योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-44, verse-39

चितिश्चटचटास्फोटैः शवमाशु ददाह सा ।
शुष्केन्धनबहूच्छूनज्वालाजालजटावली ॥ ३९ ॥

citiścaṭacaṭāsphoṭaiḥ śavamāśu dadāha sā ,
śuṣkendhanabahūcchūnajvālājālajaṭāvalī 39

39. citiḥ caṭacaṭāsphoṭaiḥ śavam āśu dadāha
sā śuṣkendhanabahūcchūnajvālājālajaṭāvalī

39. sā citiḥ śuṣkendhanabahūcchūnajvālājālajaṭāvalī
caṭacaṭāsphoṭaiḥ śavam āśu dadāha

39. That pyre, a thick mass of flames greatly intensified by dry fuel, quickly consumed the corpse with crackling sounds.

39. מדורת המוקד, בפיצוצים ופצפוצים עזים, שרפה במהירות את הגווייה, כשלהבותיה המשתוללות נראו כקווצות שיער מעצים יבשים.

Words meanings summery:

• चितिः (citiḥ) - pyre, funeral pile, heap

• चटचटास्फोटैः (caṭacaṭāsphoṭaiḥ) - with crackling bursts, with snapping sounds

• शवम् (śavam) - corpse, dead body

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

• ददाह (dadāha) - burnt, consumed by fire

• सा (sā) - that (pyre) (she, that)

• शुष्केन्धनबहूच्छूनज्वालाजालजटावली (śuṣkendhanabahūcchūnajvālājālajaṭāvalī) - describing the pyre as a formidable mass of intensely burning flames (a dense mass of flames greatly swollen by dry fuel)

Words meanings and morphology

चितिः (citiḥ) - pyre, funeral pile, heap

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of citi

citi - pyre, funeral pile, heap, accumulation

Derived from root `ci` (class 5, `cinoti`) + `kti` suffix.

Root: ci (class 5)

चटचटास्फोटैः (caṭacaṭāsphoṭaiḥ) - with crackling bursts, with snapping sounds

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of caṭacaṭāsphoṭa

caṭacaṭāsphoṭa - crackling burst, snapping sound

Compound of `caṭacaṭā` (onomatopoeic for crackling sound) and `āsphoṭa` (burst, explosion).

Compound type : tatpurusha (caṭacaṭā+āsphoṭa)

• caṭacaṭā – crackling, snapping sound (onomatopoeic)
  indeclinable
• āsphoṭa – burst, explosion, sudden sound
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root `sphuṭ` (class 6, `sphuṭati`) with prefix `ā`.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: sphuṭ (class 6)

शवम् (śavam) - corpse, dead body

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śava

śava - corpse, dead body

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

(indeclinable)

ददाह (dadāha) - burnt, consumed by fire

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of dah

Perfect Tense

Perfect 3rd Person Singular, Parasmaipada.

Root: dah (class 1)

सा (sā) - that (pyre) (she, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to `citiḥ`.

शुष्केन्धनबहूच्छूनज्वालाजालजटावली (śuṣkendhanabahūcchūnajvālājālajaṭāvalī) - describing the pyre as a formidable mass of intensely burning flames (a dense mass of flames greatly swollen by dry fuel)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śuṣkendhanabahūcchūnajvālājālajaṭāvalī

śuṣkendhanabahūcchūnajvālājālajaṭāvalī - a dense mass of flames greatly swollen by dry fuel

Compound type : tatpurusha (śuṣka+indhana+bahu+ucchūna+jvālā+jāla+jaṭāvalī)

• śuṣka – dry, dried up
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root `śuṣ` (class 4, `śuṣyati`) + `ka` suffix.
  Root: śuṣ (class 4)
• indhana – fuel, firewood
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root `indh` (class 7, `inddhe`) + `ana` suffix.
  Root: indh (class 7)
• bahu – much, many, greatly
  adjective (masculine)
• ucchūna – swollen, inflated, grown
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root `śvi` (class 1, `śvayati`) with prefix `ut`.
  Prefix: ut
  Root: śvi (class 1)
• jvālā – flame, blaze
  noun (feminine)
• jāla – net, network, mass, multitude
  noun (neuter)
• jaṭāvalī – dense mass, cluster, tangled braid
  noun (feminine)

Note: Compound noun, functioning as an epithet for `citiḥ`.

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