योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-49, verse-10

ते गिरीणां तथा क्षिप्ताः कोटितुण्डावखण्डनैः ।
शिरांसि पातयामासुः फलानीवोल्बणानिलाः ॥ १० ॥

te girīṇāṃ tathā kṣiptāḥ koṭituṇḍāvakhaṇḍanaiḥ ,
śirāṃsi pātayāmāsuḥ phalānīvolbaṇānilāḥ 10

10. te girīṇām tathā kṣiptāḥ koṭituṇḍāvakhaṇḍanaiḥ
śirāṃsi pātayāmāsuḥ phalāni iva ulbaṇānilāḥ

10. te tathā kṣiptāḥ koṭituṇḍāvakhaṇḍanaiḥ girīṇām śirāṃsi pātayāmāsuḥ,
ulbaṇānilāḥ phalāni iva

10. They (the thunderbolts), thus hurled, with their pointed tips tearing away parts of the mountains, made the mountain peaks fall, just as fierce winds cause fruits to drop.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - Refers to the 'vajragaṇāḥ' (hosts of thunderbolts) from the previous verse. (they)

• गिरीणाम् (girīṇām) - of the mountains

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner, accordingly

• क्षिप्ताः (kṣiptāḥ) - thrown, hurled, cast, discharged

• कोटितुण्डावखण्डनैः (koṭituṇḍāvakhaṇḍanaiḥ) - By the destructive action of the thunderbolts' sharp, beak-like points. (by the breaking/shattering of pointed tips, by means of beak-like points)

• शिरांसि (śirāṁsi) - Mountain peaks. (heads, summits, peaks, tops)

• पातयामासुः (pātayāmāsuḥ) - they caused to fall, they threw down, they felled

• फलानि (phalāni) - Edible fruits from trees. (fruits, results, consequences)

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• उल्बणानिलाः (ulbaṇānilāḥ) - violent winds, fierce winds

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - Refers to the 'vajragaṇāḥ' (hosts of thunderbolts) from the previous verse. (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Subject of 'pātayāmāsuḥ'.

गिरीणाम् (girīṇām) - of the mountains

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of giri

giri - mountain, hill

Note: Associated with 'śirāṃsi' (summits of mountains).

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner, accordingly

(indeclinable)

क्षिप्ताः (kṣiptāḥ) - thrown, hurled, cast, discharged

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṣipta

kṣipta - thrown, cast, sent

Past Passive Participle

From √kṣip (to throw) + kta

Root: kṣip (class 6)

Note: Qualifies 'te' (the thunderbolts) as having been thrown.

कोटितुण्डावखण्डनैः (koṭituṇḍāvakhaṇḍanaiḥ) - By the destructive action of the thunderbolts' sharp, beak-like points. (by the breaking/shattering of pointed tips, by means of beak-like points)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of koṭituṇḍāvakhaṇḍana

koṭituṇḍāvakhaṇḍana - breaking by pointed tips, tearing by beak-like ends

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (koṭi-tuṇḍa+avakhaṇḍana)

• koṭi-tuṇḍa – pointed beak, sharp tip, extreme end
  noun (neuter)
• avakhaṇḍana – breaking off, tearing asunder, cutting, crushing
  noun (neuter)
  From ava-√khaṇḍ (to break) + lyuṭ
  Prefix: ava
  Root: khaṇḍ (class 10)

Note: Indicates the means by which the peaks were made to fall.

शिरांसि (śirāṁsi) - Mountain peaks. (heads, summits, peaks, tops)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śiras

śiras - head, summit, top

Note: Object of 'pātayāmāsuḥ'.

पातयामासुः (pātayāmāsuḥ) - they caused to fall, they threw down, they felled

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (lit) of pātayāmāsuḥ

Causative Perfect Active

3rd person plural of the periphrastic perfect of the causative stem of √pat (to fall).

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Subject is 'te'.

फलानि (phalāni) - Edible fruits from trees. (fruits, results, consequences)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence

Note: Object of comparison in the simile.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Forms the simile.

उल्बणानिलाः (ulbaṇānilāḥ) - violent winds, fierce winds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ulbaṇānila

ulbaṇānila - violent wind, fierce wind

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ulbaṇa+anila)

• ulbaṇa – excessive, fierce, violent, formidable
  adjective (masculine)
• anila – wind, air, god of wind
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the comparison in the simile.