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.

44. המקום היה מלא במרכבות הפוכות, נראה כעיר שטבעה בבוץ העמוק, או כמו יער רחב ידיים שאילנותיו נעקרו בסערה הרסנית.

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)

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