योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-49, verse-36

ततः पिशाचवेतालरूपिकोग्रकबन्धवत् ।
तद्बभूव बलं भीममुर्वीनिगरणक्षमम् ॥ ३६ ॥

tataḥ piśācavetālarūpikograkabandhavat ,
tadbabhūva balaṃ bhīmamurvīnigaraṇakṣamam 36

36. tataḥ piśācavetālarūpikograkabandhavat tat
babhūva balam bhīmam urvīnigaraṇakṣamam

36. tataḥ tat bhīmam balam piśācavetālarūpikograkabandhavat
urvīnigaraṇakṣamam babhūva

36. Then that dreadful army became like terrible, headless trunks in the form of piśācas and vetālās, capable of swallowing the entire earth.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - following the rise of the vetālās (then, thence)

• पिशाचवेतालरूपिकोग्रकबन्धवत् (piśācavetālarūpikograkabandhavat) - describes the transformed army as terrifying, headless beings resembling piśācas and vetālas (like terrible headless trunks having the form of piśācas and vetālas)

• तत् (tat) - that specific army (mentioned in prior verses) (that, it)

• बभूव (babhūva) - the army transformed into this dreadful form (it became, it was)

• बलम् (balam) - the military force of the king (army, force, strength)

• भीमम् (bhīmam) - the army was terrifying in its aspect (dreadful, terrible, mighty)

• उर्वीनिगरणक्षमम् (urvīnigaraṇakṣamam) - the army's immense and destructive power (capable of swallowing the earth)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - following the rise of the vetālās (then, thence)

(indeclinable)

पिशाचवेतालरूपिकोग्रकबन्धवत् (piśācavetālarūpikograkabandhavat) - describes the transformed army as terrifying, headless beings resembling piśācas and vetālas (like terrible headless trunks having the form of piśācas and vetālas)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of piśācavetālarūpikograkabandhavat

piśācavetālarūpikograkabandhavat - like terrible headless trunks having the form of piśācas and vetālas

complex compound ending in -vat (like, similar to)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (piśāca+vetāla+rūpika+ugra+kabandha+vat)

• piśāca – ghoul, demon
  noun (masculine)
• vetāla – vampire, demon possessing corpses
  noun (masculine)
• rūpika – having the form of, resembling
  adjective (masculine)
  from rūpa + ika
• ugra – fierce, terrible, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• kabandha – headless trunk, torso
  noun (masculine)
• vat – like, similar to
  indeclinable
  suffix indicating similarity

Note: Compound describes 'balam'.

तत् (tat) - that specific army (mentioned in prior verses) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers to 'balam'.

बभूव (babhūva) - the army transformed into this dreadful form (it became, it was)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of bhū

perfect

perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: bhū (class 1)

बलम् (balam) - the military force of the king (army, force, strength)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, army, force

Root: bal (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'babhūva'.

भीमम् (bhīmam) - the army was terrifying in its aspect (dreadful, terrible, mighty)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhīma

bhīma - dreadful, terrible, formidable

from root bhī 'to fear'

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Describes 'balam'.

उर्वीनिगरणक्षमम् (urvīnigaraṇakṣamam) - the army's immense and destructive power (capable of swallowing the earth)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of urvīnigaraṇakṣama

urvīnigaraṇakṣama - capable of swallowing the earth

compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (urvī+nigaraṇa+kṣama)

• urvī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• nigaraṇa – swallowing, gulping down
  noun (neuter)
  verbal noun
  from ni + gṛ 'to swallow'
  Prefix: ni
  Root: gṛ (class 6)
• kṣama – capable, able, fit for
  adjective (neuter)
  from root kṣam 'to be able'
  Root: kṣam (class 1)

Note: Describes 'balam'.