योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-47, verse-21

प्रासासिशक्तिचक्रर्ष्टिमुद्गरारणिताम्बरम् ।
वहद्रक्तनदीरंहः प्रोह्यमानशवोत्करम् ॥ २१ ॥

prāsāsiśakticakrarṣṭimudgarāraṇitāmbaram ,
vahadraktanadīraṃhaḥ prohyamānaśavotkaram 21

21. prāsasiśakticakrarṣṭimudgarārṇitāmbaram
vahadraktanadīraṃhaḥ prohyamānaśavotkaram

21. prāsasiśakticakrarṣṭimudgarārṇitāmbaram
vahadraktanadīraṃhaḥ prohyamānaśavotkaram

21. Its sky was made to resound by spears, swords, lances (śakti), discs, javelins (ṛṣṭi), and hammers (mudgara); it featured swift-flowing rivers of blood that swept away piles of corpses.

Words meanings summery:

• प्राससिशक्तिचक्रर्ष्टिमुद्गरार्णिताम्बरम् (prāsasiśakticakrarṣṭimudgarārṇitāmbaram) - having the sky made to resound by spears, swords, lances, discs, javelins, and hammers

• वहद्रक्तनदीरंहः (vahadraktanadīraṁhaḥ) - having the current/speed of flowing rivers of blood, characterized by swift blood-rivers

• प्रोह्यमानशवोत्करम् (prohyamānaśavotkaram) - having heaps of corpses being swept away

Words meanings and morphology

प्राससिशक्तिचक्रर्ष्टिमुद्गरार्णिताम्बरम् (prāsasiśakticakrarṣṭimudgarārṇitāmbaram) - having the sky made to resound by spears, swords, lances, discs, javelins, and hammers

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of prāsasiśakticakrarṣṭimudgarārṇitāmbara

prāsasiśakticakrarṣṭimudgarārṇitāmbara - one whose sky resonates due to spears, swords, lances, discs, javelins, and hammers

Bahuvrīhi compound.

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (prāsa+asi+śakti+cakra+ṛṣṭi+mudgara+ārṇita+ambara)

• prāsa – spear, dart
  noun (masculine)
  From root as (to throw) with prefix pra.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: as (class 4)
• asi – sword
  noun (masculine)
  From root as (to throw, to be).
  Root: as (class 4)
• śakti – spear, lance, power (śakti)
  noun (feminine)
  From root śak (to be able).
  Root: śak (class 5)
• cakra – disc, wheel, discus
  noun (neuter)
  From root kṛ (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• ṛṣṭi – javelin, spear
  noun (feminine)
  From root ṛṣ (to go, move quickly).
  Root: ṛṣ (class 1)
• mudgara – hammer, mace
  noun (masculine)
• ārṇita – made to resound, made noisy
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root raṇ (to sound) with ā prefix.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: raṇ (class 1)
• ambara – sky, atmosphere, garment
  noun (neuter)

Note: Acts as an adjective describing the implied subject of the description.

वहद्रक्तनदीरंहः (vahadraktanadīraṁhaḥ) - having the current/speed of flowing rivers of blood, characterized by swift blood-rivers

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vahadraktanadīraṃhas

vahadraktanadīraṁhas - current/speed of flowing blood-rivers

Compound noun.

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (vahadrakta+nadī+raṃhas)

• vahadrakta – flowing blood
  noun (neuter)
  Compound of vahant (flowing) and rakta (blood).
• nadī – river
  noun (feminine)
  Root: nad (class 1)
• raṃhas – speed, current, torrent, force
  noun (neuter)
  From root raṃh (to go, run swiftly).
  Root: raṃh (class 1)

Note: Acts as an adjective describing the implied subject of the description.

प्रोह्यमानशवोत्करम् (prohyamānaśavotkaram) - having heaps of corpses being swept away

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of prohyamānaśavotkara

prohyamānaśavotkara - pile of corpses being carried away

Compound noun.

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (prohyamāna+śava+utkara)

• prohyamāna – being carried away, being swept away
  participle (masculine)
  Present Passive Participle
  From root vah (to carry) with prefix pra, and śānac (passive participle) suffix.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: vah (class 1)
• śava – corpse, dead body
  noun (masculine)
  From root śū (to swell).
  Root: śū (class 1)
• utkara – heap, pile, quantity, multitude
  noun (masculine)
  From root kṛ (to scatter) with prefix ud.
  Prefix: ud
  Root: kṛ (class 6)

Note: Acts as an adjective describing the implied subject of the description.

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