योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-48, verse-6

मुसला नाम ते बाणा मुसलाकृतयोऽम्बरम् ।
छादयामासुरुन्नादाः कल्पान्ताशनयो यथा ॥ ६ ॥

musalā nāma te bāṇā musalākṛtayo'mbaram ,
chādayāmāsurunnādāḥ kalpāntāśanayo yathā 6

6. musalā nāma te bāṇāḥ musalākṛtayaḥ ambaram
chādayāmāsuḥ unnādāḥ kalpāntāśanayaḥ yathā

6. musalā nāma te musalākṛtayaḥ unnādāḥ bāṇāḥ
ambaram kalpāntāśanayaḥ yathā chādayāmāsuḥ

6. Those arrows, named `musala` (mace-like), with their mace-like forms and roaring sounds, covered the sky just like thunderbolts at the end of a cosmic cycle (kalpa).

Words meanings summery:

• मुसला (musalā) - mace-like (as a descriptive name for the arrows) (mace-like, club-shaped)

• नाम (nāma) - by name (indicating the name of the arrows) (by name, indeed, for instance)

• ते (te) - those, they

• बाणाः (bāṇāḥ) - arrows

• मुसलाकृतयः (musalākṛtayaḥ) - having the shape of maces, mace-shaped

• अम्बरम् (ambaram) - the sky (sky, atmosphere, garment)

• छादयामासुः (chādayāmāsuḥ) - they covered, obscured

• उन्नादाः (unnādāḥ) - having loud sounds, roaring

• कल्पान्ताशनयः (kalpāntāśanayaḥ) - thunderbolts at the end of a cosmic cycle

• यथा (yathā) - as, like, just as

Words meanings and morphology

मुसला (musalā) - mace-like (as a descriptive name for the arrows) (mace-like, club-shaped)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of musala

musala - mace, club

Note: Here used as a proper name or descriptive epithet, agreeing in gender/number with 'bāṇāḥ'

नाम (nāma) - by name (indicating the name of the arrows) (by name, indeed, for instance)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those, they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

बाणाः (bāṇāḥ) - arrows

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

मुसलाकृतयः (musalākṛtayaḥ) - having the shape of maces, mace-shaped

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of musalākṛti

musalākṛti - mace-shaped

Compound type : bahuvrihi (musala+ākṛti)

• musala – mace, club
  noun (masculine)
• ākṛti – form, shape, appearance
  noun (feminine)

Note: Agrees with 'bāṇāḥ'

अम्बरम् (ambaram) - the sky (sky, atmosphere, garment)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere, garment

छादयामासुः (chādayāmāsuḥ) - they covered, obscured

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of chādayāmāsuḥ

Periphrastic perfect from causative root 'chād' + auxiliary 'as' (to be) in perfect tense

Root: chad (class 10)

उन्नादाः (unnādāḥ) - having loud sounds, roaring

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of unnāda

unnāda - loud sound, uproar

Prefix: ud

Root: nad (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'bāṇāḥ'

कल्पान्ताशनयः (kalpāntāśanayaḥ) - thunderbolts at the end of a cosmic cycle

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kalpāntāśani

kalpāntāśani - thunderbolts at the end of a cosmic cycle

Compound type : tatpurusha (kalpa-anta+aśani)

• kalpa-anta – end of a kalpa (cosmic cycle)
  noun (masculine)
• aśani – thunderbolt, lightning
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - as, like, just as

(indeclinable)