योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-3, chapter-38, verse-54
रक्तनिःस्वनभाङ्कारफेत्कारार्धमृतारवम् ।
शिलामुखललद्रक्तधाराधूतरजःखगम् ॥ ५४ ॥
शिलामुखललद्रक्तधाराधूतरजःखगम् ॥ ५४ ॥
raktaniḥsvanabhāṅkāraphetkārārdhamṛtāravam ,
śilāmukhalaladraktadhārādhūtarajaḥkhagam 54
śilāmukhalaladraktadhārādhūtarajaḥkhagam 54
54.
rakta-niḥsvana-bhāṅkāra-phetkāra-ardha-mṛta-āravam
śilāmukha-lalat-rakta-dhārā-dhūta-rajaḥ-khagam
śilāmukha-lalat-rakta-dhārā-dhūta-rajaḥ-khagam
54.
rakta-niḥsvana-bhāṅkāra-phetkāra-ardha-mṛta-āravam
śilāmukha-lalat-rakta-dhārā-dhūta-rajaḥ-khagam
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.
Words meanings summery:
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- 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.