योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-112, verse-9

नाराचनिकरं नीलं निमेषं नासहञ्छकाः ।
रमठा नलिनीषण्डा इव ताण्डवितासवः ॥ ९ ॥

nārācanikaraṃ nīlaṃ nimeṣaṃ nāsahañchakāḥ ,
ramaṭhā nalinīṣaṇḍā iva tāṇḍavitāsavaḥ 9

9. nārācanikaram nīlam nimeṣam na asahan śakāḥ
ramaṭhāḥ nalinīṣaṇḍāḥ iva tāṇḍavitāsavaḥ

9. śakāḥ ramaṭhāḥ nīlam nārācanikaram nimeṣam
na asahan tāṇḍavitāsavaḥ nalinīṣaṇḍāḥ iva

9. The Śakas and Ramaṭhas could not endure the dark multitude of arrows for even a moment. They were like clusters of lotus plants, whose essence was violently agitated.

Words meanings summery:

• नाराचनिकरम् (nārācanikaram) - multitude of arrows

• नीलम् (nīlam) - blue, dark blue, black

• निमेषम् (nimeṣam) - a wink, a twinkling of an eye, a moment

• न (na) - not, no

• असहन् (asahan) - they endured, they tolerated

• शकाः (śakāḥ) - Śakas, Scythians

• रमठाः (ramaṭhāḥ) - Ramaṭhas (a tribe)

• नलिनीषण्डाः (nalinīṣaṇḍāḥ) - clusters of lotus plants

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• ताण्डवितासवः (tāṇḍavitāsavaḥ) - whose life-force was violently shaken (whose essence is agitated, whose vital fluid is shaken)

Words meanings and morphology

नाराचनिकरम् (nārācanikaram) - multitude of arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nārācanikara

nārācanikara - group of arrows

compound of nārāca (arrow) and nikara (multitude)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nārāca+nikara)

• nārāca – iron arrow, arrow
  noun (masculine)
• nikara – multitude, heap, collection
  noun (masculine)

नीलम् (nīlam) - blue, dark blue, black

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nīla

nīla - dark blue, black, sapphire

Note: Agrees with nārācanikaram

निमेषम् (nimeṣam) - a wink, a twinkling of an eye, a moment

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nimeṣa

nimeṣa - twinkling of the eye, wink, moment

from root miṣ with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: miṣ (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'for a moment'

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

असहन् (asahan) - they endured, they tolerated

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of sah

Imperfect tense

Imperfect, 3rd person, plural, Parasmaipada, from root sah (to endure), with augment a-

Root: sah (class 7)

शकाः (śakāḥ) - Śakas, Scythians

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śaka

śaka - a Scythian, a member of the Śaka tribe

Note: Subject of the verb 'asahan'

रमठाः (ramaṭhāḥ) - Ramaṭhas (a tribe)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ramaṭha

ramaṭha - a member of the Ramaṭha tribe (a mountain tribe)

Note: Subject of the verb 'asahan'

नलिनीषण्डाः (nalinīṣaṇḍāḥ) - clusters of lotus plants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nalinīṣaṇḍa

nalinīṣaṇḍa - group or thicket of lotus plants

compound of nalinī (lotus plant) and ṣaṇḍa (thicket/group)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nalinī+ṣaṇḍa)

• nalinī – lotus plant, lotus pond
  noun (feminine)
• ṣaṇḍa – thicket, grove, group, multitude
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used in comparison with 'śakāḥ ramaṭhāḥ'

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

ताण्डवितासवः (tāṇḍavitāsavaḥ) - whose life-force was violently shaken (whose essence is agitated, whose vital fluid is shaken)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tāṇḍavitāsava

tāṇḍavitāsava - whose essence/juice is made to dance/agitated

compound of tāṇḍavita (made to dance/agitate) and āsava (juice/essence/liquor)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tāṇḍavita+āsava)

• tāṇḍavita – made to dance, agitated, shaken
  adjective (masculine)
  Causative Passive Participle
  from root taṇḍ
  Root: taṇḍ
• āsava – juice, essence, liquor, vital fluid
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'śakāḥ ramaṭhāḥ' and 'nalinīṣaṇḍāḥ'