योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-50, verse-33

शक्तिकोटिनखैर्दैत्यः सिन्धुरुद्घुरकन्धरः ।
सरःस्थलस्थनागेन्द्रकरफूत्कृतवारिवत् ॥ ३३ ॥

śaktikoṭinakhairdaityaḥ sindhurudghurakandharaḥ ,
saraḥsthalasthanāgendrakaraphūtkṛtavārivat 33

33. śakti-koṭi-nakhaiḥ daityaḥ sindhuḥ uddhura-kandharaḥ
saraḥ-sthala-stha-nāgendra-kara-phūtkṛta-vāri-vat

33. śakti-koṭi-nakhaiḥ daityaḥ uddhura-kandharaḥ sindhuḥ
saraḥ-sthala-stha-nāgendra-kara-phūtkṛta-vāri-vat

33. The demon (daitya), [torn] by nails (nakhaiḥ) like ten million spears (śakti-koṭi), [struggled] with his neck raised (uddhura-kandharaḥ) like an ocean (sindhu), [churned] like water (vārivat) agitated by the snorting trunk (kara-phūtkṛta) of a lordly elephant (nāgendra) standing in a lake (saraḥ-sthala-stha).

Words meanings summery:

• शक्ति-कोटि-नखैः (śakti-koṭi-nakhaiḥ) - by [Nṛsiṃha's] nails, which were sharp and powerful as ten million spears (by nails like ten million spears, by nails with the power of ten million spears)

• दैत्यः (daityaḥ) - demon, son of Diti

• सिन्धुः (sindhuḥ) - ocean, sea, river, Indus river

• उद्धुर-कन्धरः (uddhura-kandharaḥ) - with an uplifted neck, having a raised neck

• सरः-स्थल-स्थ-नागेन्द्र-कर-फूत्कृत-वारि-वत् (saraḥ-sthala-stha-nāgendra-kara-phūtkṛta-vāri-vat) - like water agitated by the snorting trunk of a great elephant standing in a lake-place

Words meanings and morphology

शक्ति-कोटि-नखैः (śakti-koṭi-nakhaiḥ) - by [Nṛsiṃha's] nails, which were sharp and powerful as ten million spears (by nails like ten million spears, by nails with the power of ten million spears)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śakti-koṭi-nakha

śakti-koṭi-nakha - nails like ten million spears, nails with the power of ten million spears

Compound: śakti (spear/power) + koṭi (ten million) + nakha (nail)

Compound type : upameya-tatpuruṣa or bahuvrīhi (implicit) (śakti+koṭi+nakha)

• śakti – power, energy, capability, spear, divine feminine power (śakti)
  noun (feminine)
  Root śak (to be able)
  Root: śak (class 5)
• koṭi – ten million, crore, peak, tip, end
  noun (feminine)
• nakha – nail, claw
  noun (masculine)

दैत्यः (daityaḥ) - demon, son of Diti

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of daitya

daitya - demon, son of Diti, a race of mythical beings hostile to the gods

Patronymic from Diti

सिन्धुः (sindhuḥ) - ocean, sea, river, Indus river

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sindhu

sindhu - ocean, sea, river, stream, the Indus river

उद्धुर-कन्धरः (uddhura-kandharaḥ) - with an uplifted neck, having a raised neck

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uddhura-kandhara

uddhura-kandhara - having an uplifted neck, with a raised neck

Compound: ud-dhura (raised, uplifted) + kandhara (neck)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (uddhura+kandhara)

• uddhura – raised, uplifted, excellent, prominent
  adjective (masculine)
  From ud (up) + dhṛ (to hold/bear)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• kandhara – neck, throat
  noun (masculine)

सरः-स्थल-स्थ-नागेन्द्र-कर-फूत्कृत-वारि-वत् (saraḥ-sthala-stha-nāgendra-kara-phūtkṛta-vāri-vat) - like water agitated by the snorting trunk of a great elephant standing in a lake-place

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saraḥ-sthala-stha-nāgendra-kara-phūtkṛta-vāri-vat

saraḥ-sthala-stha-nāgendra-kara-phūtkṛta-vāri-vat - like water agitated by the snorting trunk of a great elephant standing in a lake-place

Complex compound ending in -vat (like)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa / upamāna-karma-dhāraya (saras+sthala+stha+nāga-indra+kara+phūtkṛta+vāri+vat)

• saras – lake, pond, pool
  noun (neuter)
• sthala – place, ground, dry land
  noun (neuter)
• stha – standing, situated, existing in
  adjective (masculine)
  From root sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• nāga-indra – lordly elephant, great elephant
  noun (masculine)
  Compound: nāga (elephant) + indra (chief/lord)
• kara – hand, arm, trunk (of an elephant), ray (of light), tax
  noun (masculine)
• phūtkṛta – snorted, blown, agitated by blowing/snorting, made a 'phūt' sound
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From the denominative verb phūtkṛ (to snort, to blow)
  Root: phūtkṛ (class 1)
• vāri – water
  noun (neuter)
• vat – like, as, similar to
  indeclinable
  Suffix forming adjectives/adverbs of comparison

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