योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-38, verse-54

रक्तनिःस्वनभाङ्कारफेत्कारार्धमृतारवम् ।
शिलामुखललद्रक्तधाराधूतरजःखगम् ॥ ५४ ॥

raktaniḥsvanabhāṅkāraphetkārārdhamṛtāravam ,
śilāmukhalaladraktadhārādhūtarajaḥkhagam 54

54. rakta-niḥsvana-bhāṅkāra-phetkāra-ardha-mṛta-āravam
śilāmukha-lalat-rakta-dhārā-dhūta-rajaḥ-khagam

54. rakta-niḥsvana-bhāṅkāra-phetkāra-ardha-mṛta-āravam
śilāmukha-lalat-rakta-dhārā-dhūta-rajaḥ-khagam

54. It was filled with the sounds of blood, roaring, hissing, and the cries of the half-dead, where streams of blood dripping from stone-tipped arrows washed away the dust from scavenging birds.

54. המקום המה מצלילי בעבוע של דם, מיללות ושואגות של פצועים אנושים, ומזרמי דם הניתזים מחיצים ורוחצים את הציפורים במעופן מאבק השדה.

Words meanings summery:

• रक्त-निःस्वन-भाङ्कार-फेत्कार-अर्ध-मृत-आरवम् (rakta-niḥsvana-bhāṅkāra-phetkāra-ardha-mṛta-āravam) - having sounds of blood, roaring, hissing, and cries of the half-dead

• शिलामुख-ललत्-रक्त-धारा-धूत-रजः-खगम् (śilāmukha-lalat-rakta-dhārā-dhūta-rajaḥ-khagam) - having birds whose dust was washed away by streams of blood dripping from stone-tipped arrows

Words meanings and morphology

रक्त-निःस्वन-भाङ्कार-फेत्कार-अर्ध-मृत-आरवम् (rakta-niḥsvana-bhāṅkāra-phetkāra-ardha-mṛta-āravam) - having sounds of blood, roaring, hissing, and cries of the half-dead

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rakta-niḥsvana-bhāṅkāra-phetkāra-ardha-mṛta-ārava

rakta-niḥsvana-bhāṅkāra-phetkāra-ardha-mṛta-ārava - having sounds of blood, roaring, hissing, and cries of the half-dead

Bahuvrīhi compound, describing something that possesses these attributes.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (rakta+niḥsvana+bhāṅkāra+phetkāra+ardha-mṛta+ārava)

• rakta – blood; red
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (of rañj)
  Root √rañj (to color) -> rakta (colored, red, blood)
  Root: rañj (class 1)
• niḥsvana – sound, noise
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from niḥ + √svan (to sound)
  Prefix: niḥ
  Root: svan (class 1)
• bhāṅkāra – roaring, rumbling sound
  noun (masculine)
  Onomatopoeic formation
• phetkāra – hissing, snorting sound, sound of goblins
  noun (masculine)
  Onomatopoeic formation
• ardha-mṛta – half-dead
  adjective (masculine)
  Tatpuruṣa compound: ardha (half) + mṛta (dead)
• ārava – sound, cry, roar
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from ā-√ru (to cry out)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: ru (class 2)

Note: Adjective, agreeing with an implied neuter noun.

शिलामुख-ललत्-रक्त-धारा-धूत-रजः-खगम् (śilāmukha-lalat-rakta-dhārā-dhūta-rajaḥ-khagam) - having birds whose dust was washed away by streams of blood dripping from stone-tipped arrows

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śilāmukha-lalat-rakta-dhārā-dhūta-rajaḥ-khaga

śilāmukha-lalat-rakta-dhārā-dhūta-rajaḥ-khaga - having birds whose dust was washed away by streams of blood dripping from stone-tipped arrows

Bahuvrīhi compound, describing something that possesses these attributes.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śilāmukha+lalat+rakta-dhārā+dhūta+rajaḥ+khaga)

• śilāmukha – stone-tipped (arrow), arrow with a stone point
  noun (masculine)
  Tatpuruṣa compound: śilā (stone) + mukha (mouth/tip)
• lalat
  
• rakta-dhārā – stream of blood
  noun (feminine)
  Tatpuruṣa compound: rakta (blood) + dhārā (stream)
• dhūta
  
• rajaḥ – dust, pollen, impurity
  noun (neuter)
• khaga – bird, sky-goer (arrow, cloud, deity)
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from kha (sky) + √gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Adjective, agreeing with an implied neuter noun.

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