योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-26, verse-51

फुल्लैककिंशुकवनं कुर्वद्दुर्वारवैरतः ।
पर्वतप्रतिमासंख्यं शवपूर्णमहार्णवम् ॥ ५१ ॥

phullaikakiṃśukavanaṃ kurvaddurvāravairataḥ ,
parvatapratimāsaṃkhyaṃ śavapūrṇamahārṇavam 51

51. phullaika-kiṃśukavanam kurvat durvāravairataḥ
parvatapratimāsaṃkhyam śavapūrṇamahārṇavam

51. (saḥ) durvāravairataḥ phullaika-kiṃśukavanam
kurvat parvatapratimāsaṃkhyam śavapūrṇamahārṇavam

51. Describing the demon, who is transforming the battlefield into a forest of fully bloomed kiṃśuka trees (red from carnage) through irresistible hostility, and creating a great ocean filled with corpses as numerous as mountains.

51. האיבה הבלתי מתפשרת הפכה את זירת הקרב ליער פורח של פרחי קִנְשׁוּקָה אדומים, ומילאה את האוקיינוס הגדול בהררי גוויות לאין מספר.

Words meanings summery:

• फुल्लैक-किंशुकवनम् (phullaika-kiṁśukavanam) - the battlefield transformed into a blood-red forest of kiṃśuka trees (a forest of single blooming kiṃśuka trees)

• कुर्वत् (kurvat) - causing (the battlefield to become) (making, doing, causing)

• दुर्वारवैरतः (durvāravairataḥ) - due to his unconquerable enmity (from irresistible hostility/enmity)

• पर्वतप्रतिमासंख्यम् (parvatapratimāsaṁkhyam) - (corpses) as numerous as mountains (whose number is comparable to mountains, as numerous as mountains)

• शवपूर्णमहार्णवम् (śavapūrṇamahārṇavam) - the great ocean filled with countless corpses (a great ocean full of corpses)

Words meanings and morphology

फुल्लैक-किंशुकवनम् (phullaika-kiṁśukavanam) - the battlefield transformed into a blood-red forest of kiṃśuka trees (a forest of single blooming kiṃśuka trees)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of phullaika-kiṃśukavana

phullaika-kiṁśukavana - a forest of blooming kiṃśuka trees

Compound describing a forest, with kiṃśuka trees, which are blooming. 'Eka' for emphasis on individual trees or for singular/unique.

Compound type : Tatpurusha (phulla+eka+kiṃśuka+vana)

• phulla – bloomed, open, expanded
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root phull (to blossom).
  Root: phull (class 1)
• eka – one, single, unique
  numeral / adjective
• kiṃśuka – Butea monosperma (palasha tree), whose flowers are bright red
  noun (masculine)
• vana – forest, grove, wood
  noun (neuter)
  Root: van (class 1)

Note: Object of the participle 'kurvat'.

कुर्वत् (kurvat) - causing (the battlefield to become) (making, doing, causing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kurvat

kurvat - making, doing

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of root kṛ (to do, make).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Participle describing the action of the implied subject (the demon).

दुर्वारवैरतः (durvāravairataḥ) - due to his unconquerable enmity (from irresistible hostility/enmity)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of durvāravaira

durvāravaira - irresistible hostility

Compound of durvāra (irresistible) and vaira (hostility).

Compound type : Karmadharaya (durvāra+vaira)

• durvāra – irresistible, unconquerable, difficult to restrain
  adjective
  Compound of dur (difficult) and vāra (restraining).
  Prefix: dur
  Root: vṛ (class 5)
• vaira – enmity, hostility, hatred
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from vīra (hero), implying hostility between powerful individuals.
  Root: vīr

Note: Indicates the cause or instrument of the action.

पर्वतप्रतिमासंख्यम् (parvatapratimāsaṁkhyam) - (corpses) as numerous as mountains (whose number is comparable to mountains, as numerous as mountains)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parvatapratimāsaṃkhya

parvatapratimāsaṁkhya - comparable in number to mountains

Compound of parvata (mountain), pratimā (likeness), and saṃkhya (number).

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (parvata+pratimā+saṃkhya)

• parvata – mountain
  noun (masculine)
• pratimā – likeness, image, comparison
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from prati-mā (to measure against).
  Prefix: prati
  Root: mā (class 2)
• saṃkhya – number, count, multitude, comparable to
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from sam-khyā (to count, compute).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Adjective modifying 'śavapūrṇamahārṇavam' or an implied object like 'śavān'.

शवपूर्णमहार्णवम् (śavapūrṇamahārṇavam) - the great ocean filled with countless corpses (a great ocean full of corpses)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śavapūrṇamahārṇava

śavapūrṇamahārṇava - a great ocean filled with corpses

Bahuvrihi compound, describing something that has an ocean filled with corpses. Metaphor for immense slaughter.

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (śava+pūrṇa+mahārṇava)

• śava – corpse, dead body
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śū
• pūrṇa – full, complete, filled with
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root pṛ (to fill).
  Root: pṛ (class 9)
• mahārṇava – great ocean
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of the participle 'kurvat'.

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