योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-93, verse-8

क्व कटप्रोच्चलद्भृङ्गमण्डलोत्पलशेखराः ।
मुग्धस्त्रीश्वासमधुरैर्मशकैर्मथिता गजाः ॥ ८ ॥

kva kaṭaproccaladbhṛṅgamaṇḍalotpalaśekharāḥ ,
mugdhastrīśvāsamadhurairmaśakairmathitā gajāḥ 8

8. kva kaṭa-pra-uccalat-bhṛṅga-maṇḍala-utpala-śekharāḥ
mugdha-strī-śvāsa-madhuraiḥ maśakaiḥ mathitāḥ gajāḥ

8. kva kaṭa-pra-uccalat-bhṛṅga-maṇḍala-utpala-śekharāḥ
gajāḥ mugdha-strī-śvāsa-madhuraiḥ maśakaiḥ mathitāḥ

8. How can it be that elephants, adorned with lotus-like swarms of bees rising from the profusely flowing ichor of their temples, are tormented by mosquitoes whose buzzing is as sweet as the breath of innocent women?

Words meanings summery:

• क्व (kva) - where?, how? (interrogative particle expressing impossibility or contrast)

• कट-प्र-उच्चलत्-भृङ्ग-मण्डल-उत्पल-शेखराः (kaṭa-pra-uccalat-bhṛṅga-maṇḍala-utpala-śekharāḥ) - whose temples profusely stream ichor attracting swarms of bees like lotus-crests; adorned with lotus-like swarms of bees rising from the profusely flowing ichor of their temples

• मुग्ध-स्त्री-श्वास-मधुरैः (mugdha-strī-śvāsa-madhuraiḥ) - by the sweet breaths of innocent women; by breaths as sweet as those of charming women

• मशकैः (maśakaiḥ) - by mosquitoes

• मथिताः (mathitāḥ) - tormented, crushed, churned, harassed

• गजाः (gajāḥ) - elephants

Words meanings and morphology

क्व (kva) - where?, how? (interrogative particle expressing impossibility or contrast)

(indeclinable)

कट-प्र-उच्चलत्-भृङ्ग-मण्डल-उत्पल-शेखराः (kaṭa-pra-uccalat-bhṛṅga-maṇḍala-utpala-śekharāḥ) - whose temples profusely stream ichor attracting swarms of bees like lotus-crests; adorned with lotus-like swarms of bees rising from the profusely flowing ichor of their temples

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaṭa-pra-uccalat-bhṛṅga-maṇḍala-utpala-śekhara

kaṭa-pra-uccalat-bhṛṅga-maṇḍala-utpala-śekhara - whose temples profusely stream ichor attracting swarms of bees like lotus-crests

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (kaṭa+pra-uccalat+bhṛṅga-maṇḍala+utpala+śekhara)

• kaṭa – temple (of an elephant), ichor flowing from the temples of an elephant in rut
  noun (masculine)
• pra-uccalat – gushing forth, flowing profusely
  verbal derivative
  Present Active Participle
  Root: uc, Prefix: pra
  Prefix: pra
  Root: uc (class 1)
• bhṛṅga-maṇḍala – swarm of bees
  noun (neuter)
• utpala – a lotus, a water lily
  noun (neuter)
• śekhara – crest, crown, peak, garland for the head
  noun (masculine)

मुग्ध-स्त्री-श्वास-मधुरैः (mugdha-strī-śvāsa-madhuraiḥ) - by the sweet breaths of innocent women; by breaths as sweet as those of charming women

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mugdha-strī-śvāsa-madhura

mugdha-strī-śvāsa-madhura - sweet like the breath of innocent women

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (mugdha-strī-śvāsa+madhura)

• mugdha – innocent, charming, beautiful, simple
  adjective
• strī – woman, female
  noun (feminine)
• śvāsa – breath, respiration, sigh
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śvas (class 2)
• madhura – sweet, pleasant, charming
  adjective

मशकैः (maśakaiḥ) - by mosquitoes

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of maśaka

maśaka - mosquito, gnat

मथिताः (mathitāḥ) - tormented, crushed, churned, harassed

(verbal derivative)

गजाः (gajāḥ) - elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gaja

gaja - elephant