योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-44, verse-35

नीतं श्मशानं मांसान्त्रवसापङ्ककलङ्कितम् ।
शुष्काशुष्करसक्लिन्नं कंकालशतसंकुलम् ॥ ३५ ॥

nītaṃ śmaśānaṃ māṃsāntravasāpaṅkakalaṅkitam ,
śuṣkāśuṣkarasaklinnaṃ kaṃkālaśatasaṃkulam 35

35. nītam śmaśānam māṃsāntravasāpaṅkakalankitam
śuṣkāśuṣkarasaklinnam kaṅkālaśatasaṅkulam

35. nītam māṃsāntravasāpaṅkakalankitam
śuṣkāśuṣkarasaklinnam kaṅkālaśatasaṅkulam śmaśānam

35. (That body was) then taken to the cremation ground, a place stained with the mire of flesh, entrails, and fat, reeking with both dry and wet fluids, and teeming with hundreds of skeletons.

35. הוא הובא אל שדה השריפה (שְׁמָשָׁאָנַה), המלוכלך ברפש של בשר, בני מעיים ושומן, רטוב מנוזלים יבשים וטריים ומלא במאות שלדים.

Words meanings summery:

• नीतम् (nītam) - was taken (referring to the dead body) (taken, carried, led, brought)

• श्मशानम् (śmaśānam) - to the cremation ground (cremation ground, cemetery)

• मांसान्त्रवसापङ्ककलन्कितम् (māṁsāntravasāpaṅkakalankitam) - stained with the mire of flesh, entrails, and fat (stained with the mud of flesh, entrails, and fat)

• शुष्काशुष्करसक्लिन्नम् (śuṣkāśuṣkarasaklinnam) - reeking with both dry and wet fluids (moistened with dry and wet fluids)

• कङ्कालशतसङ्कुलम् (kaṅkālaśatasaṅkulam) - teeming with hundreds of skeletons (crowded with hundreds of skeletons)

Words meanings and morphology

नीतम् (nītam) - was taken (referring to the dead body) (taken, carried, led, brought)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nīta

nīta - taken, led, carried, brought

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'nī' (to lead, carry).

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Refers to 'amaṅgalyam' from the previous verse, which is the implicit subject.

श्मशानम् (śmaśānam) - to the cremation ground (cremation ground, cemetery)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śmaśāna

śmaśāna - cremation ground, cemetery, burial place

From 'śava' (corpse) + 'śayana' (bed, lying place) or 'śam' (to be calm) + 'śāna'.

Note: Object of destination.

मांसान्त्रवसापङ्ककलन्कितम् (māṁsāntravasāpaṅkakalankitam) - stained with the mire of flesh, entrails, and fat (stained with the mud of flesh, entrails, and fat)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of māṃsāntravasāpaṅkakalankita

māṁsāntravasāpaṅkakalankita - stained with the mud of flesh, entrails, and fat

Past Passive Participle at the end of the compound

Compound adjective describing 'śmaśānam'.

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (māṃsa+antra+vasā+paṅka+kalankita)

• māṃsa – flesh, meat
  noun (neuter)
• antra – entrail, intestine, gut
  noun (neuter)
• vasā – fat, marrow, grease
  noun (feminine)
• paṅka – mud, mire, dirt, slime
  noun (masculine)
• kalankita – stained, soiled, defiled, disgraced
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from 'kalaṅka' (stain, blemish).

Note: Qualifies 'śmaśānam'.

शुष्काशुष्करसक्लिन्नम् (śuṣkāśuṣkarasaklinnam) - reeking with both dry and wet fluids (moistened with dry and wet fluids)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śuṣkāśuṣkarasaklinna

śuṣkāśuṣkarasaklinna - moistened/wet with dry and wet fluids/juices

Past Passive Participle at the end of the compound

Compound adjective describing 'śmaśānam'.

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (śuṣka+aśuṣka+rasa+klinna)

• śuṣka – dry, withered, parched
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'śuṣ' (to dry).
  Root: śuṣ (class 4)
• aśuṣka – not dry, wet, moist
  adjective
  Negative compound with 'a' (not) and 'śuṣka' (dry).
• rasa – fluid, juice, liquid, essence, taste
  noun (masculine)
• klinna – wet, moist, soaked, drenched
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'klid' (to be wet).
  Root: klid (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'śmaśānam'.

कङ्कालशतसङ्कुलम् (kaṅkālaśatasaṅkulam) - teeming with hundreds of skeletons (crowded with hundreds of skeletons)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kaṅkālaśatasaṅkula

kaṅkālaśatasaṅkula - crowded/filled with hundreds of skeletons

Compound adjective describing 'śmaśānam'.

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (kaṅkāla+śata+saṅkula)

• kaṅkāla – skeleton, bare bones
  noun (neuter)
• śata – hundred, a hundred
  noun (neuter)
• saṅkula – crowded, filled, full of, confused, mixed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'kul' (to collect) with prefix 'sam'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kul (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'śmaśānam'.

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