योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-110, verse-40

दन्तिदन्तविनिष्पिष्टशिष्टसद्भटसंकटम् ।
कटे मृत्योरिव नरद्राक्षापीडनयन्त्रके ॥ ४० ॥

dantidantaviniṣpiṣṭaśiṣṭasadbhaṭasaṃkaṭam ,
kaṭe mṛtyoriva naradrākṣāpīḍanayantrake 40

40. dantidantaviniṣpiṣṭaśiṣṭasadbhaṭasaṃkaṭam
kaṭe mṛtyoḥ iva naradrākṣāpīḍanayantrake

40. śiṣṭasadbhaṭasaṃkaṭam dantidantaviniṣpiṣṭaṁ
kaṭe mṛtyoḥ naradrākṣāpīḍanayantrake iva

40. The excellent surviving warriors, crushed by elephant tusks, became a dense throng, resembling human-grapes on the platform of death's pressing machine.

Words meanings summery:

• दन्तिदन्तविनिष्पिष्टशिष्टसद्भटसंकटम् (dantidantaviniṣpiṣṭaśiṣṭasadbhaṭasaṁkaṭam) - the state of excellent surviving warriors on the battlefield (a difficult mass/throng of remaining good warriors crushed by elephant tusks)

• कटे (kaṭe) - on the platform or surface, implying the battlefield (on the mat, on the ground, on the platform)

• मृत्योः (mṛtyoḥ) - of death

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• नरद्राक्षापीडनयन्त्रके (naradrākṣāpīḍanayantrake) - in death's machine for crushing men like grapes (in a machine for pressing human-grapes (men as grapes))

Words meanings and morphology

दन्तिदन्तविनिष्पिष्टशिष्टसद्भटसंकटम् (dantidantaviniṣpiṣṭaśiṣṭasadbhaṭasaṁkaṭam) - the state of excellent surviving warriors on the battlefield (a difficult mass/throng of remaining good warriors crushed by elephant tusks)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dantidantaviniṣpiṣṭaśiṣṭasadbhaṭasaṃkaṭa

dantidantaviniṣpiṣṭaśiṣṭasadbhaṭasaṁkaṭa - a difficult mass/throng of remaining good warriors crushed by elephant tusks

Compound type : bahuvrīhi / karmadhāraya (dantidanta+viniṣpiṣṭa+śiṣṭa+sadbhaṭa+saṃkaṭa)

• dantidanta – elephant tusks
  noun (masculine)
• viniṣpiṣṭa – thoroughly crushed, pulverized
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root √piṣ (to crush) with prefixes vi and ni.
  Prefixes: vi+ni
  Root: √piṣ (class 7)
• śiṣṭa – remaining, disciplined, excellent
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root √śiṣ (to remain).
  Root: √śiṣ (class 7)
• sadbhaṭa – good warrior, excellent soldier
  noun (masculine)
• saṃkaṭa – difficult situation, multitude, throng, dense mass
  noun (neuter)

Note: Can be nominative or accusative singular.

कटे (kaṭe) - on the platform or surface, implying the battlefield (on the mat, on the ground, on the platform)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kaṭa

kaṭa - mat, platform, hip, battleground

मृत्योः (mṛtyoḥ) - of death

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

नरद्राक्षापीडनयन्त्रके (naradrākṣāpīḍanayantrake) - in death's machine for crushing men like grapes (in a machine for pressing human-grapes (men as grapes))

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of naradrākṣāpīḍanayantraka

naradrākṣāpīḍanayantraka - machine for pressing human-grapes

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+drākṣā+pīḍana+yantraka)

• nara – man, human
  noun (masculine)
• drākṣā – grape, vine
  noun (feminine)
• pīḍana – pressing, squeezing, tormenting
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root √pīḍ (to oppress, torment).
  Root: √pīḍ (class 10)
• yantraka – machine, instrument, device
  noun (neuter)

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