योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-15, verse-15

पश्य मे विततास्येन तापसंशुष्ककृत्तिना ।
मत्कङ्कालकुवक्रेण वित्रास्यन्ते वने मृगाः ॥ १५ ॥

paśya me vitatāsyena tāpasaṃśuṣkakṛttinā ,
matkaṅkālakuvakreṇa vitrāsyante vane mṛgāḥ 15

15. paśya me vitatāsyena tāpasa-śuṣka-kṛttinā
madkaṅkālakuvakreṇa vitrāsyante vane mṛgāḥ

15. paśya,
vane mṛgāḥ me vitatāsyena tāpasa-śuṣka-kṛttinā madkaṅkālakuvakreṇa vitrāsyante.

15. Behold, in this forest, the deer are terrified by my wide-open, skeletal, and dreadful mouth (mat-kaṅkāla-kuvakra), whose skin is dried up like that of an ascetic.

Words meanings summery:

• पश्य (paśya) - see, behold

• मे (me) - my, of me

• विततास्येन (vitatāsyena) - by the wide-open mouth

• तापस-शुष्क-कृत्तिना (tāpasa-śuṣka-kṛttinā) - by the skin dried like an ascetic's

• मद्कङ्कालकुवक्रेण (madkaṅkālakuvakreṇa) - by my skeletal, dreadful mouth

• वित्रास्यन्ते (vitrāsyante) - are being terrified

• वने (vane) - in the forest

• मृगाः (mṛgāḥ) - deer, wild animals

Words meanings and morphology

पश्य (paśya) - see, behold

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

मे (me) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Enclitic form of the first person pronoun.

विततास्येन (vitatāsyena) - by the wide-open mouth

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of vitatāsya

vitatāsya - wide-open mouth

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vitata+āsya)

• vitata – stretched, expanded, wide-open
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: vi
  Root: tan (class 8)
• āsya – mouth, face
  noun (neuter)

तापस-शुष्क-कृत्तिना (tāpasa-śuṣka-kṛttinā) - by the skin dried like an ascetic's

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tāpasa-śuṣka-kṛttin

tāpasa-śuṣka-kṛttin - having skin dried like an ascetic's

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tāpasa+śuṣka+kṛttin)

• tāpasa – ascetic, hermit; relating to asceticism
  noun (masculine)
• śuṣka – dry, withered
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: śuṣ (class 4)
• kṛttin – skin, hide
  noun (feminine)

Note: Adjectival compound agreeing with 'madkaṅkālakuvakreṇa'.

मद्कङ्कालकुवक्रेण (madkaṅkālakuvakreṇa) - by my skeletal, dreadful mouth

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of madkaṅkālakuvakra

madkaṅkālakuvakra - my skeletal dreadful mouth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mad+kaṅkāla+kuvakra)

• mad – my, of me
  pronoun
• kaṅkāla – skeleton, bare bones
  noun (masculine)
• kuvakra – dreadful mouth (lit. bad mouth/crooked mouth)
  noun (neuter)

Note: Internal sandhi is preserved in the word form.

वित्रास्यन्ते (vitrāsyante) - are being terrified

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (lat) of trās

Prefix: vi

Root: trās (class 1)

Note: Causative passive form of root 'trās'.

वने (vane) - in the forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood

मृगाः (mṛgāḥ) - deer, wild animals

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal

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