योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-140, verse-20

क्वचित्कमलवत्कीर्णलोकपालशिरःकरः ।
क्वचित्पङ्कजविश्रान्तरुधिरह्रदपाटलः ॥ २० ॥

kvacitkamalavatkīrṇalokapālaśiraḥkaraḥ ,
kvacitpaṅkajaviśrāntarudhirahradapāṭalaḥ 20

20. kvacit kamalavatkīrṇalokapālaśiraḥkaraḥ
kvacit paṅkajaviśrāntarudhirahrada-pāṭalaḥ

20. kvacit kamalavatkīrṇalokapālaśiraḥkaraḥ
kvacit paṅkajaviśrāntarudhirahrada-pāṭalaḥ

20. Somewhere, the heads and hands of the world-guardians (lokapāla) are scattered like lotuses. Elsewhere, pale-red pools of blood are resting upon lotuses.

Words meanings summery:

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, somewhere, in some place, on some occasion

• कमलवत्कीर्णलोकपालशिरःकरः (kamalavatkīrṇalokapālaśiraḥkaraḥ) - one whose heads and hands of world-guardians are scattered like lotuses

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, somewhere, in some place, on some occasion

• पङ्कजविश्रान्तरुधिरह्रद-पाटलः (paṅkajaviśrāntarudhirahrada-pāṭalaḥ) - one characterized by pale-red pools of blood resting on lotuses

Words meanings and morphology

क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, somewhere, in some place, on some occasion

(indeclinable)

कमलवत्कीर्णलोकपालशिरःकरः (kamalavatkīrṇalokapālaśiraḥkaraḥ) - one whose heads and hands of world-guardians are scattered like lotuses

(compound noun)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kamala-vat+kīrṇa+lokapāla-śiraḥ-kara)

• kamala – lotus
  noun (neuter)
• vat – like, as if
  indeclinable
  Suffix indicating comparison
• kīrṇa – scattered, strewn, dispersed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √kṛ (to scatter)
  Root: kṛ (class 6)
• lokapāla – world-guardian, protector of a region (lokapāla)
  compound noun (masculine)
• śiras – head
  noun (neuter)
• kara – hand
  noun (masculine)

Note: This compound acts as a descriptive adjective for the place/scene.

क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, somewhere, in some place, on some occasion

(indeclinable)

पङ्कजविश्रान्तरुधिरह्रद-पाटलः (paṅkajaviśrāntarudhirahrada-pāṭalaḥ) - one characterized by pale-red pools of blood resting on lotuses

(compound noun)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (paṅkaja+viśrānta+rudhira+hrada+pāṭala)

• paṅkaja – lotus
  noun (neuter)
  Literally 'mud-born'
• viśrānta – rested, reposed, ceased
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From vi-√śram (to rest)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: śram (class 4)
• rudhira – blood
  noun (neuter)
• hrada – pool, lake
  noun (masculine)
• pāṭala – pale red, pinkish, rose-colored
  adjective (masculine)

Note: This compound describes a state or appearance of the scene.

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