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.

21. השמיים הדהדו מזעקת הרומחים, החרבות, הרומחונים, הַצַ'אקְרִים, החניתות והאלות, בעוד נהרות דם גועשים סחפו עמם ערמות עתירות של גופות.

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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