योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-73, verse-11

चर्वितानि शवाङ्गानि गृध्र्याऽऽगर्तानि वृद्धया ।
खड्गपृष्ठ्येव संग्रामे वीराङ्गानि जवेद्धया ॥ ११ ॥

carvitāni śavāṅgāni gṛdhryā''gartāni vṛddhayā ,
khaḍgapṛṣṭhyeva saṃgrāme vīrāṅgāni javeddhayā 11

11. carvitāni śavāṅgāni gṛdhryā āgartāni vṛddhayā
khaḍgapṛṣṭhī iva saṃgrāme vīrāṅgāni javeddhayā

11. vṛddhayā gṛdhryā śavāṅgāni carvitāni āgartāni
iva saṃgrāme javeddhayā khaḍgapṛṣṭhī vīrāṅgāni

11. Just as an old female vulture gnaws at the stirred-up limbs of corpses, so does a swift, powerful war-horse (khaḍgapṛṣṭhī) tear apart the limbs of heroes in battle.

Words meanings summery:

• चर्वितानि (carvitāni) - gnawed upon (chewed, gnawed upon, devoured)

• शवाङ्गानि (śavāṅgāni) - limbs of a corpse, body parts of a dead body

• गृध्र्या (gṛdhryā) - by a female vulture

• आगर्तानि (āgartāni) - stirred up, dug into, dismembered

• वृद्धया (vṛddhayā) - by the old (vulture) (by an old (one), by an aged (one))

• खड्गपृष्ठी (khaḍgapṛṣṭhī) - by a sword-backed (horse/mare); by a powerful war-horse (a sword-backed (horse/mare); a powerful war-horse)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• संग्रामे (saṁgrāme) - in battle, in war

• वीराङ्गानि (vīrāṅgāni) - limbs of heroes, body parts of heroes

• जवेद्धया (javeddhayā) - by the swift (war-horse/mare) (by a swift one (female); swiftly)

Words meanings and morphology

चर्वितानि (carvitāni) - gnawed upon (chewed, gnawed upon, devoured)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of carvita

carvita - chewed, eaten, tasted, devoured

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √carv (to chew) with suffix kta.

Root: carv (class 1)

शवाङ्गानि (śavāṅgāni) - limbs of a corpse, body parts of a dead body

(noun)

neuter, plural of śavāṅga

śavāṅga - limb of a corpse

Compound type : tatpurusha (śava+aṅga)

• śava – corpse, dead body
  noun (masculine/neuter)
• aṅga – limb, body part, constituent
  noun (neuter)

गृध्र्या (gṛdhryā) - by a female vulture

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of gṛdhrī

gṛdhrī - female vulture

आगर्तानि (āgartāni) - stirred up, dug into, dismembered

(adjective)

neuter, plural of āgarta

āgarta - stirred up, moved, agitated, dismembered

Past Passive Participle

From ā-√gṛt (to make a noise, to stir).

Prefix: ā

Root: gṛt

वृद्धया (vṛddhayā) - by the old (vulture) (by an old (one), by an aged (one))

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vṛddhā

vṛddhā - old, aged, grown, augmented; an old woman

Past Passive Participle

Feminine form of vṛddha, derived from √vṛdh (to grow).

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

खड्गपृष्ठी (khaḍgapṛṣṭhī) - by a sword-backed (horse/mare); by a powerful war-horse (a sword-backed (horse/mare); a powerful war-horse)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of khaḍgapṛṣṭhī

khaḍgapṛṣṭhī - sword-backed (horse/mare), a specific type of war-horse, powerful steed

Compound type : bahuvrihi (khaḍga+pṛṣṭha)

• khaḍga – sword, scimitar
  noun (masculine)
• pṛṣṭha – back, surface, top
  noun (neuter)

Note: The word form khaḍgapṛṣṭhī is the lemma. In this context, based on the sandhi khaḍgapṛṣṭhyeva which is khaḍgapṛṣṭhyā + iva (ā + i = e), it functions in the instrumental singular, parallel to gṛdhryā and javeddhayā.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

संग्रामे (saṁgrāme) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃgrāma

saṁgrāma - battle, war, fight, combat

वीराङ्गानि (vīrāṅgāni) - limbs of heroes, body parts of heroes

(noun)

neuter, plural of vīrāṅga

vīrāṅga - limb of a hero

Compound type : tatpurusha (vīra+aṅga)

• vīra – hero, brave man
  noun (masculine)
• aṅga – limb, body part, constituent
  noun (neuter)

जवेद्धया (javeddhayā) - by the swift (war-horse/mare) (by a swift one (female); swiftly)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of javeddhī

javeddhī - swift, rapid (feminine noun/adjective for a swift mare)