योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-38, verse-33

उन्नासार्धमृतेभेन्द्रकराक्रान्तकबन्धकम् ।
निरधिष्ठितहस्त्यश्वपातितोच्चकबन्धकम् ॥ ३३ ॥

unnāsārdhamṛtebhendrakarākrāntakabandhakam ,
niradhiṣṭhitahastyaśvapātitoccakabandhakam 33

33. unnāsārdhamṛtebhendrakarākrāntakabandhakam
niradhiṣṭhitahasty-aśvapatitoccakabandhakam

33. unnāsārdhamṛtebhendrakarākrāntakabandhakam
niradhiṣṭhitahasty-aśvapatitoccakabandhakam

33. It was [a scene] where half-dead headless trunks with uplifted noses were seized by the trunks of mighty elephants, and where tall headless trunks were felled by riderless elephants and horses.

33. גוויות ערופות נמעכו תחת חדקיהם של פילי ענק גוססים, וגוויות תמירות אחרות נפלו מראשי סוסים ופילים שנותרו ללא רוכבים.

Words meanings summery:

• उन्नासार्धमृतेभेन्द्रकराक्रान्तकबन्धकम् (unnāsārdhamṛtebhendrakarākrāntakabandhakam) - a scene characterized by half-dead, headless trunks, with uplifted noses, seized by the trunks of mighty elephants (headless trunks, half-dead, with prominent/uplifted noses, seized by the trunks of chief elephants)

• निरधिष्ठितहस्त्यश्वपतितोच्चकबन्धकम् (niradhiṣṭhitahastyaśvapatitoccakabandhakam) - a scene characterized by tall headless trunks felled by riderless elephants and horses (tall headless trunks felled by riderless elephants and horses)

Words meanings and morphology

उन्नासार्धमृतेभेन्द्रकराक्रान्तकबन्धकम् (unnāsārdhamṛtebhendrakarākrāntakabandhakam) - a scene characterized by half-dead, headless trunks, with uplifted noses, seized by the trunks of mighty elephants (headless trunks, half-dead, with prominent/uplifted noses, seized by the trunks of chief elephants)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of unnāsārdhamṛtebhendrakarākrāntakabandhakam

unnāsārdhamṛtebhendrakarākrāntakabandhakam - headless trunks, half-dead, with prominent/uplifted noses, seized by the trunks of chief elephants

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (unnāsa+ardhamṛta+ibhendra+kara+ākrānta+kabandhaka)

• unnāsa – with uplifted/prominent nose
  adjective
  Compound 'ud' (up) + 'nāsa' (nose)
• ardhamṛta – half-dead
  adjective
  Compound 'ardha' (half) + 'mṛta' (dead)
  Root: mṛ (class 1)
• ibhendra – chief elephant, mighty elephant
  noun (masculine)
  Compound 'ibha' (elephant) + 'indra' (chief)
• kara – hand, trunk (of an elephant)
  noun (masculine)
• ākrānta – attacked, assailed, seized, overcome
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root 'kram' with prefix 'ā'
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kram (class 1)
• kabandhaka – headless trunk
  noun (neuter)

निरधिष्ठितहस्त्यश्वपतितोच्चकबन्धकम् (niradhiṣṭhitahastyaśvapatitoccakabandhakam) - a scene characterized by tall headless trunks felled by riderless elephants and horses (tall headless trunks felled by riderless elephants and horses)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of niradhiṣṭhitahastyaśvapatitoccakabandhakam

niradhiṣṭhitahastyaśvapatitoccakabandhakam - tall headless trunks felled by riderless elephants and horses

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (niradhiṣṭhita+hastyaśva+pātita+ucca+kabandhaka)

• niradhiṣṭhita – without a master/rider, abandoned
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle with negating prefix
  Compound 'nis' (without) + 'adhiṣṭhita' (mounted, controlled)
  Prefixes: nis+adhi
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• hastyaśva – elephants and horses
  noun (masculine)
  Dvanda compound 'hastin' (elephant) + 'aśva' (horse)
• pātita – felled, thrown down, caused to fall
  adjective
  Causative Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the causative of the root 'pat' (to fall)
  Root: pat (class 1)
• ucca – high, tall, lofty
  adjective
• kabandhaka – headless trunk
  noun (neuter)

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