योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-29, verse-32

कण्ठलम्बिशिरस्त्राणचटत्कारोग्रभीतयः ।
शिखाशतशिलाप्रोता देहभागविलम्बिनः ॥ ३२ ॥

kaṇṭhalambiśirastrāṇacaṭatkārograbhītayaḥ ,
śikhāśataśilāprotā dehabhāgavilambinaḥ 32

32. kaṇṭha-lambi-śirastrāṇa-caṭat-kāra-ugra-bhītayaḥ
śikhā-śata-śilā-protāḥ deha-bhāga-vilambinaḥ

32. kaṇṭha-lambi-śirastrāṇa-caṭat-kāra-ugra-bhītayaḥ (ca)
śikhā-śata-śilā-protāḥ deha-bhāga-vilambinaḥ (ca āsan)

32. (They were also those) whose helmets, hanging from their necks with a cracking sound, caused intense fear; and whose many topknots, pierced by stones, dangled from various parts of their bodies.

32. קובעיהם תלויים על צוואריהם בקול נפץ מחריד, גופותיהם משפודות על מאות צוקים חדים וחלקי גופם משתלשלים בסלעים.

Words meanings summery:

• कण्ठ-लम्बि-शिरस्त्राण-चटत्-कार-उग्र-भीतयः (kaṇṭha-lambi-śirastrāṇa-caṭat-kāra-ugra-bhītayaḥ) - (those) whose helmets, hanging from their necks with a cracking sound, caused intense fear. (having terrible fear from the cracking sound of helmets hanging from the neck)

• शिखा-शत-शिला-प्रोताः (śikhā-śata-śilā-protāḥ) - (those) whose many topknots were pierced by stones (whose many topknots are pierced by stones)

• देह-भाग-विलम्बिनः (deha-bhāga-vilambinaḥ) - (those) whose (pierced topknots) dangled from various parts of their bodies. (having parts hanging from the body)

Words meanings and morphology

कण्ठ-लम्बि-शिरस्त्राण-चटत्-कार-उग्र-भीतयः (kaṇṭha-lambi-śirastrāṇa-caṭat-kāra-ugra-bhītayaḥ) - (those) whose helmets, hanging from their necks with a cracking sound, caused intense fear. (having terrible fear from the cracking sound of helmets hanging from the neck)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaṇṭha-lambi-śirastrāṇa-caṭat-kāra-ugra-bhīti

kaṇṭha-lambi-śirastrāṇa-caṭat-kāra-ugra-bhīti - (one) having intense fear from the cracking sound of helmets hanging from the neck

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (kaṇṭha+lambi+śirastrāṇa+caṭat+kāra+ugra+bhīti)

• kaṇṭha – neck, throat
  noun (masculine)
• lambin – hanging, dangling
  adjective (masculine)
  from √lamb (to hang)
  Root: √lamb (class 1)
• śirastrāṇa – helmet, head protection
  noun (neuter)
• caṭat – cracking, snapping
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  from √caṭ (to crack, break)
  Root: √caṭ (class 1)
• kāra – making, doing, sound
  noun (masculine)
  from √kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: √kṛ (class 8)
• ugra – fierce, terrible, intense
  adjective
• bhīti – fear, terror
  noun (feminine)
  from √bhī (to fear)
  Root: √bhī (class 3)

Note: refers to the asuras (demons).

शिखा-शत-शिला-प्रोताः (śikhā-śata-śilā-protāḥ) - (those) whose many topknots were pierced by stones (whose many topknots are pierced by stones)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śikhā-śata-śilā-prota

śikhā-śata-śilā-prota - having many topknots pierced by stones

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (śikhā+śata+śilā+prota)

• śikhā – topknot, tuft of hair, flame
  noun (feminine)
• śata – hundred, many
  noun (neuter)
• śilā – stone, rock
  noun (feminine)
• prota – pierced, strung, threaded
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from pra-√ve (to weave, thread, pierce)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: √ve (class 2)

Note: refers to the asuras (demons).

देह-भाग-विलम्बिनः (deha-bhāga-vilambinaḥ) - (those) whose (pierced topknots) dangled from various parts of their bodies. (having parts hanging from the body)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deha-bhāga-vilambin

deha-bhāga-vilambin - having hanging parts of the body

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (deha+bhāga+vilambin)

• deha – body
  noun (masculine)
  Root: √dih (class 4)
• bhāga – part, portion, share
  noun (masculine)
  from √bhaj
  Root: √bhaj (class 1)
• vilambin – hanging down, dangling, suspended
  adjective (masculine)
  from vi-√lamb (to hang down)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: √lamb (class 1)

Note: refers to the asuras (demons), linking to the previous description.

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