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3,38

योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-38, verse-36

केशशैवालवक्राब्जचक्रावर्तनदीशतम् ।
तरत्तुङ्गतरङ्गाढ्यवहद्रक्तमहानदम् ॥ ३६ ॥
keśaśaivālavakrābjacakrāvartanadīśatam ,
tarattuṅgataraṅgāḍhyavahadraktamahānadam 36
36. keśaśaivālavakrābjacakrāvartanadīśatam
tarattuṅgatarangāḍhyavahadraktamahānadam
36. tarattuṅgatarangāḍhyavahadraktamahānadam
keśaśaivālavakrābjacakrāvartanadīśatam
36. (It was) a great river of flowing blood, rich with high, surging waves, which appeared like hundreds of rivers with hair resembling algae, crooked lotus-like faces, and wheels as swirling eddies.

Words meanings summery:

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  • केशशैवालवक्राब्जचक्रावर्तनदीशतम् (keśaśaivālavakrābjacakrāvartanadīśatam) - describing the horrific features of the river of blood (having hundreds of rivers where hair is like algae, crooked lotus-like faces (abja), and wheels are like whirlpools)
  • तरत्तुङ्गतरन्गाढ्यवहद्रक्तमहानदम् (tarattuṅgatarangāḍhyavahadraktamahānadam) - describing the main characteristic of the horrifying river (a great river of flowing blood, abundant with high, surging waves)

Words meanings and morphology

केशशैवालवक्राब्जचक्रावर्तनदीशतम् (keśaśaivālavakrābjacakrāvartanadīśatam) - describing the horrific features of the river of blood (having hundreds of rivers where hair is like algae, crooked lotus-like faces (abja), and wheels are like whirlpools)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of keśaśaivālavakrābjacakrāvartanadīśata
keśaśaivālavakrābjacakrāvartanadīśata - characterized by hundreds of rivers having hair like algae, crooked lotus-like faces, and wheels as whirlpools
Compound type : Bahuvrihi (descriptive) (keśa+śaivāla+vakra+abja+cakra+āvarta+nadī+śata)
  • keśa – hair
    noun (masculine)
  • śaivāla – algae, moss
    noun (neuter)
  • vakra – crooked, curved, bent
    adjective
  • abja – lotus; born from water
    noun (neuter)
  • cakra – wheel, disc, circle
    noun (neuter)
  • āvarta – whirlpool, eddy, turning, revolving
    noun (masculine)
  • nadī – river
    noun (feminine)
  • śata – hundred
    noun (neuter)
Note: A long descriptive compound in accusative singular neuter, modifying an implied noun like 'scene' or 'sight'.
तरत्तुङ्गतरन्गाढ्यवहद्रक्तमहानदम् (tarattuṅgatarangāḍhyavahadraktamahānadam) - describing the main characteristic of the horrifying river (a great river of flowing blood, abundant with high, surging waves)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of tarattuṅgatarangāḍhyavahadraktamahānada
tarattuṅgatarangāḍhyavahadraktamahānada - a great river of flowing blood, abundant with high, surging waves
Compound type : Descriptive Tatpurusha (tarat+tuṅga+taraṅga+āḍhya+vahat+rakta+mahānada)
  • tarat – surging, moving, crossing
    adjective
    Present Active Participle
    Derived from root tṛ (to cross, pass over, move rapidly)
    Root: tṛ (class 1)
  • tuṅga – high, lofty, elevated
    adjective
  • taraṅga – wave, billow, surge
    noun (masculine)
  • āḍhya – rich in, abundant with, wealthy
    adjective
  • vahat – flowing, carrying, bearing
    adjective
    Present Active Participle
    Derived from root vah (to carry, flow)
    Root: vah (class 1)
  • rakta – blood; red; dyed
    noun (neuter)
  • mahānada – great river
    noun (masculine)
Note: A long descriptive compound in accusative singular neuter, modifying an implied noun like 'scene' or 'sight'.