योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-38, verse-44

विपर्यस्तरथं भूमिपङ्कमग्नपुरोपमम् ।
उत्पातवातनिर्धूतद्रुमं वनमिवाततम् ॥ ४४ ॥

viparyastarathaṃ bhūmipaṅkamagnapuropamam ,
utpātavātanirdhūtadrumaṃ vanamivātatam 44

44. viparyasta-ratham bhūmi-paṅka-magna-purupamam
utpāta-vāta-nirdhūta-drumam vanam iva ātatam

44. viparyasta-ratham bhūmi-paṅka-magna-purupamam
utpāta-vāta-nirdhūta-drumam vanam iva ātatam

44. With overturned chariots, resembling cities (pura) submerged in earth-mud, and spread out like an extensive forest (vana) whose trees were uprooted by calamitous winds.

Words meanings summery:

• विपर्यस्त-रथम् (viparyasta-ratham) - Describing the state of the battlefield with fallen chariots. (Whose chariots are overturned / With overturned chariots.)

• भूमि-पङ्क-मग्न-पुरुपमम् (bhūmi-paṅka-magna-purupamam) - The debris and fallen structures on the battlefield are compared to cities sunk in mud. (Resembling cities submerged in earth-mud.)

• उत्पात-वात-निर्धूत-द्रुमम् (utpāta-vāta-nirdhūta-drumam) - The battlefield, strewn with fallen objects, is compared to a forest whose trees were torn out by strong, calamitous winds. (Whose trees were uprooted by destructive winds.)

• वनम् (vanam) - The battlefield is compared to a forest. (forest, wood, grove)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• आततम् (ātatam) - The forest is extensive. (spread out, extensive, stretched)

Words meanings and morphology

विपर्यस्त-रथम् (viparyasta-ratham) - Describing the state of the battlefield with fallen chariots. (Whose chariots are overturned / With overturned chariots.)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of viparyasta-ratha

viparyasta-ratha - whose chariots are overturned

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (viparyasta+ratha)

• viparyasta – overturned, inverted, disordered, upset
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From vi-pari-as- 'to throw down, scatter'
  Prefixes: vi+pari
  Root: as (class 4)
• ratha – chariot, car
  noun (masculine)

भूमि-पङ्क-मग्न-पुरुपमम् (bhūmi-paṅka-magna-purupamam) - The debris and fallen structures on the battlefield are compared to cities sunk in mud. (Resembling cities submerged in earth-mud.)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhūmi-paṅka-magna-purupama

bhūmi-paṅka-magna-purupama - resembling cities submerged in earth-mud

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhūmi-paṅka+magna+pura+upama)

• bhūmi-paṅka – earth-mud, mud on the ground
  noun (masculine)
• magna – submerged, sunken, drowned
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root majj- 'to sink, dive'
  Root: majj (class 6)
• pura – city, town, fortress
  noun (neuter)
• upama – resemblance, simile, comparison
  noun (feminine)

उत्पात-वात-निर्धूत-द्रुमम् (utpāta-vāta-nirdhūta-drumam) - The battlefield, strewn with fallen objects, is compared to a forest whose trees were torn out by strong, calamitous winds. (Whose trees were uprooted by destructive winds.)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of utpāta-vāta-nirdhūta-druma

utpāta-vāta-nirdhūta-druma - whose trees were uprooted by destructive winds

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (utpāta-vāta+nirdhūta+druma)

• utpāta-vāta – calamitous wind, destructive gale
  noun (masculine)
• nirdhūta – shaken off, blown away, uprooted
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From nir-dhū- 'to shake off, remove'
  Prefix: nir
  Root: dhū (class 5)
• druma – tree, wood
  noun (masculine)

वनम् (vanam) - The battlefield is compared to a forest. (forest, wood, grove)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

आततम् (ātatam) - The forest is extensive. (spread out, extensive, stretched)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ātata

ātata - spread out, extensive, stretched

Past Passive Participle

From ā-tan- 'to stretch out, spread'

Prefix: ā

Root: tan (class 8)