योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-48, verse-7

कौलेयककुटुम्बिन्यः पिण्याकपलवर्धिताः ।
इह बद्धा वरत्राभिर्मृतेभरदकाष्ठके ॥ ७ ॥

kauleyakakuṭumbinyaḥ piṇyākapalavardhitāḥ ,
iha baddhā varatrābhirmṛtebharadakāṣṭhake 7

7. kauleyakakuṭumbinyaḥ piṇyākapalavardhitāḥ
iha baddhāḥ varatrābhiḥ mṛtebharadakāṣṭhake

7. iha piṇyākapalavardhitāḥ kauleyakakuṭumbinyaḥ
varatrābhiḥ mṛtebharadakāṣṭhake baddhāḥ

7. Here, families of she-dogs, nourished on oil-cake and meat, were tied with leather straps to a wooden post for the tusks of dead elephants.

Words meanings summery:

• कौलेयककुटुम्बिन्यः (kauleyakakuṭumbinyaḥ) - families of she-dogs, groups of female dogs

• पिण्याकपलवर्धिताः (piṇyākapalavardhitāḥ) - nourished by oil-cake and meat

• इह (iha) - here, in this place

• बद्धाः (baddhāḥ) - tied, bound, fastened

• वरत्राभिः (varatrābhiḥ) - with ropes, with leather straps

• मृतेभरदकाष्ठके (mṛtebharadakāṣṭhake) - on a wooden post used for processing or discarding the tusks of dead elephants (on a wooden post for dead elephant tusks)

Words meanings and morphology

कौलेयककुटुम्बिन्यः (kauleyakakuṭumbinyaḥ) - families of she-dogs, groups of female dogs

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kauleyakakuṭumbinī

kauleyakakuṭumbinī - family of dogs, female dogs in a group

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (kauleyaka+kuṭumbinī)

• kauleyaka – dog
  noun (masculine)
• kuṭumbinī – female householder, mistress, family (collective)
  noun (feminine)

पिण्याकपलवर्धिताः (piṇyākapalavardhitāḥ) - nourished by oil-cake and meat

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, plural of piṇyākapalavardhita

piṇyākapalavardhita - nourished by oil-cake and meat

Past Passive Participle

Compound formed with 'vardhita' (nourished) by 'piṇyāka' (oil-cake) and 'pala' (meat).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi or instrumental tatpuruṣa (piṇyāka+pala+vardhita)

• piṇyāka – oil-cake (residue after pressing oil)
  noun (masculine)
• pala – meat, flesh
  noun (neuter)
• vardhita – nourished, grown, increased
  participle (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root 'vṛdh' (to grow, increase).
  Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying 'kauleyakakuṭumbinyaḥ'.

इह (iha) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

बद्धाः (baddhāḥ) - tied, bound, fastened

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, plural of baddha

baddha - tied, bound, fettered, restrained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'bandh' (to bind).

Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Adjective modifying 'kauleyakakuṭumbinyaḥ'.

वरत्राभिः (varatrābhiḥ) - with ropes, with leather straps

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of varatrā

varatrā - leather strap, thong, rope

मृतेभरदकाष्ठके (mṛtebharadakāṣṭhake) - on a wooden post used for processing or discarding the tusks of dead elephants (on a wooden post for dead elephant tusks)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mṛtebharadakāṣṭhaka

mṛtebharadakāṣṭhaka - wooden post for dead elephant tusks

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛta+ibha+rada+kāṣṭhaka)

• mṛta – dead
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root 'mṛ' (to die).
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• ibha – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• rada – tusk, tooth, tearing
  noun (masculine)
• kāṣṭhaka – wooden post, stake
  noun (neuter)