योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-57, verse-50

अस्थिखण्डार्गलामूर्धपिधानाः स्नायुश्रृंखलाः ।
जगद्देहा जरज्जीवरक्तमांससमुवद्गकाः ॥ ५० ॥

asthikhaṇḍārgalāmūrdhapidhānāḥ snāyuśrṛṃkhalāḥ ,
jagaddehā jarajjīvaraktamāṃsasamuvadgakāḥ 50

50. asthikhaṇḍārgalamūrdhapidhānāḥ snāyuśṛṅkhalāḥ
jagaddehāḥ jarajjīvaraktamāṃsasamudvargakāḥ

50. jagaddehāḥ asthikhaṇḍārgalamūrdhapidhānāḥ
snāyuśṛṅkhalāḥ jarajjīvaraktamāṃsasamudvargakāḥ

50. The bodies of the world are secured by bone fragments serving as cross-bars and skull-tops as coverings. They are bound by chains of sinews and are heaps swelling with decaying vital blood and flesh.

50. גופי היצורים בעולם הם כתיבות של דם ובשר עבור נשמות בלויות, עם פיסות עצם כמנעולים, גולגולות כמכסים וגידים ככבלים.

Words meanings summery:

• अस्थिखण्डार्गलमूर्धपिधानाः (asthikhaṇḍārgalamūrdhapidhānāḥ) - having bone fragments as bolts and skull-tops as coverings

• स्नायुशृङ्खलाः (snāyuśṛṅkhalāḥ) - having chains of sinews, sinew-bound

• जगद्देहाः (jagaddehāḥ) - bodies of the world, worldly bodies

• जरज्जीवरक्तमांससमुद्वर्गकाः (jarajjīvaraktamāṁsasamudvargakāḥ) - masses/heaps swelling with decaying vital blood and flesh

Words meanings and morphology

अस्थिखण्डार्गलमूर्धपिधानाः (asthikhaṇḍārgalamūrdhapidhānāḥ) - having bone fragments as bolts and skull-tops as coverings

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of asthikhaṇḍārgalamūrdhapidhāna

asthikhaṇḍārgalamūrdhapidhāna - having bone fragments as bolts and skull-tops as coverings

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (asthi+khaṇḍa+argala+mūrdhan+pidhāna)

• asthi – bone
  noun (neuter)
• khaṇḍa – fragment, piece
  noun (masculine)
• argala – bolt, cross-bar
  noun (masculine/neuter)
• mūrdhan – head, skull-top
  noun (masculine)
• pidhāna – covering, lid
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adjective describing 'jagaddehāḥ'.

स्नायुशृङ्खलाः (snāyuśṛṅkhalāḥ) - having chains of sinews, sinew-bound

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of snāyuśṛṅkhalā

snāyuśṛṅkhalā - chain of sinews, sinew-bound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (snāyu+śṛṅkhalā)

• snāyu – sinew, tendon
  noun (masculine/feminine)
• śṛṅkhalā – chain, fetter
  noun (feminine)

Note: Adjective describing 'jagaddehāḥ'.

जगद्देहाः (jagaddehāḥ) - bodies of the world, worldly bodies

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jagaddeha

jagaddeha - bodies of the world, worldly bodies

Internal sandhi: 'jagat' + 'deha' -> 'jagaddeha'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jagat+deha)

• jagat – world, universe, moving
  noun (neuter)
• deha – body
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the implied sentence.

जरज्जीवरक्तमांससमुद्वर्गकाः (jarajjīvaraktamāṁsasamudvargakāḥ) - masses/heaps swelling with decaying vital blood and flesh

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jarajjīvaraktamāṃsasamudvargaka

jarajjīvaraktamāṁsasamudvargaka - masses/heaps swelling with decaying vital blood and flesh

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jarat+jīva+rakta+māṃsa+samudvargaka)

• jarat – decaying, old, wasting away
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  From root 'jṛ'
  Root: jṛ (class 1)
• jīva – living, alive, life-force
  adjective/noun (masculine)
• rakta – blood
  noun (neuter)
• māṃsa – flesh
  noun (neuter)
• samudvargaka – swelling, accumulation, mass
  noun (masculine)
  From 'sam' + 'ud' + root 'vṛj' (to swell up)
  Prefixes: sam+ud
  Root: vṛj (class 1)

Note: Adjective describing 'jagaddehāḥ'.

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