योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-110, verse-14

वहच्छरनदीपूरपूर्णाम्बरमहार्णवम् ।
विचलच्चक्रकुन्तासिधारामकरकर्कशम् ॥ १४ ॥

vahaccharanadīpūrapūrṇāmbaramahārṇavam ,
vicalaccakrakuntāsidhārāmakarakarkaśam 14

14. vahaccharanadīpūrapūrṇāmbaramahārṇavam
vicalaccakrakuntāsidhārāmakarakarkaśam

14. vahaccharanadīpūrapūrṇāmbaramahārṇavam
vicalaccakrakuntāsidhārāmakarakarkaśam

14. A scene in which the vast sky becomes a great ocean, filled with flowing torrents of arrows that resemble rivers; and where moving discus, spears, and swords, with their sharp edges, are as fierce and deadly as sea monsters (makara).

Words meanings summery:

• वहच्छरनदीपूरपूर्णाम्बरमहार्णवम् (vahaccharanadīpūrapūrṇāmbaramahārṇavam) - Vividly describing an intense battle where countless arrows fill the sky, creating a visual metaphor of an overwhelming, flowing mass of destruction. (characterized by the sky becoming a great ocean filled with flowing floods of arrow-rivers)

• विचलच्चक्रकुन्तासिधारामकरकर्कशम् (vicalaccakrakuntāsidhārāmakarakarkaśam) - Describing the menacing and predatory nature of various weapons in battle, comparing their sharp, deadly qualities to formidable aquatic creatures. (characterized by moving discus, spears, and swords, with sharp edges, fierce like sea monsters)

Words meanings and morphology

वहच्छरनदीपूरपूर्णाम्बरमहार्णवम् (vahaccharanadīpūrapūrṇāmbaramahārṇavam) - Vividly describing an intense battle where countless arrows fill the sky, creating a visual metaphor of an overwhelming, flowing mass of destruction. (characterized by the sky becoming a great ocean filled with flowing floods of arrow-rivers)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vahaccharanadīpūrapūrṇāmbaramahārṇava

vahaccharanadīpūrapūrṇāmbaramahārṇava - that which makes the great ocean of the sky full of flowing floods of arrow-rivers

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (vahant+śara+nadī+pūra+pūrṇa+ambara+mahā+arṇava)

• vahant – flowing, carrying, moving
  participle
  Present Active Participle
  From root `vah` (to carry, to flow).
  Root: vah (class 1)
• śara – arrow, reed
  noun (masculine)
• nadī – river
  noun (feminine)
• pūra – flood, stream, torrent, abundance
  noun (masculine)
  From root `pṛ` (to fill).
  Root: pṛ (class 3)
• pūrṇa – full, filled, complete
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `pṛ` (to fill).
  Root: pṛ (class 3)
• ambara – sky, atmosphere, cloth
  noun (neuter)
• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
  Shortened form of `mahat` (great) in compounds.
• arṇava – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from `arṇa` (wave, water).
  Root: ṛ (class 1)

Note: Compound adjective describing an implicit battlefield or spectacle.

विचलच्चक्रकुन्तासिधारामकरकर्कशम् (vicalaccakrakuntāsidhārāmakarakarkaśam) - Describing the menacing and predatory nature of various weapons in battle, comparing their sharp, deadly qualities to formidable aquatic creatures. (characterized by moving discus, spears, and swords, with sharp edges, fierce like sea monsters)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vicalaccakrakuntāsidhārāmakarakarkaśa

vicalaccakrakuntāsidhārāmakarakarkaśa - that which has moving discus, spears, and swords, with sharp edges, fierce like sea monsters.

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (vicalat+cakra+kunta+asi+dhārā+makara+karkaśa)

• vicalat – moving, trembling, wavering
  participle
  Present Active Participle
  From root `cal` (to move) with prefix `vi`.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: cal (class 1)
• cakra – discus, wheel
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• kunta – spear, javelin
  noun (masculine)
• asi – sword
  noun (masculine)
• dhārā – sharp edge, blade, stream, current
  noun (feminine)
  From root `dhṛ` (to hold, to support).
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• makara – sea monster, crocodile, a mythical aquatic creature
  noun (masculine)
• karkaśa – rough, harsh, hard, fierce, cruel, unfeeling
  adjective (masculine)

Note: A compound adjective describing an implicit battlefield or spectacle.

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