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7,119

योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-119, verse-25

दृष्टं श्मशानं तदनन्तभीमकरङ्ककंकालघनामगन्धि ।
माद्यच्छिवावायसकङ्कगृध्रपिशाचवेतालविरावरौद्रम् ॥ २५ ॥
dṛṣṭaṃ śmaśānaṃ tadanantabhīmakaraṅkakaṃkālaghanāmagandhi ,
mādyacchivāvāyasakaṅkagṛdhrapiśācavetālavirāvaraudram 25
25. dṛṣṭam śmaśānam tat anantabhīmakaraṅkakaṅkālaghanāmagandhi
mādyacchivāvāyasakaṅkagṛdhrapiśācavetālavirāvaraudram
25. tat śmaśānam dṛṣṭam anantabhīmakaraṅkakaṅkālaghanāmagandhi
mādyacchivāvāyasakaṅkagṛdhrapiśācavetālavirāvaraudram
25. That cremation ground (śmaśānam) was seen, dense with innumerable terrible skulls and skeletons, putrid-smelling, and frightful with the cacophony of shrieks from maddened jackals, crows, kites, vultures, goblins, and vampires.

Words meanings summery:

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  • दृष्टम् (dṛṣṭam) - it was seen (seen, observed)
  • श्मशानम् (śmaśānam) - the desolate cremation ground (cremation ground, cemetery)
  • तत् (tat) - that (specific cremation ground) (that, it)
  • अनन्तभीमकरङ्ककङ्कालघनामगन्धि (anantabhīmakaraṅkakaṅkālaghanāmagandhi) - choked with countless gruesome skulls and skeletons, and putrid (dense with innumerable terrible skulls and skeletons, foul-smelling)
  • माद्यच्छिवावायसकङ्कगृध्रपिशाचवेतालविरावरौद्रम् (mādyacchivāvāyasakaṅkagṛdhrapiśācavetālavirāvaraudram) - horrific due to the dreadful clamor of frenzied jackals, crows, kites, vultures, goblins, and vampires (terrible with the shrieks of maddened jackals, crows, kites, vultures, goblins, and vampires)

Words meanings and morphology

दृष्टम् (dṛṣṭam) - it was seen (seen, observed)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛṣṭa
dṛṣṭa - seen, perceived, observed
Past Passive Participle
from root dṛś (class 1, P) 'to see'
Root: dṛś (class 1)
Note: Agrees with 'śmaśānam'.
श्मशानम् (śmaśānam) - the desolate cremation ground (cremation ground, cemetery)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of śmaśāna
śmaśāna - cremation ground, cemetery, burial place
Note: Subject of the implied sentence "That cremation ground was seen".
तत् (tat) - that (specific cremation ground) (that, it)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of tad
tad - that, it
Note: Refers to 'śmaśānam'.
अनन्तभीमकरङ्ककङ्कालघनामगन्धि (anantabhīmakaraṅkakaṅkālaghanāmagandhi) - choked with countless gruesome skulls and skeletons, and putrid (dense with innumerable terrible skulls and skeletons, foul-smelling)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of anantabhīmakaraṅkakaṅkālaghanāmagandhi
anantabhīmakaraṅkakaṅkālaghanāmagandhi - having innumerable terrible skulls and skeletons in abundance, and having a foul smell
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ananta+bhīma+karaṅka+kaṅkāla+ghana+amagandhin)
  • ananta – endless, infinite, innumerable
    adjective (masculine)
    from a- 'not' + anta 'end'
  • bhīma – terrible, frightful, dreadful
    adjective (masculine)
    from root bhī 'to fear'
    Root: bhī (class 3)
  • karaṅka – skull, skeleton, dry bone
    noun (masculine)
  • kaṅkāla – skeleton, frame of the body
    noun (masculine)
  • ghana – dense, thick, abundant
    adjective (masculine)
  • amagandhin – foul-smelling, putrid
    adjective (masculine)
    from āma 'raw, unburnt' + gandhin 'smelling'
    Root: gandh (class 10)
Note: Compound adjective agreeing with 'śmaśānam'.
माद्यच्छिवावायसकङ्कगृध्रपिशाचवेतालविरावरौद्रम् (mādyacchivāvāyasakaṅkagṛdhrapiśācavetālavirāvaraudram) - horrific due to the dreadful clamor of frenzied jackals, crows, kites, vultures, goblins, and vampires (terrible with the shrieks of maddened jackals, crows, kites, vultures, goblins, and vampires)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of mādyacchivāvāyasakaṅkagṛdhrapiśācavetālavirāvaraudra
mādyacchivāvāyasakaṅkagṛdhrapiśācavetālavirāvaraudra - terrible with the cries of maddened jackals, crows, kites, vultures, goblins, and vampires
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mādyat+śivā+vāyasa+kaṅka+gṛdhra+piśāca+vetāla+virāva+raudra)
  • mādyat – maddening, intoxicating, frenzied
    adjective (masculine)
    Present Active Participle
    from root mad (class 4, P) 'to be mad, intoxicated'
    Root: mad (class 4)
  • śivā – jackal (female), she-jackal
    noun (feminine)
  • vāyasa – crow
    noun (masculine)
  • kaṅka – heron, kite, a kind of carnivorous bird
    noun (masculine)
  • gṛdhra – vulture
    noun (masculine)
  • piśāca – goblin, fiend, demon
    noun (masculine)
  • vetāla – ghost, vampire, demon animating a corpse
    noun (masculine)
  • virāva – cry, shriek, yell, loud noise
    noun (masculine)
    from vi-ru 'to cry aloud'
    Prefix: vi
    Root: ru (class 2)
  • raudra – terrible, frightful, fierce, dreadful
    adjective (masculine)
    from rudra 'terrible god'
Note: Compound adjective agreeing with 'śmaśānam'.