योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-111, verse-10

शरसीकरनीरन्ध्रं मकरव्यूहसंकुलम् ।
वारणव्यूहवलितं तरङ्गव्यूहविस्तृतम् ॥ १० ॥

śarasīkaranīrandhraṃ makaravyūhasaṃkulam ,
vāraṇavyūhavalitaṃ taraṅgavyūhavistṛtam 10

10. śara-sīkara-nīrandhram makara-vyūha-saṅkulam
vāraṇa-vyūha-valitam taraṅga-vyūha-vistṛtam

10. (tat) śara-sīkara-nīrandhram makara-vyūha-saṅkulam
vāraṇa-vyūha-valitam taraṅga-vyūha-vistṛtam (āsīt)

10. (The ocean of the enemy army was) dense with spray-like arrows, crowded with formations of marine monsters (makara), surrounded by arrays of elephants, and spread out with arrays of waves.

10. הים ההוא היה אפוף נתזי חצים צפופים, עמוס במערכי קרב הדומים למפלצות ים, עטוף בטורי פילים ונפרש בנחשולי לוחמים.

Words meanings summery:

• शर-सीकर-नीरन्ध्रम् (śara-sīkara-nīrandhram) - dense with spray-like arrows

• मकर-व्यूह-सङ्कुलम् (makara-vyūha-saṅkulam) - crowded with arrays of marine monsters

• वारण-व्यूह-वलितम् (vāraṇa-vyūha-valitam) - encircled by arrays of elephants

• तरङ्ग-व्यूह-विस्तृतम् (taraṅga-vyūha-vistṛtam) - extended with arrays of waves, spread out with wave formations

Words meanings and morphology

शर-सीकर-नीरन्ध्रम् (śara-sīkara-nīrandhram) - dense with spray-like arrows

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śara-sīkara-nīrandhra

śara-sīkara-nīrandhra - dense with spray-like arrows

Compound type : bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa (śara+sīkara+nīrandhra)

• śara – arrow, reed
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śṛ (class 1)
• sīkara – spray, drop of water, mist
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sic (class 6)
• nīrandhra – dense, compact, close, solid, without interstices
  adjective

Note: Qualifies the 'ocean' (enemy army)

मकर-व्यूह-सङ्कुलम् (makara-vyūha-saṅkulam) - crowded with arrays of marine monsters

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of makara-vyūha-saṅkula

makara-vyūha-saṅkula - crowded with arrays of marine monsters

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (makara+vyūha+saṅkula)

• makara – a sea monster, crocodile, mythical creature
  noun (masculine)
• vyūha – arrangement, formation (of troops), array
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: ūh (class 1)
• saṅkula – crowded, filled, confused, disordered
  adjective
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kul (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the 'ocean' (enemy army)

वारण-व्यूह-वलितम् (vāraṇa-vyūha-valitam) - encircled by arrays of elephants

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vāraṇa-vyūha-valita

vāraṇa-vyūha-valita - encircled by arrays of elephants

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāraṇa+vyūha+valita)

• vāraṇa – elephant, warding off, protection
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vṛ (class 5)
• vyūha – arrangement, formation (of troops), array
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: ūh (class 1)
• valita – encircled, surrounded, bent, curved
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'val' (to turn, move around)
  Root: val (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the 'ocean' (enemy army)

तरङ्ग-व्यूह-विस्तृतम् (taraṅga-vyūha-vistṛtam) - extended with arrays of waves, spread out with wave formations

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of taraṅga-vyūha-vistṛta

taraṅga-vyūha-vistṛta - extended with arrays of waves, spread out with wave formations

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (taraṅga+vyūha+vistṛta)

• taraṅga – wave, billow, movement
  noun (masculine)
  Root: tṛ (class 1)
• vyūha – arrangement, formation (of troops), array
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: ūh (class 1)
• vistṛta – extended, spread out, wide, expansive
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'stṛ' (to spread) with upasarga 'vi'
  Prefix: vi
  Root: stṛ (class 5)

Note: Qualifies the 'ocean' (enemy army)

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