योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-109, verse-8

आस्फाल्यन्तां धनूंष्युच्चैः क्वणन्तु गुणपङ्क्तयः ।
भवन्तु जलदश्यामाः ककुभः खण्डमण्डलैः ॥ ८ ॥

āsphālyantāṃ dhanūṃṣyuccaiḥ kvaṇantu guṇapaṅktayaḥ ,
bhavantu jaladaśyāmāḥ kakubhaḥ khaṇḍamaṇḍalaiḥ 8

8. āsphālyantām dhanūṃṣi uccaiḥ kvaṇantu guṇapaṅktayaḥ
bhavantu jaladaśyāmāḥ kakubhaḥ khaṇḍamaṇḍalaiḥ

8. dhanūṃṣi uccaiḥ āsphālyantām guṇapaṅktayaḥ kvaṇantu
kakubhaḥ khaṇḍamaṇḍalaiḥ jaladaśyāmāḥ bhavantu

8. Let the bows be loudly twanged, and let the rows of bowstrings resound. Let the quarters of the sky become dark like clouds due to the arcs of arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• आस्फाल्यन्ताम् (āsphālyantām) - let them be twanged, let them be strung (as bows)

• धनूंषि (dhanūṁṣi) - bows

• उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - loudly, high, aloud

• क्वणन्तु (kvaṇantu) - let them twang, let them resound, let them clang

• गुणपङ्क्तयः (guṇapaṅktayaḥ) - rows of bowstrings

• भवन्तु (bhavantu) - let them be, let them become

• जलदश्यामाः (jaladaśyāmāḥ) - dark like clouds

• ककुभः (kakubhaḥ) - directions, quarters of the sky

• खण्डमण्डलैः (khaṇḍamaṇḍalaiḥ) - due to the arcs formed by flying arrows (by arcs/fragments of circles (e.g., of arrows))

Words meanings and morphology

आस्फाल्यन्ताम् (āsphālyantām) - let them be twanged, let them be strung (as bows)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, imperative (loṭ) of ā-sphāl

passive imperative

3rd person plural passive imperative form of root sphāl with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: sphāl (class 10)

धनूंषि (dhanūṁṣi) - bows

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of dhanus

dhanus - bow, arc

उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - loudly, high, aloud

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of ucca (high).

Note: Adverb.

क्वणन्तु (kvaṇantu) - let them twang, let them resound, let them clang

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of kvaṇ

imperative active

3rd person plural active imperative form of root kvaṇ

Root: kvaṇ (class 1)

गुणपङ्क्तयः (guṇapaṅktayaḥ) - rows of bowstrings

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of guṇapaṅkti

guṇapaṅkti - row of bowstrings, series of qualities

Compound of guṇa (bowstring, quality) and paṅkti (row, line).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (guṇa+paṅkti)

• guṇa – string (of a bow), quality, virtue, strand
  noun (masculine)
• paṅkti – row, line, series, class
  noun (feminine)

भवन्तु (bhavantu) - let them be, let them become

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of bhū

imperative active

3rd person plural active imperative form of root bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

जलदश्यामाः (jaladaśyāmāḥ) - dark like clouds

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of jaladaśyāmā

jaladaśyāmā - dark-blue like clouds, cloud-dark

Compound comparing color to clouds. jalada (cloud) + śyāmā (dark, dark-blue).

Compound type : upamāna-pūrvapada-bahuvrīhi (jalada+śyāmā)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• da – giving, giver
  adjective (masculine)
  krit suffix -da
  Suffix indicating 'giver', from root dā.
  Root: dā (class 3)
• śyāmā – dark, black, dark-blue, green
  adjective (feminine)

Note: Qualifies kakubhaḥ.

ककुभः (kakubhaḥ) - directions, quarters of the sky

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kakubh

kakubh - direction, quarter of the sky, summit, peak

खण्डमण्डलैः (khaṇḍamaṇḍalaiḥ) - due to the arcs formed by flying arrows (by arcs/fragments of circles (e.g., of arrows))

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of khaṇḍamaṇḍala

khaṇḍamaṇḍala - fragment of a circle, arc, crescent, broken formation

Compound of khaṇḍa (fragment, piece, crescent) and maṇḍala (circle, disc, formation).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (khaṇḍa+maṇḍala)

• khaṇḍa – piece, fragment, part, division, crescent
  noun (neuter)
• maṇḍala – circle, disc, orb, territory, formation
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to the arcs of arrows.