योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-39, verse-12

अथ काष्ठचिताज्वालसताराम्बरभास्वरम् ।
पचत्पचपचाशब्दिमेदोमांसमयानलम् ॥ १२ ॥

atha kāṣṭhacitājvālasatārāmbarabhāsvaram ,
pacatpacapacāśabdimedomāṃsamayānalam 12

12. atha kāṣṭhacitājvālāsātārāmbarabhāsvaram
pacatpacapacāśabdimedomāṃsamayānalam

12. atha kāṣṭhacitājvālāsātārāmbarabhāsvaram
pacatpacapacāśabdimedomāṃsamayānalam

12. Then, with the flames of wood pyres, it (the battlefield) shone brightly like the star-studded sky. It featured a fire of fat and flesh, which produced a 'pacapacā' sound as it burned.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• काष्ठचिताज्वालासाताराम्बरभास्वरम् (kāṣṭhacitājvālāsātārāmbarabhāsvaram) - shining brightly like the star-studded sky due to the flames of wood pyres

• पचत्पचपचाशब्दिमेदोमांसमयानलम् (pacatpacapacāśabdimedomāṁsamayānalam) - a fire made of fat and flesh, producing a 'pacapacā' sound as it burns

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

काष्ठचिताज्वालासाताराम्बरभास्वरम् (kāṣṭhacitājvālāsātārāmbarabhāsvaram) - shining brightly like the star-studded sky due to the flames of wood pyres

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāṣṭhacitājvālāsātārāmbarabhāsvara

kāṣṭhacitājvālāsātārāmbarabhāsvara - shining like the star-studded sky by the flames of wood pyres

Compound adjective modifying the implied 'battlefield' (raṇāṅgaṇam).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kāṣṭha+citā+jvālā+sa+tārā+ambara+bhāsvara)

• kāṣṭha – wood, timber
  noun (neuter)
• citā – funeral pile, pyre
  noun (feminine)
• jvālā – flame, blaze
  noun (feminine)
  Root: jval (class 1)
• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable/prefix
  Prefix indicating 'with' or 'having'.
• tārā – star, planet
  noun (feminine)
• ambara – sky, atmosphere, garment
  noun (neuter)
• bhāsvara – shining, bright, brilliant
  adjective
  From root 'bhās' (to shine).
  Root: bhās (class 1)

Note: Modifies the implied 'raṇāṅgaṇam'.

पचत्पचपचाशब्दिमेदोमांसमयानलम् (pacatpacapacāśabdimedomāṁsamayānalam) - a fire made of fat and flesh, producing a 'pacapacā' sound as it burns

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pacatpacapacāśabdimedomāṃsamayānala

pacatpacapacāśabdimedomāṁsamayānala - a fire of fat and flesh making a 'pacapacā' sound while burning

Compound adjective modifying the implied 'battlefield' (raṇāṅgaṇam).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pacat+pacapacāśabdi+medas+māṃsa+maya+anala)

• pacat – burning, cooking, ripening
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  From root 'pac' (to cook, ripen, burn).
  Root: pac (class 1)
• pacapacāśabdi – making a 'pacapacā' sound
  adjective
  Onomatopoeic 'pacapacā' + 'śabdin' (having sound).
• medas – fat, marrow
  noun (neuter)
• māṃsa – flesh, meat
  noun (neuter)
• maya – made of, consisting of
  suffix/adjective
  Taddhita suffix indicating material.
• anala – fire
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies the implied 'raṇāṅgaṇam'.