योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-39, verse-11

आसीद्रणाङ्गणं गायद्वेतालकुलसंकुलम् ।
क्वणत्कङ्कालकाङ्कस्थकङ्ककाकोलकेलिमत् ॥ ११ ॥

āsīdraṇāṅgaṇaṃ gāyadvetālakulasaṃkulam ,
kvaṇatkaṅkālakāṅkasthakaṅkakākolakelimat 11

11. āsīt raṇāṅgaṇam gāyat vetālakulasaṅkulam
kvaṇatkaṅkālakāṅkasthakaṅkakākolakelimāt

11. raṇāṅgaṇam gāyat vetālakulasaṅkulam
kvaṇatkaṅkālakāṅkasthakaṅkakākolakelimāt āsīt

11. The battlefield was crowded with hosts of singing vetālas (ghosts/demons). It was filled with the sport of vultures and crows perched in the hollows of rattling skeletons.

11. זירת הקרב המתה עדות של וֵטָאָלָה שרים, והייתה בזירת משחק לעורבים ולנשרים שהתקוטטו על שלדים מרעישים.

Words meanings summery:

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

• रणाङ्गणम् (raṇāṅgaṇam) - battlefield, arena of war

• गायत् (gāyat) - singing, chanting

• वेतालकुलसङ्कुलम् (vetālakulasaṅkulam) - crowded with hosts of vetālas (ghosts/demons)

• क्वणत्कङ्कालकाङ्कस्थकङ्ककाकोलकेलिमात् (kvaṇatkaṅkālakāṅkasthakaṅkakākolakelimāt) - playful with vultures and crows situated in the hollows of rattling skeletons

Words meanings and morphology

आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Past Imperfect (Laṅ-lakāra)

Third person singular, active voice

Root: as (class 2)

रणाङ्गणम् (raṇāṅgaṇam) - battlefield, arena of war

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of raṇāṅgaṇa

raṇāṅgaṇa - battlefield

Compound type : tatpurusha (raṇa+aṅgaṇa)

• raṇa – battle, war
  noun (masculine)
• aṅgaṇa – courtyard, arena, ground
  noun (neuter)

Note: Also accusative singular neuter. Contextually nominative as the subject of 'āsīt'.

गायत् (gāyat) - singing, chanting

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gāyat

gāyat - singing (present active participle)

Present Active Participle

From root 'gai' (to sing). Neuter nominative/accusative singular form.

Root: gai (class 1)

Note: Adjectival usage, modifying the subsequent compound 'vetālakulasaṅkulam' or implicitly 'raṇāṅgaṇam'.

वेतालकुलसङ्कुलम् (vetālakulasaṅkulam) - crowded with hosts of vetālas (ghosts/demons)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vetālakulasaṅkula

vetālakulasaṅkula - crowded with a multitude of vetālas (ghosts/demons)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vetāla+kula+saṅkula)

• vetāla – a ghost, vampire, demon
  noun (masculine)
• kula – family, lineage, host, multitude
  noun (neuter)
• saṅkula – crowded, filled, confused
  adjective
  From 'sam-kul' (to crowd, to mix).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kul (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'raṇāṅgaṇam'.

क्वणत्कङ्कालकाङ्कस्थकङ्ककाकोलकेलिमात् (kvaṇatkaṅkālakāṅkasthakaṅkakākolakelimāt) - playful with vultures and crows situated in the hollows of rattling skeletons

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kvaṇatkaṅkālakāṅkasthakaṅkakākolakelimāt

kvaṇatkaṅkālakāṅkasthakaṅkakākolakelimāt - playful with vultures and crows situated in the hollows of rattling skeletons

Compound adjective modifying 'raṇāṅgaṇam'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kvaṇat+kaṅkālaka+aṅka+stha+kaṅka+kākola+keli+mat)

• kvaṇat – rattling, sounding
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  From root 'kvaṇ'.
  Root: kvaṇ (class 1)
• kaṅkālaka – skeleton
  noun (masculine)
• aṅka – lap, hollow, side
  noun (masculine)
• stha – situated, standing
  adjective
  From root 'sthā'.
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• kaṅka – vulture, heron
  noun (masculine)
• kākola – a large raven, crow, a venomous snake
  noun (masculine)
• keli – play, sport, amusement
  noun (feminine)
• mat – having, possessing, full of
  suffix/adjective
  Taddhita suffix 'matup' forming adjectives from nouns.

Note: A long compound adjective describing 'raṇāṅgaṇam'.

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