योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-111, verse-41

मृतहस्त्यश्वयोधौघजीर्णपर्णनिरन्तरः ।
पिष्टदेहवसामांसपङ्कसंजातकर्दमः ॥ ४१ ॥

mṛtahastyaśvayodhaughajīrṇaparṇanirantaraḥ ,
piṣṭadehavasāmāṃsapaṅkasaṃjātakardamaḥ 41

41. mṛtahasty-aśvayodhaughajīrṇaparṇanirantaraḥ
piṣṭadehavasāmāṃsapaṅkasaṃjātakardamaḥ

41. mṛtahasty-aśvayodhaughajīrṇaparṇanirantaraḥ
piṣṭadehavasāmāṃsapaṅkasaṃjātakardamaḥ

41. It was densely filled with hordes of dead elephants, horses, and warriors, and with decayed leaves; its mud was formed from the mire of pounded bodies, fat, and flesh.

Words meanings summery:

• मृतहस्त्य्-अश्वयोधौघजीर्णपर्णनिरन्तरः (mṛtahasty-aśvayodhaughajīrṇaparṇanirantaraḥ) - describing a destructive force or landscape densely filled with casualties and debris (densely filled with multitudes of dead elephants, horses, and warriors, and decayed leaves)

• पिष्टदेहवसामांसपङ्कसंजातकर्दमः (piṣṭadehavasāmāṁsapaṅkasaṁjātakardamaḥ) - describing the composition of the mud in the destructive scene (whose mud was produced from the mire of pounded bodies, fat, and flesh)

Words meanings and morphology

मृतहस्त्य्-अश्वयोधौघजीर्णपर्णनिरन्तरः (mṛtahasty-aśvayodhaughajīrṇaparṇanirantaraḥ) - describing a destructive force or landscape densely filled with casualties and debris (densely filled with multitudes of dead elephants, horses, and warriors, and decayed leaves)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtahasty-aśvayodhaughajīrṇaparṇanirantara

mṛtahasty-aśvayodhaughajīrṇaparṇanirantara - densely filled with multitudes of dead elephants, horses, and warriors, and decayed leaves

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (mṛta+hastin+aśva+yodha+ogha+jīrṇa+parṇa+nirantara)

• mṛta – dead, deceased
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root mṛ (to die)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• hastin – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)
• yodha – warrior, fighter
  noun (masculine)
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• ogha – multitude, heap, flood
  noun (masculine)
  Root: uh (class 1)
• jīrṇa – decayed, worn out, old
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root jṛ (to decay, wear out)
  Root: jṛ (class 4)
• parṇa – leaf, feather
  noun (neuter)
  Root: pṛ (class 1)
• nirantara – uninterrupted, continuous, dense with, filled with
  adjective
  Compound of ni (without) + antara (interval)
  Prefix: nir

Note: Describes an implied masculine singular noun (e.g., a river, a landscape, a destructive event).

पिष्टदेहवसामांसपङ्कसंजातकर्दमः (piṣṭadehavasāmāṁsapaṅkasaṁjātakardamaḥ) - describing the composition of the mud in the destructive scene (whose mud was produced from the mire of pounded bodies, fat, and flesh)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of piṣṭadehavasāmāṃsapaṅkasaṃjātakardama

piṣṭadehavasāmāṁsapaṅkasaṁjātakardama - whose mud was produced from the mire of pounded bodies, fat, and flesh

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (piṣṭa+deha+vasā+māṃsa+paṅka+saṃjāta+kardama)

• piṣṭa – pounded, crushed, ground
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root piṣ (to crush, grind)
  Root: piṣ (class 7)
• deha – body, corporeal frame
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dih (class 4)
• vasā – fat, marrow, grease
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vas (class 2)
• māṃsa – flesh, meat
  noun (neuter)
  Root: man (class 4)
• paṅka – mire, mud, swamp
  noun (masculine)
  Root: paj (class 1)
• saṃjāta – produced, arisen, born
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root jan (to be born) with prefix sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: jan (class 4)
• kardama – mud, slime, mire
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṛd (class 1)

Note: Describes an implied masculine singular noun (e.g., a river, a landscape, a destructive event).

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