योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-43, verse-36

अहो शरशिलाशक्तिकुन्तप्रासासिहेतयः ।
जालसंध्याभ्रपटलं विशन्ति शलभा इव ॥ ३६ ॥

aho śaraśilāśaktikuntaprāsāsihetayaḥ ,
jālasaṃdhyābhrapaṭalaṃ viśanti śalabhā iva 36

36. aho śaraśilāśaktikuntaprāsāsihetayaḥ
jālasandhyābrapaṭalam viśanti śalabhāḥ iva

36. aho! śaraśilāśaktikuntaprāsāsihetayaḥ śalabhāḥ iva jālasandhyābrapaṭalam viśanti.

36. Oh! Arrows, stones, spears, lances, javelins, and swords—these weapons—enter the net-like twilight cloud formation, just like moths.

Words meanings summery:

• अहो (aho) - Oh!, indeed!, alas!

• शरशिलाशक्तिकुन्तप्रासासिहेतयः (śaraśilāśaktikuntaprāsāsihetayaḥ) - weapons like arrows, stones, spears, lances, javelins, and swords

• जालसन्ध्याब्रपटलम् (jālasandhyābrapaṭalam) - net-like twilight cloud formation

• विशन्ति (viśanti) - they enter, they go into

• शलभाः (śalabhāḥ) - moths, grasshoppers

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

अहो (aho) - Oh!, indeed!, alas!

(indeclinable)

शरशिलाशक्तिकुन्तप्रासासिहेतयः (śaraśilāśaktikuntaprāsāsihetayaḥ) - weapons like arrows, stones, spears, lances, javelins, and swords

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śaraśilāśaktikuntaprāsāsiheti

śaraśilāśaktikuntaprāsāsiheti - weapons (such as arrows, stones, spears, lances, javelins, swords)

Compound type : Dvandva-Tatpurusha (śara+śilā+śakti+kunta+prāsa+asi+heti)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• śilā – stone, rock
  noun (feminine)
• śakti – spear, javelin (a type of weapon); power (śakti)
  noun (feminine)
• kunta – lance, pike
  noun (masculine)
• prāsa – javelin, dart
  noun (masculine)
• asi – sword
  noun (masculine)
• heti – weapon, missile, implement
  noun (feminine)

जालसन्ध्याब्रपटलम् (jālasandhyābrapaṭalam) - net-like twilight cloud formation

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jālasandhyābrapaṭala

jālasandhyābrapaṭala - net-like twilight cloud formation

Compound type : Tatpurusha (jāla+sandhyā+abhra+paṭala)

• jāla – net, network, web
  noun (neuter)
• sandhyā – twilight (morning or evening), period of transition
  noun (feminine)
• abhra – cloud, sky
  noun (neuter)
• paṭala – mass, layer, heap, formation, cover
  noun (neuter)

विशन्ति (viśanti) - they enter, they go into

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of viś

Root: viś (class 6)

शलभाः (śalabhāḥ) - moths, grasshoppers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śalabha

śalabha - moth, grasshopper, locust

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

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