योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-39, verse-28

शिवामुखानलशिखाखण्डोत्थमितिरक्तगैः ।
समुड्डीननवाशोकपुष्पगुच्छमिवाभितः ॥ २८ ॥

śivāmukhānalaśikhākhaṇḍotthamitiraktagaiḥ ,
samuḍḍīnanavāśokapuṣpagucchamivābhitaḥ 28

28. śivāmukhānalaśikhākhaṇḍotthamitiraktagaiḥ
samuḍḍīnanavāśokapuṣpaguccham iva abhitaḥ

28. śivāmukhānalaśikhākhaṇḍotthamitiraktagaiḥ
abhitaḥ samuḍḍīnanavāśokapuṣpaguccham iva

28. With blood-red fragments, rising in multitudes from the fiery flames within the mouths of jackals (śivā), it was as if fresh clusters of Ashoka flowers were flying upwards all around.

Words meanings summery:

• शिवामुखानलशिखाखण्डोत्थमितिरक्तगैः (śivāmukhānalaśikhākhaṇḍotthamitiraktagaiḥ) - by blood-red fragments rising profusely from the flames of cremation fires and devoured corpses in the mouths of jackals. (by the blood-red ones (fragments) arising in multitudes from the flames of fire from the mouths of jackals)

• समुड्डीननवाशोकपुष्पगुच्छम् (samuḍḍīnanavāśokapuṣpaguccham) - a cluster of fresh Ashoka flowers flying up

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• अभितः (abhitaḥ) - all around, on all sides, near

Words meanings and morphology

शिवामुखानलशिखाखण्डोत्थमितिरक्तगैः (śivāmukhānalaśikhākhaṇḍotthamitiraktagaiḥ) - by blood-red fragments rising profusely from the flames of cremation fires and devoured corpses in the mouths of jackals. (by the blood-red ones (fragments) arising in multitudes from the flames of fire from the mouths of jackals)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śivāmukhānalaśikhākhaṇḍotthamitiraktaga

śivāmukhānalaśikhākhaṇḍotthamitiraktaga - blood-red fragment arising in multitudes from the flames of fire from the mouths of jackals

Compound type : tatpurusha (śivā+mukha+anala+śikhā+khaṇḍa+uttha+miti+rakta+ga)

• śivā – jackal (female), auspicious one (goddess)
  noun (feminine)
• mukha – mouth, face, opening
  noun (neuter)
• anala – fire
  noun (masculine)
• śikhā – flame, crest, top, tuft
  noun (feminine)
• khaṇḍa – piece, fragment, portion
  noun (masculine)
• uttha – arisen from, produced from, rising
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From sthā with ud, suffix ḍa.
  Prefix: ud
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• miti – measure, quantity, multitude, limit
  noun (feminine)
  From mā (to measure), suffix kti.
  Root: mā (class 2)
• rakta – red, bloody, colored
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From rañj (to color) with suffix kta.
  Root: rañj (class 1)
• ga – going, moving, being
  noun (masculine)
  From root gam (to go), suffix ḍa.
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Compound serving as instrumental plural, referring to the 'red fragments'.

समुड्डीननवाशोकपुष्पगुच्छम् (samuḍḍīnanavāśokapuṣpaguccham) - a cluster of fresh Ashoka flowers flying up

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of samuḍḍīnanavāśokapuṣpaguccha

samuḍḍīnanavāśokapuṣpaguccha - cluster of fresh Ashoka flowers flying up

Compound type : tatpurusha (samuḍḍīna+nava+aśoka+puṣpa+guccha)

• samuḍḍīna – flying up, soaring
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From ḍī (to fly) with samud, suffix kta. samud- prefix.
  Prefixes: sam+ud
  Root: ḍī (class 4)
• nava – new, fresh, young
  adjective
• aśoka – Ashoka tree, Ashoka flower (lit. without sorrow)
  noun (masculine)
  a (not) + śoka (sorrow).
• puṣpa – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
• guccha – cluster, bunch, bouquet
  noun (masculine)

Note: This is the object of comparison, what the fragments are like.

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

अभितः (abhitaḥ) - all around, on all sides, near

(indeclinable)

Adverb derived from abhi with suffix tas.