योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-115, verse-41

अस्ताचले विकटकाञ्चनकूटकोटिसंघट्टनस्फुटितजर्जरचारुसंधिः ।
खर्वं रथः पतति स स्म रवेः सचक्रचीत्कारतारतरकूबररास एषः ॥ ४१ ॥

astācale vikaṭakāñcanakūṭakoṭisaṃghaṭṭanasphuṭitajarjaracārusaṃdhiḥ ,
kharvaṃ rathaḥ patati sa sma raveḥ sacakracītkāratāratarakūbararāsa eṣaḥ 41

41. astācale
vikaṭakāñcanakūṭakoṭisaṅghaṭṭanasphuṭitajarjaracārusandhiḥ
kharvam rathaḥ patati saḥ sma raveḥ
sacakracītkāratāratarakūbararāsaḥ eṣaḥ

41. eṣaḥ raveḥ rathaḥ astācale
vikaṭakāñcanakūṭakoṭisaṅghaṭṭanasphuṭitajarjaracārusandhiḥ
kharvam
sacakracītkāratāratarakūbararāsaḥ saḥ sma patati

41. Behold, this very chariot of the sun, with its wheels, pole, and reins, is falling in a broken state onto the setting mountain (astācala)! Its elegant joints are shattered and broken from the impact with the jagged golden peaks, and it emits a loud, piercing shriek.

41. על הר השקיעה (אַסְתָאצַ'לַה), מרכבת השמש צונחת למטה, פרקיה היפים התפרקו מתוך התנגשות במיליוני פסגות זהב אדירות, בעוד גלגליה חורקים ומוט האופניים שלה מרעיש בעוצמה.

Words meanings summery:

• अस्ताचले (astācale) - on the Western mountain, on the setting mountain

• विकटकाञ्चनकूटकोटिसङ्घट्टनस्फुटितजर्जरचारुसन्धिः (vikaṭakāñcanakūṭakoṭisaṅghaṭṭanasphuṭitajarjaracārusandhiḥ) - whose elegant joints are shattered and broken by colliding with the jagged golden peaks

• खर्वम् (kharvam) - crippled, broken, dwarfed

• रथः (rathaḥ) - chariot, car

• पतति (patati) - falls, descends

• सः (saḥ) - he, that (one)

• स्म (sma) - indeed, certainly (used with present tense to indicate past action)

• रवेः (raveḥ) - of the sun

• सचक्रचीत्कारतारतरकूबररासः (sacakracītkāratāratarakūbararāsaḥ) - with wheels, pole, and reins, making a loud, piercing, shrieking sound

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (one)

Words meanings and morphology

अस्ताचले (astācale) - on the Western mountain, on the setting mountain

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of astācala

astācala - the Western mountain, where the sun sets

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (asta+acala)

• asta – setting (of sun/moon), western
  adjective (masculine)
• acala – mountain; immovable
  noun (masculine)

विकटकाञ्चनकूटकोटिसङ्घट्टनस्फुटितजर्जरचारुसन्धिः (vikaṭakāñcanakūṭakoṭisaṅghaṭṭanasphuṭitajarjaracārusandhiḥ) - whose elegant joints are shattered and broken by colliding with the jagged golden peaks

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vikaṭakāñcanakūṭakoṭisaṅghaṭṭanasphuṭitajarjaracārusandhi

vikaṭakāñcanakūṭakoṭisaṅghaṭṭanasphuṭitajarjaracārusandhi - having beautiful joints shattered and broken by the collision with jagged golden peaks

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vikaṭa+kāñcanakūṭakoṭi+saṅghaṭṭana+sphuṭita+jarjara+cārusandhi)

• vikaṭa – jagged, huge, formidable, broad
  adjective
• kāñcanakūṭakoṭi – peak of a golden mountain, tip of a golden mass
  noun (feminine)
• saṅghaṭṭana – collision, impact, striking together
  noun (neuter)
  From root ghaṭṭ with prefix sam.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: ghaṭṭ (class 10)
• sphuṭita – shattered, broken, burst open
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root sphuṭ (to burst, break).
  Root: sphuṭ (class 6)
• jarjara – broken, dilapidated, decrepit, worn out
  adjective
• cārusandhi – beautiful joint
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to 'rathaḥ'.

खर्वम् (kharvam) - crippled, broken, dwarfed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kharva

kharva - dwarfish, crippled, mutilated, incomplete, rapidly

Note: Refers to 'rathaḥ'.

रथः (rathaḥ) - chariot, car

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ratha

ratha - chariot, car, vehicle

Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

पतति (patati) - falls, descends

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pat

Present active indicative, 3rd person singular

From root pat, class 1, parasmaipada.

Root: pat (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - he, that (one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'rathaḥ'.

स्म (sma) - indeed, certainly (used with present tense to indicate past action)

(indeclinable)

रवेः (raveḥ) - of the sun

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ravi

ravi - sun, sun-god

Note: Possessive, 'of the sun'.

सचक्रचीत्कारतारतरकूबररासः (sacakracītkāratāratarakūbararāsaḥ) - with wheels, pole, and reins, making a loud, piercing, shrieking sound

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sacakracītkāratāratarakūbararāsa

sacakracītkāratāratarakūbararāsa - characterized by shrieking, loud, piercing sounds from its wheels, pole, and reins

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+cakra+cītkāra+tāratara+kūbara+rāsa)

• sa – with, having
  indeclinable
• cakra – wheel
  noun (neuter)
• cītkāra – shriek, piercing cry
  noun (masculine)
• tāratara – louder, more piercing (comparative of tāra)
  adjective
  comparative
  Comparative suffix -tara added to tāra (loud, piercing).
• kūbara – pole of a chariot, shaft
  noun (masculine)
• rāsa – reins, bridle
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to 'rathaḥ'.

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one, he, she, it (proximate demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to 'rathaḥ'.

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