योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-28, verse-10

शैलोपमायुधविघट्टितभूधराणि रक्ताम्बुपूरपरिपूर्णमहार्णवानि ।
दैवासुरेन्द्रशवशैलविरूढकुन्ततालीवनानि ककुभां वदनानि चासन् ॥ १० ॥

śailopamāyudhavighaṭṭitabhūdharāṇi raktāmbupūraparipūrṇamahārṇavāni ,
daivāsurendraśavaśailavirūḍhakuntatālīvanāni kakubhāṃ vadanāni cāsan 10

10. śaila-upamā-āyudha-vighaṭṭita-bhūdharāṇi
rakta-ambu-pūra-paripūrṇa-mahā-arṇavāni |
daiva-asura-indra-śava-śaila-virūḍha-kunta-tālī-vanāni
kakubhām vadanāni ca āsan ||

10. kakubhām vadanāni śaila-upamā-āyudha-vighaṭṭita-bhūdharāṇi,
rakta-ambu-pūra-paripūrṇa-mahā-arṇavāni,
daiva-asura-indra-śava-śaila-virūḍha-kunta-tālī-vanāni ca āsan.

10. The quarters of the world became a scene where mountains were shattered by mountain-like weapons, vast oceans were completely filled with surging torrents of blood, and where forests of spear-like palmyra trees grew upon the mountain-like corpses of the leading gods and asuras.

10. קצות השמיים הפכו להרים המנותצים מכלי נשק כבדים, לאוקיינוסים המלאים בנחלי דם, ולחורשות דקלים המלבלבות מתוך הרי הגוויות של מנהיגי האלים והשדים.

Words meanings summery:

• शैल-उपमा-आयुध-विघट्टित-भूधराणि (śaila-upamā-āyudha-vighaṭṭita-bhūdharāṇi) - mountain ranges shattered by rock-like weapons (mountains shattered by mountain-like weapons)

• रक्त-अम्बु-पूर-परिपूर्ण-महा-अर्णवानि (rakta-ambu-pūra-paripūrṇa-mahā-arṇavāni) - vast oceans completely filled with surging torrents of blood (great oceans completely filled with torrents of blood-water)

• दैव-असुर-इन्द्र-शव-शैल-विरूढ-कुन्त-ताली-वनानि (daiva-asura-indra-śava-śaila-virūḍha-kunta-tālī-vanāni) - forests of spear-like palmyra trees that grew upon the mountain-like corpses of the leading gods and asuras (forests of palmyra trees with spears growing from the mountain-like corpses of chief gods and asuras)

• ककुभाम् (kakubhām) - of the quarters of the world (of the directions/quarters)

• वदनानि (vadanāni) - faces (here meaning 'regions' or 'aspects') (faces, mouths, surfaces)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• आसन् (āsan) - became (they were, they existed)

Words meanings and morphology

शैल-उपमा-आयुध-विघट्टित-भूधराणि (śaila-upamā-āyudha-vighaṭṭita-bhūdharāṇi) - mountain ranges shattered by rock-like weapons (mountains shattered by mountain-like weapons)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śaila-upamā-āyudha-vighaṭṭita-bhūdhara

śaila-upamā-āyudha-vighaṭṭita-bhūdhara - (neuter plural) mountains shattered by mountain-like weapons

Compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śaila+upamā+āyudha+vighaṭṭita+bhūdhara)

• śaila – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)
• upamā – comparison, likeness, simile
  noun (feminine)
• āyudha – weapon, implement
  noun (neuter)
• vighaṭṭita – shattered, broken, struck (past passive participle of `vi-ghaṭṭ`)
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root ghaṭṭ with upasarga vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: ghaṭṭ (class 10)
• bhūdhara – mountain (earth-bearer)
  noun (masculine)
  Compound: bhū (earth) + dhara (bearer)

Note: Agrees with `vadanāni`.

रक्त-अम्बु-पूर-परिपूर्ण-महा-अर्णवानि (rakta-ambu-pūra-paripūrṇa-mahā-arṇavāni) - vast oceans completely filled with surging torrents of blood (great oceans completely filled with torrents of blood-water)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of rakta-ambu-pūra-paripūrṇa-mahā-arṇava

rakta-ambu-pūra-paripūrṇa-mahā-arṇava - (neuter plural) great oceans completely filled with torrents of blood-water

Compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rakta+ambu+pūra+paripūrṇa+mahā+arṇava)

• rakta – blood, red
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root rañj (to redden)
  Root: rañj (class 1)
• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)
• pūra – flood, torrent, abundance
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root pṛ (to fill)
  Root: pṛ (class 3)
• paripūrṇa – completely filled, abundant (past passive participle of `pari-pṛ`)
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root pṛ with upasarga pari
  Prefix: pari
  Root: pṛ (class 3)
• mahā – great, large
  adjective (masculine)
  Often used as a prefix for 'great'
• arṇava – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with `vadanāni`.

दैव-असुर-इन्द्र-शव-शैल-विरूढ-कुन्त-ताली-वनानि (daiva-asura-indra-śava-śaila-virūḍha-kunta-tālī-vanāni) - forests of spear-like palmyra trees that grew upon the mountain-like corpses of the leading gods and asuras (forests of palmyra trees with spears growing from the mountain-like corpses of chief gods and asuras)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of daiva-asura-indra-śava-śaila-virūḍha-kunta-tālī-vana

daiva-asura-indra-śava-śaila-virūḍha-kunta-tālī-vana - (neuter plural) forests of palmyra trees with spears growing from the mountain-like corpses of chief gods and asuras

Complex compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (daiva+asura+indra+śava+śaila+virūḍha+kunta+tālī-vana)

• daiva – divine, of gods
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from deva (god)
• asura – demon, asura
  noun (masculine)
• indra – chief, lord, king
  noun (masculine)
• śava – corpse, dead body
  noun (neuter)
• śaila – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)
• virūḍha – grown, sprung up, sprouted (past passive participle of `vi-ruh`)
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root ruh with upasarga vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: ruh (class 1)
• kunta – spear, lance
  noun (masculine)
• tālī-vana – palmyra tree forest, a forest of palmyra palms
  noun (neuter)
  Compound: tālī (palmyra palm) + vana (forest)

Note: Agrees with `vadanāni`.

ककुभाम् (kakubhām) - of the quarters of the world (of the directions/quarters)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of kakubh

kakubh - direction, quarter of the sky

Root kak- 'to shine', suffix -ubh. Feminine noun.

वदनानि (vadanāni) - faces (here meaning 'regions' or 'aspects') (faces, mouths, surfaces)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of vadana

vadana - face, mouth, surface, aspect

From root vad (to speak)

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Subject of `āsan`.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

आसन् (āsan) - became (they were, they existed)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Imperfect Active

Third person plural imperfect of root as

Root: as (class 2)

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