāntitasvanam
piṇḍabhāryāvasāgandhavātāntotpīṭalohitam

32. svalpajīvaśarāpūrṇamukhadṛkkāntitasvanam
piṇḍabhāryāvasāgandhavātāntotpīṭalohitam

32. The battlefield was characterized by short-lived beings, faces and eyes completely filled with arrows, their dying brilliance and cries. It was laden with masses of flesh, [fallen] wives, and the wind carried the stench of fat and marrow, culminating in elevated pools of blood.

32. מעט השורדים, שחצים ננעצו בפיהם ובעיניהם, הוציאו קולות חלשים, והרוח סערה בריח כבד של בשר, שומן ודם שוצף.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वल्पजीवशरापूर्णमुखदृक्कान्तितस्वनम् (svalpajīvaśarāpūrṇamukhadṛkkāntitasvanam) - the battlefield characterized by short-lived beings, faces and eyes filled with arrows, their dying brilliance and cries (characterized by short-lived beings, faces and eyes filled with arrows, and [their] brilliance and cries)

• पिण्डभार्यावसागन्धवातान्तोत्पीटलोहितम् (piṇḍabhāryāvasāgandhavātāntotpīṭalohitam) - the battlefield laden with masses of flesh, fallen wives, wind carrying the stench of fat and marrow, and elevated pools of blood (laden with masses of flesh, bodies/wives, wind carrying the stench of fat and marrow, culminating in elevated pools of blood)

Words meanings and morphology

स्वल्पजीवशरापूर्णमुखदृक्कान्तितस्वनम् (svalpajīvaśarāpūrṇamukhadṛkkāntitasvanam) - the battlefield characterized by short-lived beings, faces and eyes filled with arrows, their dying brilliance and cries (characterized by short-lived beings, faces and eyes filled with arrows, and [their] brilliance and cries)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of svalpajīvaśarāpūrṇamukhadṛkkāntitasvanam

svalpajīvaśarāpūrṇamukhadṛkkāntitasvanam - characterized by short-lived beings, faces and eyes filled with arrows, and [their] brilliance and cries

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (svalpa+jīva+śara+āpūrṇa+mukha+dṛk+kānti+tasvana)

• svalpa – small, little, few
  adjective
• jīva – life, living being, soul
  noun (masculine)
• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• āpūrṇa – filled, full, complete
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root 'pūr' with the prefix 'ā'
  Prefix: ā
  Root: pūr (class 10)
• mukha – face, mouth, opening
  noun (neuter)
• dṛk – eye, sight, vision
  noun (feminine)
  Nom/Acc singular of 'dṛś'
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• kānti – radiance, beauty, luster, charm
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from the root 'kam'
  Root: kam (class 1)
• tasvana – sound, roaring, noise
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from the root 'svan' (to sound)
  Root: svan (class 1)

पिण्डभार्यावसागन्धवातान्तोत्पीटलोहितम् (piṇḍabhāryāvasāgandhavātāntotpīṭalohitam) - the battlefield laden with masses of flesh, fallen wives, wind carrying the stench of fat and marrow, and elevated pools of blood (laden with masses of flesh, bodies/wives, wind carrying the stench of fat and marrow, culminating in elevated pools of blood)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of piṇḍabhāryāvasāgandhavātāntotpīṭalohitam

piṇḍabhāryāvasāgandhavātāntotpīṭalohitam - laden with masses of flesh, bodies/wives, wind carrying the stench of fat and marrow, culminating in elevated pools of blood

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (piṇḍa+bhāryā+vasā+gandha+vāta+anta+utpīṭa+lohita)

• piṇḍa – lump, mass, body, flesh
  noun (masculine)
• bhāryā – wife; something to be supported/carried (contextually, refers to bodies or fallen women)
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from 'bhṛ' (to bear, carry)
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)
• vasā – fat, marrow, grease
  noun (feminine)
• gandha – smell, odor, fragrance
  noun (masculine)
• vāta – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
• anta – end, boundary, extremity, vicinity
  noun (masculine)
• utpīṭa – raised seat, high platform, mound, heap
  noun (neuter)
• lohita – red; blood
  adjective (neuter)

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