योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-110, verse-22

शूरशातितशीरार्धशिरःकरखुरोरुकम् ।
कबन्धदोर्द्रुमस्पन्दवनीकृतनभस्तलम् ॥ २२ ॥

śūraśātitaśīrārdhaśiraḥkarakhurorukam ,
kabandhadordrumaspandavanīkṛtanabhastalam 22

22. śūra śātita śīra ardha śiras kara khura ūrukam |
kabandha dos druma spanda vanīkṛta nabhas talam ||

22. (yuddham) śūra śātita śīra ardha śiras kara khura
ūrukam kabandha dos druma spanda vanīkṛta nabhas talam

22. Filled with heads, half-heads, hands, feet, and thighs severed by brave warriors; and where the sky was made into a trembling forest by the tree-like arms of the headless torsos (kabandha).

Words meanings summery:

• शूर (śūra) - brave warrior, hero

• शातित (śātita) - severed, cut down

• शीर (śīra) - head, skull

• अर्ध (ardha) - half, part

• शिरस् (śiras) - head

• कर (kara) - hand, arm

• खुर (khura) - foot (likely human, given context of other body parts) (hoof, foot)

• ऊरुकम् (ūrukam) - thigh

• कबन्ध (kabandha) - headless torso, a type of demon

• दोस् (dos) - arm

• द्रुम (druma) - tree

• स्पन्द (spanda) - movement, tremor

• वनीकृत (vanīkṛta) - made into a forest, turned into a thicket

• नभस् (nabhas) - sky, atmosphere

• तलम् (talam) - surface, plane

Words meanings and morphology

शूर (śūra) - brave warrior, hero

(noun)

masculine, singular of śūra

śūra - brave, valiant, hero, warrior

Note: Part of a compound

शातित (śātita) - severed, cut down

(adjective)

neuter, singular of śātita

śātita - cut, severed, felled

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root śat- (to cut, divide) or śāt- (causative of śad- to fall)

Root: śāt (class 10)

Note: Part of a compound

शीर (śīra) - head, skull

(noun)

neuter, singular of śīra

śīra - head, skull, plough

Note: Part of a compound

अर्ध (ardha) - half, part

(noun)

masculine, singular of ardha

ardha - half, portion, side

Note: Part of a compound

शिरस् (śiras) - head

(noun)

neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head, top, peak

Note: Part of a compound

कर (kara) - hand, arm

(noun)

masculine, singular of kara

kara - hand, arm, ray, tax

Note: Part of a compound

खुर (khura) - foot (likely human, given context of other body parts) (hoof, foot)

(noun)

masculine, singular of khura

khura - hoof, claw, foot

Note: Part of a compound

ऊरुकम् (ūrukam) - thigh

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ūruka

ūruka - thigh, small thigh

कबन्ध (kabandha) - headless torso, a type of demon

(noun)

masculine, singular of kabandha

kabandha - headless trunk, headless demon

Note: Part of a compound

दोस् (dos) - arm

(noun)

masculine, singular of dohr

dohr - arm, forearm, hand

Note: Base form of dor- in compound. Part of a compound

द्रुम (druma) - tree

(noun)

masculine, singular of druma

druma - tree, wood

Note: Part of a compound

स्पन्द (spanda) - movement, tremor

(noun)

masculine, singular of spanda

spanda - movement, tremor, vibration, throbbing

Derived from root spand- (to throb, vibrate, move)

Root: spand (class 1)

Note: Part of a compound

वनीकृत (vanīkṛta) - made into a forest, turned into a thicket

(adjective)

neuter, singular of vanīkṛta

vanīkṛta - made into a forest, turned into a thicket

Past Passive Participle

Derived from vanī- (forest) + kṛ- (to make)

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (vanī+kṛta)

• vanī – forest, grove
  noun (feminine)
• kṛta – made, done, created
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kṛ- (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Part of a compound

नभस् (nabhas) - sky, atmosphere

(noun)

neuter, singular of nabhas

nabhas - sky, atmosphere, cloud, heaven

Note: Part of a compound

तलम् (talam) - surface, plane

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tala

tala - surface, plane, ground, base

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