योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-49, verse-28

नारीकृतार्भकशवा हस्ताकृष्टान्त्ररज्जवः ।
श्वकाकोलूकवदना निम्नवक्त्रहनूदराः ॥ २८ ॥

nārīkṛtārbhakaśavā hastākṛṣṭāntrarajjavaḥ ,
śvakākolūkavadanā nimnavaktrahanūdarāḥ 28

28. nārīkṛtārbhakaśavāḥ hastākṛṣṭāntrarajjavaḥ
śvakākolūkavadanāḥ nimnavaktrahanūdarāḥ

28. (te āsan) nārīkṛtārbhakaśavāḥ,
hastākṛṣṭāntrarajjavaḥ,
śvakākolūkavadanāḥ,
nimnavaktrahanūdarāḥ.

28. They had transformed women into infant corpses, and their intestines were pulled out by their hands like ropes. Their faces resembled those of dogs, crows, and owls, and their mouths, jaws, and bellies were sunken.

Words meanings summery:

• नारीकृतार्भकशवाः (nārīkṛtārbhakaśavāḥ) - who had transformed women into infant corpses, having infant corpses made from women

• हस्ताकृष्टान्त्ररज्जवः (hastākṛṣṭāntrarajjavaḥ) - whose intestines were pulled out by their hands like ropes

• श्वकाकोलूकवदनाः (śvakākolūkavadanāḥ) - whose faces resembled those of dogs, crows, and owls

• निम्नवक्त्रहनूदराः (nimnavaktrahanūdarāḥ) - whose mouths, jaws, and bellies were sunken

Words meanings and morphology

नारीकृतार्भकशवाः (nārīkṛtārbhakaśavāḥ) - who had transformed women into infant corpses, having infant corpses made from women

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nārīkṛtārbhakaśava

nārīkṛtārbhakaśava - who had transformed women into infant corpses

Bahuvrihi compound: nārī (women) + kṛta (made, done) + arbhaka (infant) + śava (corpse)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nārī+kṛta+arbhaka+śava)

• nārī – woman, female
  noun (feminine)
• kṛta – made, done, created, caused
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• arbhaka – child, infant, small
  noun (masculine)
• śava – corpse, dead body
  noun (masculine)

Note: Describes the gruesome nature of the pishachas.

हस्ताकृष्टान्त्ररज्जवः (hastākṛṣṭāntrarajjavaḥ) - whose intestines were pulled out by their hands like ropes

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of hastākṛṣṭāntrarajju

hastākṛṣṭāntrarajju - whose intestines were pulled out by hands like ropes

Bahuvrihi compound: hasta (hand) + ākṛṣṭa (pulled out) + antra (intestines) + rajju (rope)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (hasta+ākṛṣṭa+antra+rajju)

• hasta – hand
  noun (masculine)
• ākṛṣṭa – pulled, drawn out, attracted
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √kṛṣ (to pull, draw) with prefix ā-
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛṣ (class 1)
• antra – intestine, gut
  noun (neuter)
• rajju – rope, cord
  noun (feminine)

Note: Describes another gruesome physical characteristic.

श्वकाकोलूकवदनाः (śvakākolūkavadanāḥ) - whose faces resembled those of dogs, crows, and owls

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śvakākolūkavadana

śvakākolūkavadana - having faces of dogs, crows, and owls

Bahuvrihi compound: śvan (dog) + kāka (crow) + ulūka (owl) + vadana (face)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śvan+kāka+ulūka+vadana)

• śvan – dog
  noun (masculine)
• kāka – crow
  noun (masculine)
• ulūka – owl
  noun (masculine)
• vadana – face, mouth
  noun (neuter)

Note: Describes their animalistic and frightening faces.

निम्नवक्त्रहनूदराः (nimnavaktrahanūdarāḥ) - whose mouths, jaws, and bellies were sunken

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nimnavaktrahanūdara

nimnavaktrahanūdara - having sunken faces, jaws, and bellies

Bahuvrihi compound: nimna (sunken) + vaktra (mouth/face) + hanu (jaw) + udara (belly)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nimna+vaktra+hanu+udara)

• nimna – sunken, depressed, deep
  adjective (masculine)
• vaktra – mouth, face
  noun (neuter)
• hanu – jaw, chin
  noun (feminine)
• udara – belly, abdomen
  noun (neuter)

Note: Describes their emaciated and dreadful appearance.