योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-39, verse-16

मध्यमध्यचितालोकप्रकटासृक्शवव्रजम् ।
विरूपिकानीयमानस्वांसन्यस्तमहाशवम् ॥ १६ ॥

madhyamadhyacitālokaprakaṭāsṛkśavavrajam ,
virūpikānīyamānasvāṃsanyastamahāśavam 16

16. madhya-madhya-citā-āloka-prakaṭa-asṛk-śava-vrajam
virūpikā-nīyamāna-sva-aṃsa-nyasta-mahā-śavam

16. madhya-madhya-citā-āloka-prakaṭa-asṛk-śava-vrajam
virūpikā-nīyamāna-sva-aṃsa-nyasta-mahā-śavam

16. Amidst it, heaps of bloody corpses are revealed here and there; and massive corpses are being carried by deformed female spirits (virūpikā), laid upon their own shoulders.

16. אור המדורות חשף לפרקים ערימות גוויות מגואלות בדם, ונקבות השדים החרדתיות נשאו גופות ענקיות על כתפיהן.

Words meanings summery:

• मध्य-मध्य-चिता-आलोक-प्रकट-असृक्-शव-व्रजम् (madhya-madhya-citā-āloka-prakaṭa-asṛk-śava-vrajam) - (a scene) with groups of bloody corpses visible amidst pyres/corpses here and there

• विरूपिका-नीयमान-स्व-अंस-न्यस्त-महा-शवम् (virūpikā-nīyamāna-sva-aṁsa-nyasta-mahā-śavam) - (a scene) with great corpses being carried by deformed female spirits, placed on their own shoulders

Words meanings and morphology

मध्य-मध्य-चिता-आलोक-प्रकट-असृक्-शव-व्रजम् (madhya-madhya-citā-āloka-prakaṭa-asṛk-śava-vrajam) - (a scene) with groups of bloody corpses visible amidst pyres/corpses here and there

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of madhya-madhya-citā-āloka-prakaṭa-asṛk-śava-vraja

madhya-madhya-citā-āloka-prakaṭa-asṛk-śava-vraja - (a scene) with groups of bloody corpses visible amidst pyres/corpses here and there

Compound type : bahuvrihi (madhya+madhya+citā+āloka+prakaṭa+asṛj+śava+vraja)

• madhya – middle, amidst
  adjective/noun (neuter)
  Repetition implies 'here and there in the middle' or 'in the very middle'.
• citā – pyre, funeral pile, heap of corpses
  noun (feminine)
• āloka – sight, appearance, view; heap, collection
  noun (masculine)
  From ā-lok (to see, perceive). In context of 'citā', it implies a heap or collection of pyres/corpses.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: lok (class 10)
• prakaṭa – manifest, visible, apparent
  adjective
  From pra-kaṭ (to appear, manifest)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: kaṭ
• asṛj – blood
  noun (neuter)
• śava – corpse, dead body
  noun (neuter)
• vraja – multitude, flock, herd, collection
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vraj (class 1)

Note: This compound functions adjectivally, likely in the accusative case, modifying an implicit entity or a noun from a preceding or succeeding verse.

विरूपिका-नीयमान-स्व-अंस-न्यस्त-महा-शवम् (virūpikā-nīyamāna-sva-aṁsa-nyasta-mahā-śavam) - (a scene) with great corpses being carried by deformed female spirits, placed on their own shoulders

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of virūpikā-nīyamāna-sva-aṃsa-nyasta-mahā-śava

virūpikā-nīyamāna-sva-aṁsa-nyasta-mahā-śava - (a scene) with great corpses being carried by deformed female spirits, placed on their own shoulders

Compound type : bahuvrihi (virūpikā+nīyamāna+sva+aṃsa+nyasta+mahā+śava)

• virūpikā – deformed female, ugly female ghoul
  noun (feminine)
  From vi-rūpa (deformed) + ika suffix + ā for feminine.
  Prefix: vi
• nīyamāna – being carried, being led
  adjective
  Present Passive Participle
  From root nī (to lead, carry)
  Root: nī (class 1)
• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun
• aṃsa – shoulder, part
  noun (masculine)
• nyasta – placed, laid down, deposited
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From ni-as (to throw down, place)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: as (class 4)
• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective
  Stem form `mahā` used in compounds.
• śava – corpse, dead body
  noun (neuter)

Note: This compound functions adjectivally, likely in the accusative case, modifying an implicit entity or a noun from a preceding or succeeding verse.

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