योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-10, verse-4

तापशुष्कवपुः कृत्तिरन्ध्रस्फुरिततित्तिरि ।
संशुष्कान्त्रोदरगुहाछायाविश्रान्तदर्दुरम् ॥ ४ ॥

tāpaśuṣkavapuḥ kṛttirandhrasphuritatittiri ,
saṃśuṣkāntrodaraguhāchāyāviśrāntadarduram 4

4. tāpaśuṣkavapuḥ kṛttirandhrasphuritatittiri
saṃśuṣkāntrodaraguhāchāyāviśrāntadarduram

4. tāpaśuṣkavapuḥ kṛttirandhrasphuritatittiri
saṃśuṣkāntrodaraguhāchāyāviśrāntadarduram

4. (The skeletal frame was) whose body was withered by intense suffering; where quails (tittiri) fluttered in the openings of its skin; and where frogs (dardura) rested in the shade of the cave-like hollow of its completely dried intestines and belly.

Words meanings summery:

• तापशुष्कवपुः (tāpaśuṣkavapuḥ) - describing the skeletal body as severely emaciated due to intense suffering or penance (whose body is withered by heat/suffering)

• कृत्तिरन्ध्रस्फुरिततित्तिरि (kṛttirandhrasphuritatittiri) - further emphasizing the skeletal body's extreme emaciation and desolation, with skin reduced to mere holes (where quails flutter in the holes of its skin)

• संशुष्कान्त्रोदरगुहाछायाविश्रान्तदर्दुरम् (saṁśuṣkāntrodaraguhāchāyāviśrāntadarduram) - vividly describing the extreme emaciation, implying the organs have shrunk to form cave-like hollows, inhabited by frogs (where frogs rested in the shade of the cave-like hollow of its completely dried intestines and belly)

Words meanings and morphology

तापशुष्कवपुः (tāpaśuṣkavapuḥ) - describing the skeletal body as severely emaciated due to intense suffering or penance (whose body is withered by heat/suffering)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tāpaśuṣkavapus

tāpaśuṣkavapus - one whose body (vapus) is dried (śuṣka) by heat or suffering (tāpa)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tāpa+śuṣka+vapus)

• tāpa – heat, fever, pain, suffering, austerity
  noun (masculine)
  Root: tap (class 1)
• śuṣka – dried, withered, parched, emaciated
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of √śuṣ (to dry, wither)
  Root: śuṣ (class 4)
• vapus – body, form, figure, shape
  noun (neuter)

Note: Despite the internal nominative ending, this compound functions as an adjective in the accusative case, qualifying 'kāyakaṅkālam'.

कृत्तिरन्ध्रस्फुरिततित्तिरि (kṛttirandhrasphuritatittiri) - further emphasizing the skeletal body's extreme emaciation and desolation, with skin reduced to mere holes (where quails flutter in the holes of its skin)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṛttirandhrasphuritatittiri

kṛttirandhrasphuritatittiri - (one) where quails (tittiri) flutter (sphurita) in the holes (randhra) of the skin (kṛtti)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛtti+randhra+sphurita+tittiri)

• kṛtti – skin, hide, bark, rind
  noun (feminine)
• randhra – hole, aperture, cavity, opening
  noun (neuter)
• sphurita – trembling, throbbing, pulsating, fluttering
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of √sphur (to throb, quiver, flash)
  Root: sphur (class 6)
• tittiri – quail, partridge
  noun (masculine)

Note: Despite the internal nominative ending, this compound functions as an adjective in the accusative case, qualifying 'kāyakaṅkālam'.

संशुष्कान्त्रोदरगुहाछायाविश्रान्तदर्दुरम् (saṁśuṣkāntrodaraguhāchāyāviśrāntadarduram) - vividly describing the extreme emaciation, implying the organs have shrunk to form cave-like hollows, inhabited by frogs (where frogs rested in the shade of the cave-like hollow of its completely dried intestines and belly)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of saṃśuṣkāntrodaraguhāchāyāviśrāntadardura

saṁśuṣkāntrodaraguhāchāyāviśrāntadardura - (one) where frogs (dardura) rested (viśrānta) in the shade (chāyā) of the cave-like (guhā) hollow of the completely dried (saṃśuṣka) intestines (antra) and belly (udara)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (saṃśuṣka+antra+udara+guhā+chāyā+viśrānta+dardura)

• saṃśuṣka – completely dried, utterly parched, highly withered
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of sam-√śuṣ (to dry up completely)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: śuṣ (class 4)
• antra – intestine, gut, bowel
  noun (neuter)
• udara – belly, abdomen, interior
  noun (neuter)
• guhā – cave, cavern, grotto, hollow
  noun (feminine)
• chāyā – shade, shadow, reflection, image
  noun (feminine)
• viśrānta – rested, calmed, ceased, reposed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of vi-√śram (to rest, cease from toil)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: śram (class 4)
• dardura – frog, toad
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'kāyakaṅkālam' from the previous verse.

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