योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-43, verse-39

आलानत्वरुषेवैता दन्तिभिर्वृक्षपङ्क्तयः ।
स्फुरत्कटकटारावं पात्यन्ते कृतचीत्कृतैः ॥ ३९ ॥

ālānatvaruṣevaitā dantibhirvṛkṣapaṅktayaḥ ,
sphuratkaṭakaṭārāvaṃ pātyante kṛtacītkṛtaiḥ 39

39. ālānativaruṣā iva etāḥ dantibhiḥ vṛkṣapaṅktayaḥ
sphuratkaṭakaṭārāvam pātyante kṛtacītkṛtaiḥ

39. etāḥ vṛkṣapaṅktayaḥ kṛtacītkṛtaiḥ dantibhiḥ
ālānativaruṣā iva sphuratkaṭakaṭārāvam pātyante

39. These rows of trees are being felled by trumpeting (kṛtacītkṛtaiḥ) elephants, creating a crackling sound (sphuratkaṭakaṭārāvam), as if with the rage (ruṣā) of having been bound to a post (ālānativatva).

Words meanings summery:

• आलानतिवरुषा (ālānativaruṣā) - by the anger of having been bound to a post (ālānativatva) (by the anger of being a tying post, by the anger of being bound)

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• एताः (etāḥ) - these

• दन्तिभिः (dantibhiḥ) - by elephants

• वृक्षपङ्क्तयः (vṛkṣapaṅktayaḥ) - rows of trees, lines of trees

• स्फुरत्कटकटारावम् (sphuratkaṭakaṭārāvam) - with a crackling sound (sphuratkaṭakaṭārāvam) (with a crackling and snapping sound)

• पात्यन्ते (pātyante) - they are felled, they are thrown down

• कृतचीत्कृतैः (kṛtacītkṛtaiḥ) - by trumpeting (kṛtacītkṛtaiḥ) (by those making shrieking sounds, by trumpeting ones)

Words meanings and morphology

आलानतिवरुषा (ālānativaruṣā) - by the anger of having been bound to a post (ālānativatva) (by the anger of being a tying post, by the anger of being bound)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of ālānativaruṣa

ālānativaruṣa - anger from being a tying post, anger of being bound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ālāna+tva+ruṣa)

• ālāna – post for tying elephants
  noun (neuter)
• tva – state of being, -ness
  suffix/indeclinable (neuter)
  Suffix forming abstract nouns.
• ruṣ – anger, wrath, fury
  noun (feminine)

Note: Refers to the anger felt by the elephants at being tied.

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

एताः (etāḥ) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Refers to vṛkṣapaṅktayaḥ.

दन्तिभिः (dantibhiḥ) - by elephants

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of dantin

dantin - having tusks, elephant

From danta (tusk) + -in (possessive suffix).

Note: Agent of the passive verb pātyante.

वृक्षपङ्क्तयः (vṛkṣapaṅktayaḥ) - rows of trees, lines of trees

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vṛkṣapaṅkti

vṛkṣapaṅkti - row of trees

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vṛkṣa+paṅkti)

• vṛkṣa – tree
  noun (masculine)
• paṅkti – row, line, series
  noun (feminine)

Note: Subject of the passive verb.

स्फुरत्कटकटारावम् (sphuratkaṭakaṭārāvam) - with a crackling sound (sphuratkaṭakaṭārāvam) (with a crackling and snapping sound)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sphuratkaṭakaṭārāva

sphuratkaṭakaṭārāva - a crackling, snapping, or rustling sound

Compound: sphurat (shining, quivering, making a noise) + onomatopoeic kaṭakaṭā (crackling) + rāva (sound, roar).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sphurat+kaṭakaṭā+rāva)

• sphurat – shining, trembling, making a sound
  participle (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  From root sphur (to throb, flash, start), present stem sphurat.
  Root: sphur (class 6)
• kaṭakaṭā – onomatopoeic sound of crackling/snapping
  indeclinable/noun (feminine)
• rāva – sound, roar, cry
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ru (class 2)

Note: Used adverbially.

पात्यन्ते (pātyante) - they are felled, they are thrown down

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of pat

causative

Causative stem pātaya, then passive form.

Root: pat (class 1)

कृतचीत्कृतैः (kṛtacītkṛtaiḥ) - by trumpeting (kṛtacītkṛtaiḥ) (by those making shrieking sounds, by trumpeting ones)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kṛtacītkṛta

kṛtacītkṛta - one who has made a 'cītkṛta' sound (shriek, trumpeting)

Formed from kṛta (made) + cītkṛta (shriek).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛta+cītkṛta)

• kṛta – made, done
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kṛ (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• cītkṛta – a shriek, scream, trumpet (of an elephant)
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies dantibhiḥ.

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