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.

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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