योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-110, verse-28

दन्त्यारूढरथास्फोटप्रभग्नकटवारणम् ।
समस्तमत्तगन्धेभदानवारिनिवारणम् ॥ २८ ॥

dantyārūḍharathāsphoṭaprabhagnakaṭavāraṇam ,
samastamattagandhebhadānavārinivāraṇam 28

28. dantyārūḍharathāsphoṭaprabhagnakaṭavāraṇam
samastamattagandhebhadānavārinivāraṇam

28. dantyārūḍharathāsphoṭaprabhagnakaṭavāraṇam
samastamattagandhebhadānavārinivāraṇam

28. It was a place where elephants had their temples shattered by the explosive impact of chariots carrying warriors who were themselves mounted on elephants, and where the ichor (dānavāri) of all furious rutting elephants was completely stopped.

Words meanings summery:

• दन्त्यारूढरथास्फोटप्रभग्नकटवारणम् (dantyārūḍharathāsphoṭaprabhagnakaṭavāraṇam) - elephants whose temples are shattered by the impact of chariots ridden by elephant-mounted warriors

• समस्तमत्तगन्धेभदानवारिनिवारणम् (samastamattagandhebhadānavārinivāraṇam) - the checking or stopping of the ichor (dānavāri) from all furious, rutting elephants

Words meanings and morphology

दन्त्यारूढरथास्फोटप्रभग्नकटवारणम् (dantyārūḍharathāsphoṭaprabhagnakaṭavāraṇam) - elephants whose temples are shattered by the impact of chariots ridden by elephant-mounted warriors

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dantyārūḍharathāsphoṭaprabhagnakaṭavāraṇa

dantyārūḍharathāsphoṭaprabhagnakaṭavāraṇa - characterized by elephants having their temples shattered by the impact of chariots ridden by elephant-mounted warriors

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dantin+ārūḍha+ratha+āsphoṭa+prabhagna+kaṭa+vāraṇa)

• dantin – elephant, having tusks
  noun (masculine)
• ārūḍha – mounted, ridden, ascended
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root ruh with upasarga ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: ruh (class 1)
• ratha – chariot
  noun (masculine)
• āsphoṭa – bursting, explosion, impact, shattering
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root sphuṭ with upasarga ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: sphuṭ (class 1)
• prabhagna – shattered, broken, destroyed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root bhañj with upasarga pra
  Prefix: pra
  Root: bhañj (class 7)
• kaṭa – temple (of an elephant), part of the head
  noun (masculine)
• vāraṇa – elephant, warding off, obstacle
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root vṛ
  Root: vṛ (class 5)

समस्तमत्तगन्धेभदानवारिनिवारणम् (samastamattagandhebhadānavārinivāraṇam) - the checking or stopping of the ichor (dānavāri) from all furious, rutting elephants

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of samastamattagandhebhadānavārinivāraṇa

samastamattagandhebhadānavārinivāraṇa - characterized by the checking of the rut-fluid of all furious rutting elephants

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (samasta+matta+gandhebha+dānavāri+nivāraṇa)

• samasta – all, entire, whole, collected
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root as with upasarga sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: as (class 2)
• matta – intoxicated, furious, rutting
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root mad
  Root: mad (class 4)
• gandhebha – rutting elephant (literally 'smell-elephant')
  noun (masculine)
• dānavāri – ichor-water, rut-fluid
  noun (neuter)
• nivāraṇa – checking, stopping, preventing, warding off
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root vṛ with upasarga ni
  Prefix: ni
  Root: vṛ (class 5)

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