योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-38, verse-43

रथचक्रधरावर्तं रक्तार्णवमिवाष्टमम् ।
पताकाफेनपुञ्जाढ्यं चारुचामरबुद्बुदम् ॥ ४३ ॥

rathacakradharāvartaṃ raktārṇavamivāṣṭamam ,
patākāphenapuñjāḍhyaṃ cārucāmarabudbudam 43

43. ratha-cakra-dharāvartam raktārṇavam iva aṣṭamam
patākā-phena-puñjāḍhyam cāru-cāmara-buddudam

43. ratha-cakra-dharāvartam raktārṇavam iva aṣṭamam
patākā-phena-puñjāḍhyam cāru-cāmara-buddudam

43. Like an eighth ocean of blood, with chariot wheels forming its whirlpools, rich with masses of foam-like banners, and with beautiful chowries as its bubbles.

43. נראה היה כמו אוקיינוס שמיני של דם, עם מערבולות שיוצרים גלגלי המרכבות, גדוש בקצף של ניסים ודגלים, ובו בועות בדמות מניפות צ'אמַרָה יפות.

Words meanings summery:

• रथ-चक्र-धरावर्तम् (ratha-cakra-dharāvartam) - Describing the whirlpools in the blood-ocean as resembling chariot wheels. (Whose whirlpools are chariot wheels / With chariot-wheel-like whirlpools.)

• रक्तार्णवम् (raktārṇavam) - The battlefield is compared to an ocean made of blood. (ocean of blood)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अष्टमम् (aṣṭamam) - Referring to an eighth mythical ocean, beyond the traditional seven. (eighth)

• पताका-फेन-पुञ्जाढ्यम् (patākā-phena-puñjāḍhyam) - Describing the blood-ocean as having banners resembling heaps of foam. (Rich with masses of foam-like banners.)

• चारु-चामर-बुद्दुदम् (cāru-cāmara-buddudam) - Describing the beautiful chowries floating in the blood-ocean as bubbles. (Whose bubbles are beautiful chowries.)

Words meanings and morphology

रथ-चक्र-धरावर्तम् (ratha-cakra-dharāvartam) - Describing the whirlpools in the blood-ocean as resembling chariot wheels. (Whose whirlpools are chariot wheels / With chariot-wheel-like whirlpools.)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ratha-cakra-dharāvartam

ratha-cakra-dharāvartam - chariot-wheel-like whirlpool

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ratha+cakra+dharāvarta)

• ratha – chariot, car
  noun (masculine)
• cakra – wheel, disc, circle
  noun (neuter)
• dharāvarta – earth-whirlpool, eddy, circular motion on the ground
  noun (masculine)

रक्तार्णवम् (raktārṇavam) - The battlefield is compared to an ocean made of blood. (ocean of blood)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of raktārṇava

raktārṇava - ocean of blood

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rakta+arṇava)

• rakta – blood; red
  noun (neuter)
• arṇava – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अष्टमम् (aṣṭamam) - Referring to an eighth mythical ocean, beyond the traditional seven. (eighth)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aṣṭama

aṣṭama - eighth

पताका-फेन-पुञ्जाढ्यम् (patākā-phena-puñjāḍhyam) - Describing the blood-ocean as having banners resembling heaps of foam. (Rich with masses of foam-like banners.)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of patākā-phena-puñjāḍhya

patākā-phena-puñjāḍhya - rich with masses of foam-like banners

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (patākā+phena+puñja+āḍhya)

• patākā – banner, flag, standard
  noun (feminine)
• phena – foam, froth, spray
  noun (masculine)
• puñja – heap, pile, mass, multitude
  noun (masculine)
• āḍhya – rich, wealthy, abundant with, full of
  adjective (neuter)

चारु-चामर-बुद्दुदम् (cāru-cāmara-buddudam) - Describing the beautiful chowries floating in the blood-ocean as bubbles. (Whose bubbles are beautiful chowries.)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cāru-cāmara-budduda

cāru-cāmara-budduda - whose bubbles are beautiful chowries

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (cāru+cāmara+budduda)

• cāru – beautiful, lovely, charming
  adjective (neuter)
• cāmara – chowrie, yak-tail whisk
  noun (neuter)
• budduda – bubble, globule
  noun (masculine)

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