योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-111, verse-17

कचदायुधखण्डौघडीनरत्नावृतोदरम् ।
चलद्व्यूहचलट्यस्तयन्त्राश्मक्षेपणाश्मकम् ॥ १७ ॥

kacadāyudhakhaṇḍaughaḍīnaratnāvṛtodaram ,
caladvyūhacalaṭyastayantrāśmakṣepaṇāśmakam 17

17. kacadāyudhakhaṇḍaughaḍīnarathanāvṛtoudaram
caladvyūhacalaṭyastayantrāśmakṣepaṇāśmakam

17. kacadāyudhakhaṇḍaughaḍīnarathanāvṛtoudaram
caladvyūhacalaṭyastayantrāśmakṣepaṇāśmakam

17. Whose surface was covered with flying jewels from multitudes of sparkling weapon fragments, and which had stones hurled by moving military formations and by thrown, moving siege engines for projecting stones.

Words meanings summery:

• कचदायुधखण्डौघडीनरथनावृतोउदरम् (kacadāyudhakhaṇḍaughaḍīnarathanāvṛtoudaram) - (describing the battle-ocean) whose surface was covered with flying jewels from multitudes of sparkling weapon fragments (whose interior/surface is covered by flying/fallen jewels from multitudes of shining weapon fragments)

• चलद्व्यूहचलट्यस्तयन्त्राश्मक्षेपणाश्मकम् (caladvyūhacalaṭyastayantrāśmakṣepaṇāśmakam) - (describing the battle-ocean) which had stones hurled by moving military formations and by thrown, moving siege engines for projecting stones (having stones hurled by moving formations, and by flung catapults (stone-throwing machines) that are themselves moving)

Words meanings and morphology

कचदायुधखण्डौघडीनरथनावृतोउदरम् (kacadāyudhakhaṇḍaughaḍīnarathanāvṛtoudaram) - (describing the battle-ocean) whose surface was covered with flying jewels from multitudes of sparkling weapon fragments (whose interior/surface is covered by flying/fallen jewels from multitudes of shining weapon fragments)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kacadāyudhakhaṇḍaughaḍīnarathanāvṛtoudara

kacadāyudhakhaṇḍaughaḍīnarathanāvṛtoudara - having an interior covered by flying jewels from multitudes of shining weapon fragments

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (kacada+āyudha+khaṇḍa+ogha+ḍīna+ratna+āvṛta+udara)

• kacada – shining, sparkling
  adjective
  from root kac (to shine) with suffix -ada
  Root: kac (class 1)
• āyudha – weapon, implement
  noun (neuter)
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• khaṇḍa – piece, fragment, part
  noun (masculine/neuter)
  Root: khaṇḍ (class 10)
• ogha – flood, stream, multitude, heap
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vah (class 1)
• ḍīna – flown, flying, fallen
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  from root ḍī (to fly) + kta
  Root: ḍī (class 4)
• ratna – jewel, gem, treasure
  noun (neuter)
  Root: ram (class 1)
• āvṛta – covered, surrounded, enveloped
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  from root vṛ (to cover) with upasarga ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛ (class 5)
• udara – belly, interior, surface, core
  noun (neuter)

Note: Describes the battle-ocean (raṇāmbhodhi) from the subsequent verse.

चलद्व्यूहचलट्यस्तयन्त्राश्मक्षेपणाश्मकम् (caladvyūhacalaṭyastayantrāśmakṣepaṇāśmakam) - (describing the battle-ocean) which had stones hurled by moving military formations and by thrown, moving siege engines for projecting stones (having stones hurled by moving formations, and by flung catapults (stone-throwing machines) that are themselves moving)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of caladvyūhacalaṭyastayantrāśmakṣepaṇāśmaka

caladvyūhacalaṭyastayantrāśmakṣepaṇāśmaka - having moving formations, moving thrown machines, stone-throwing stones

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (calat+vyūha+calat+tyasta+yantra+aśma+kṣepaṇa+aśmaka)

• calat – moving, trembling
  participle
  Present Active Participle
  from root cal (to move) + śatṛ
  Root: cal (class 1)
• vyūha – military array, formation, disposition
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ūh (class 1)
• calat – moving, trembling
  participle
  Present Active Participle
  from root cal (to move) + śatṛ
  Root: cal (class 1)
• tyasta – thrown, hurled, cast
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  from root tyaj (to abandon, throw) + kta
  Root: tyaj (class 1)
• yantra – machine, engine, instrument, device
  noun (neuter)
  Root: yam (class 1)
• aśma – stone, rock
  noun (masculine)
• kṣepaṇa – throwing, casting, hurling
  noun (neuter)
  from root kṣip (to throw) + ana
  Root: kṣip (class 6)
• aśmaka – stone, rocky (can be a suffix for 'made of stone' or 'pertaining to stone')
  noun (neuter)
  derived from aśman (stone)

Note: Describes the battle-ocean (raṇāmbhodhi) from the subsequent verse.

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