योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-145, verse-26

कृशानुकर्कशानर्कांश्चक्रधाराशितत्विषः ।
दावदाहविषावेशविपरीतरसाकरान् ॥ २६ ॥

kṛśānukarkaśānarkāṃścakradhārāśitatviṣaḥ ,
dāvadāhaviṣāveśaviparītarasākarān 26

26. kṛśānukarkaśānarkān ca cakradhārāśitatviṣaḥ
dāvadāhaviṣāveśaviparītarasākarān

26. kṛśānukarkaśānarkān ca cakradhārāśitatviṣaḥ
dāvadāhaviṣāveśaviparītarasākarān

26. (The lands whose) suns (anarka) are as harsh (karkaśa) as fire (kṛśānu), whose rays (tviṣ) are sharpened (āśita) like the edge (dhārā) of a discus (cakra), and whose sources of moisture (rasākara) are reversed (viparīta), as if infused with the poison (viṣa-āveśa) of a conflagration (dāva-dāha).

Words meanings summery:

• कृशानुकर्कशानर्कान् (kṛśānukarkaśānarkān) - describing lands experiencing suns whose heat is as intense and destructive as fire (whose suns are as harsh as fire)

• च (ca) - and, also

• चक्रधाराशितत्विषः (cakradhārāśitatviṣaḥ) - describing lands experiencing sunlight that is intensely sharp and cutting (whose rays are sharpened like the edge of a discus)

• दावदाहविषावेशविपरीतरसाकरान् (dāvadāhaviṣāveśaviparītarasākarān) - describing lands where the life-giving water sources are made harmful or inverted by the extreme heat of forest fires (whose sources of moisture are reversed (corrupted) by the infusion of poison from conflagrations)

Words meanings and morphology

कृशानुकर्कशानर्कान् (kṛśānukarkaśānarkān) - describing lands experiencing suns whose heat is as intense and destructive as fire (whose suns are as harsh as fire)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kṛśānukarkaśānarka

kṛśānukarkaśānarka - whose suns are as harsh as fire

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛśānu+karkaśa+anarka)

• kṛśānu – fire, flame
  noun (masculine)
• karkaśa – harsh, rough, cruel, hard
  adjective (masculine)
• anarka – sun, god, chief
  noun (masculine)
  Possibly a variant of arka (sun)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

चक्रधाराशितत्विषः (cakradhārāśitatviṣaḥ) - describing lands experiencing sunlight that is intensely sharp and cutting (whose rays are sharpened like the edge of a discus)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of cakradhārāśitatviṣ

cakradhārāśitatviṣ - whose rays are sharpened like the edge of a discus

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (cakra+dhārā+āśita+tviṣ)

• cakra – wheel, discus, circle
  noun (neuter)
• dhārā – edge, stream, current, shower
  noun (feminine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• āśita – sharpened, keen
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from prefix 'ā-' and root '√śi' (to sharpen)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: śi (class 4)
• tviṣ – splendor, brilliance, ray of light, sharp edge
  noun (feminine)
  From root √tviṣ (to shine)
  Root: tviṣ (class 1)

दावदाहविषावेशविपरीतरसाकरान् (dāvadāhaviṣāveśaviparītarasākarān) - describing lands where the life-giving water sources are made harmful or inverted by the extreme heat of forest fires (whose sources of moisture are reversed (corrupted) by the infusion of poison from conflagrations)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dāvadāhaviṣāveśaviparītarasākara

dāvadāhaviṣāveśaviparītarasākara - whose sources of moisture are reversed by the infusion of poison from conflagrations

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dāvadāha+viṣa+āveśa+viparīta+rasākara)

• dāvadāha – forest fire, conflagration
  noun (masculine)
  Compound 'dāva' (forest fire) + 'dāha' (burning)
• viṣa – poison, venom
  noun (neuter)
• āveśa – infusion, entry, possession, intense application
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from prefix 'ā-' and root '√viś' (to enter)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: viś (class 6)
• viparīta – inverted, contrary, reversed, opposite
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from prefixes 'vi-pari-' and root '√i' (to go)
  Prefixes: vi+pari
  Root: i (class 2)
• rasākara – source of juice/moisture/essence/flavor, a mine of mercury
  noun (masculine)
  Compound 'rasa' (juice, moisture) + 'ākara' (mine, source)

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