योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-13, verse-67

असृगालिप्तगात्रैश्च शवैः क्व परिवल्गितम् ।
क्व गीतं मधुरध्वानं वनपाषाणखण्डकैः ॥ ६७ ॥

asṛgāliptagātraiśca śavaiḥ kva parivalgitam ,
kva gītaṃ madhuradhvānaṃ vanapāṣāṇakhaṇḍakaiḥ 67

67. asṛgālitpagātraiḥ ca śavaiḥ kva parivalgitam
kva gītam madhuradhvānam vanapāṣāṇakhaṇḍakaiḥ

67. asṛgālitpagātraiḥ śavaiḥ ca kva parivalgitam
kva madhuradhvānam gītam vanapāṣāṇakhaṇḍakaiḥ

67. How can there be dancing by corpses whose bodies are smeared with blood? And how can there be sweet-sounding song from fragments of forest stones?

Words meanings summery:

• असृगालित्पगात्रैः (asṛgālitpagātraiḥ) - by those whose bodies are smeared with blood

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• शवैः (śavaiḥ) - by corpses, by dead bodies

• क्व (kva) - how can there be? (implying impossibility or unreality) (where? how? in what place?)

• परिवल्गितम् (parivalgitam) - dancing, sport, frisking, rolling about

• क्व (kva) - how can there be? (implying impossibility or unreality) (where? how? in what place?)

• गीतम् (gītam) - song, singing, chanted

• मधुरध्वानम् (madhuradhvānam) - sweet-sounding, having a sweet sound

• वनपाषाणखण्डकैः (vanapāṣāṇakhaṇḍakaiḥ) - by fragments of forest stones

Words meanings and morphology

असृगालित्पगात्रैः (asṛgālitpagātraiḥ) - by those whose bodies are smeared with blood

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of asṛgālitpagātra

asṛgālitpagātra - one whose body is smeared with blood

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (asṛj+ālipta+gātra)

• asṛj – blood
  noun (neuter)
• ālipta – smeared, anointed, soiled
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root lip (to smear) with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: lip (class 6)
• gātra – body, limb
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with śavaiḥ.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

शवैः (śavaiḥ) - by corpses, by dead bodies

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śava

śava - corpse, dead body

Root: śū (class 1)

क्व (kva) - how can there be? (implying impossibility or unreality) (where? how? in what place?)

(indeclinable)

परिवल्गितम् (parivalgitam) - dancing, sport, frisking, rolling about

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parivalgita

parivalgita - dancing, sport, frisking, rolling about

Past Passive Participle

derived from root valg (to move, jump) with prefix pari

Prefix: pari

Root: valg (class 1)

क्व (kva) - how can there be? (implying impossibility or unreality) (where? how? in what place?)

(indeclinable)

गीतम् (gītam) - song, singing, chanted

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gīta

gīta - song, singing, chanted, sung

Past Passive Participle

derived from root gai (to sing)

Root: gai (class 1)

मधुरध्वानम् (madhuradhvānam) - sweet-sounding, having a sweet sound

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of madhuradhvāna

madhuradhvāna - sweet sound, melodious sound

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (madhura+dhvāna)

• madhura – sweet, pleasant, delightful
  adjective
• dhvāna – sound, noise, resonance
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhvan (class 1)

वनपाषाणखण्डकैः (vanapāṣāṇakhaṇḍakaiḥ) - by fragments of forest stones

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vanapāṣāṇakhaṇḍaka

vanapāṣāṇakhaṇḍaka - fragment of a forest stone

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (vana+pāṣāṇa+khaṇḍaka)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• pāṣāṇa – stone, rock
  noun (masculine)
• khaṇḍaka – piece, fragment, part
  noun (masculine)
  Root: khaṇḍ (class 10)