योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-47, verse-24

अदृश्येतां नभश्चिह्नौ चन्द्रसूर्यौ दिवीव तौ ।
चक्रशूलभुशुण्ड्यृष्टिप्रासायुधसमाकुला ॥ २४ ॥

adṛśyetāṃ nabhaścihnau candrasūryau divīva tau ,
cakraśūlabhuśuṇḍyṛṣṭiprāsāyudhasamākulā 24

24. adṛśyetām nabhaḥ cihnau candrasūryau divi iva
tau cakraśūlabhuśuṇḍyṛṣṭiprāsāyudhasamākulā

24. tau cakraśūlabhuśuṇḍyṛṣṭiprāsāyudhasamākulā
nabhaḥ cihnau candrasūryau iva divi adṛśyetām

24. They (the chariots/warriors) appeared like the celestial bodies, the Moon and Sun, in the sky, completely filled with (weapons like) discs, lances, short guns (bhuśuṇḍi), spears, and javelins.

24. הם נראו כמו השמש והירח בשמיים. סביבם המה האוויר מרוב צַ'אקְרִים, קלשונים, בְּהוּשֻׁוֹנְדִיים, חניתות ורומחים.

Words meanings summery:

• अदृश्येताम् (adṛśyetām) - they (the chariots/warriors) appeared (they were seen, they appeared)

• नभः (nabhaḥ) - sky (sky, atmosphere, space)

• चिह्नौ (cihnau) - signs, symbols (signs, marks, symbols)

• चन्द्रसूर्यौ (candrasūryau) - the Moon and the Sun

• दिवि (divi) - in the sky (in the sky, in heaven)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as if, as it were)

• तौ (tau) - they (the chariots/warriors) (those two, they two)

• चक्रशूलभुशुण्ड्यृष्टिप्रासायुधसमाकुला (cakraśūlabhuśuṇḍyṛṣṭiprāsāyudhasamākulā) - filled with various weapons like discs, lances, short guns (bhuśuṇḍi), spears, and javelins (crowded/filled with discs, lances, short guns, spears, and javelins as weapons)

Words meanings and morphology

अदृश्येताम् (adṛśyetām) - they (the chariots/warriors) appeared (they were seen, they appeared)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, passive, past imperfect (laṅ) of dṛś

Imperfect Passive

3rd person dual passive of the root `dṛś` (to see) in the imperfect tense (Laṅ-lakāra).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

नभः (nabhaḥ) - sky (sky, atmosphere, space)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nabhas

nabhas - sky, atmosphere, space

Note: In compound `nabhaścinhau`, it functions as a stem.

चिह्नौ (cihnau) - signs, symbols (signs, marks, symbols)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of cihna

cihna - sign, mark, symbol, emblem

Note: The compound `nabhaścinhau` functions as an adjective here, referring to the moon and sun as 'sky-signs'.

चन्द्रसूर्यौ (candrasūryau) - the Moon and the Sun

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of candrasūrya

candrasūrya - Moon and Sun

Compound type : Dvanda (candra+sūrya)

• candra – moon
  noun (masculine)
• sūrya – sun
  noun (masculine)

Note: The subject of comparison.

दिवि (divi) - in the sky (in the sky, in heaven)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of div

div - sky, heaven, day

इव (iva) - like (like, as if, as it were)

(indeclinable)

तौ (tau) - they (the chariots/warriors) (those two, they two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to Padma and Sindhu or their chariots, as implied by the context of the previous verse.

चक्रशूलभुशुण्ड्यृष्टिप्रासायुधसमाकुला (cakraśūlabhuśuṇḍyṛṣṭiprāsāyudhasamākulā) - filled with various weapons like discs, lances, short guns (bhuśuṇḍi), spears, and javelins (crowded/filled with discs, lances, short guns, spears, and javelins as weapons)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cakraśūlabhuśuṇḍyṛṣṭiprāsāyudhasamākula

cakraśūlabhuśuṇḍyṛṣṭiprāsāyudhasamākula - crowded/filled with weapons such as discuses, lances, short guns, spears, and javelins

Compound type : Bahuvrihi / Tatpurusha (cakra+śūla+bhuśuṇḍi+ṛṣṭi+prāsa+āyudha+samākula)

• cakra – wheel, discus
  noun (neuter)
• śūla – spear, pike, trident
  noun (masculine)
• bhuśuṇḍi – a type of short gun or weapon, javelin
  noun (feminine)
• ṛṣṭi – spear, javelin
  noun (feminine)
• prāsa – javelin, dart
  noun (masculine)
• āyudha – weapon
  noun (neuter)
• samākula – crowded, filled with, confused
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: ākul

Note: The grammatical form `samākulā` is feminine singular nominative. Contextually, it describes the chariots or warriors (masculine dual), implying a form like `samākulau` (masculine dual nominative). This suggests a possible scribal error in the original text, and the translation reflects the implied contextual agreement.

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