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7,108

योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-108, verse-38

करानुन्नामयन्तः खे मांसवृक्षवनोपमाः ।
बृंहन्ति वारणव्यूहा वर्षावारिदवृन्दवत् ॥ ३८ ॥
karānunnāmayantaḥ khe māṃsavṛkṣavanopamāḥ ,
bṛṃhanti vāraṇavyūhā varṣāvāridavṛndavat 38
38. karān unnamayantaḥ khe māṃsavṛkṣavanopamāḥ
bṛṃhanti vāraṇavyūhā varṣā-vāridavṛndavat
38. vāraṇavyūhā khe karān unnamayantaḥ
māṃsavṛkṣavanopamāḥ varṣā-vāridavṛndavat bṛṃhanti
38. Raising their trunks into the sky, appearing like a forest of flesh-trees, the elephant formations roar like masses of monsoon clouds.

Words meanings summery:

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  • करान् (karān) - trunks (of elephants) (trunks, hands, rays)
  • उन्नमयन्तः (unnamayantaḥ) - lifting up (their trunks) (lifting up, raising, causing to rise)
  • खे (khe) - in the sky/air (in the sky, in the air, in space)
  • मांसवृक्षवनोपमाः (māṁsavṛkṣavanopamāḥ) - appearing like a forest of massive, flesh-like trees (referring to the huge bodies of elephants) (resembling a forest of flesh-trees)
  • बृंहन्ति (bṛṁhanti) - they trumpet (referring to elephants) (they roar, they trumpet, they bellow)
  • वारणव्यूहा (vāraṇavyūhā) - formations of elephants (elephant formations, multitudes of elephants)
  • वर्षा-वारिदवृन्दवत् (varṣā-vāridavṛndavat) - like masses of monsoon clouds (like multitudes of rain clouds, like masses of monsoon clouds)

Words meanings and morphology

करान् (karān) - trunks (of elephants) (trunks, hands, rays)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of kara
kara - hand, trunk (of an elephant), ray of light, tax, doer
Root: kṛ (class 8)
उन्नमयन्तः (unnamayantaḥ) - lifting up (their trunks) (lifting up, raising, causing to rise)
(participle)
Nominative, masculine, plural of unnāmayant
unnāmayant - lifting up, raising (present active participle of causative of ud-nam)
Present Active Participle (causative)
Derived from root nam (to bend, bow) with prefix ud- (up) in causative sense, then forming present active participle.
Prefix: ud
Root: nam (class 1)
खे (khe) - in the sky/air (in the sky, in the air, in space)
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of kha
kha - sky, space, ether, zero
मांसवृक्षवनोपमाः (māṁsavṛkṣavanopamāḥ) - appearing like a forest of massive, flesh-like trees (referring to the huge bodies of elephants) (resembling a forest of flesh-trees)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of māṃsavṛkṣavanopama
māṁsavṛkṣavanopama - resembling a forest of flesh-trees
Compound.
Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (māṃsa+vṛkṣa+vana+upama)
  • māṃsa – flesh, meat
    noun (neuter)
  • vṛkṣa – tree
    noun (masculine)
    Root: vṛkṣ
  • vana – forest, wood, grove
    noun (neuter)
    Root: van
  • upama – resembling, similar to, like
    adjective (masculine)
बृंहन्ति (bṛṁhanti) - they trumpet (referring to elephants) (they roar, they trumpet, they bellow)
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of bṛṃh
Root: bṛṃh (class 1)
वारणव्यूहा (vāraṇavyūhā) - formations of elephants (elephant formations, multitudes of elephants)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of vāraṇavyūha
vāraṇavyūha - array/formation of elephants
Compound.
Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (vāraṇa+vyūha)
  • vāraṇa – elephant, warding off, obstacle
    noun (masculine)
    Root: vṛ
  • vyūha – array, formation, arrangement, multitude
    noun (masculine)
    Prefix: vi
    Root: ūh (class 1)
वर्षा-वारिदवृन्दवत् (varṣā-vāridavṛndavat) - like masses of monsoon clouds (like multitudes of rain clouds, like masses of monsoon clouds)
(indeclinable)
Compound with -vat suffix.
Compound type : Tatpuruṣa with -vat (varṣā+vāridavṛnda)
  • varṣā – rain, rainy season, monsoon
    noun (feminine)
    Root: vṛṣ
  • vāridavṛnda – multitude/mass of clouds
    noun (neuter)
    Compound.
  • vāri – water
    noun (neuter)
  • da – giving, bestowing
    adjective/suffix (masculine)
    kṛt suffix
    From root dā (to give).
    Root: dā (class 3)
  • vṛnda – multitude, group, mass
    noun (neuter)
    Root: vṛnd
Note: Suffix -vat (like, similar to).