योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-81, verse-14

अन्त्रान्त्रतन्त्रीग्रशितशिरःकरखुरोत्करा ।
आमूलात्सूत्रवलिता कण्टकानामिव स्थली ॥ १४ ॥

antrāntratantrīgraśitaśiraḥkarakhurotkarā ,
āmūlātsūtravalitā kaṇṭakānāmiva sthalī 14

14. antrāntratantrīgraśitaśiraḥkarakhurotkarā
āmūlāt sūtravvalitā kaṇṭakānām iva sthalī

14. antrāntratantrīgraśitaśiraḥkarakhurotkarā (sā) आमूलात् sūtravvalitā kaṇṭakānām sthalī iva (bhāti).

14. From its very base, it was like a mass of thorns, with its collection of heads, forelimbs, and hooves entangled by intertwined strings of intestines, as if wound with threads.

14. היא הייתה סבוכה במעיים, בגידים, בראשים, בידיים ובכפות רגליים, ולפופה בחוטים מבסיסה ועד קצהָ, כמו שדה שופע קוצים.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्त्रान्त्रतन्त्रीग्रशितशिरःकरखुरोत्करा (antrāntratantrīgraśitaśiraḥkarakhurotkarā) - whose mass of heads, forelimbs, and hooves was entangled by intertwined strings of intestines

• आमूलात् (āmūlāt) - from the root, from the very base, from the beginning

• सूत्रव्वलिता (sūtravvalitā) - bound with threads, wound with strings

• कण्टकानाम् (kaṇṭakānām) - of thorns, of prickles

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as, similar to

• स्थली (sthalī) - a heap, a mass, dry ground, a place, a spot

Words meanings and morphology

अन्त्रान्त्रतन्त्रीग्रशितशिरःकरखुरोत्करा (antrāntratantrīgraśitaśiraḥkarakhurotkarā) - whose mass of heads, forelimbs, and hooves was entangled by intertwined strings of intestines

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of antrāntratantrīgraśitaśiraḥkarakhurotkara

antrāntratantrīgraśitaśiraḥkarakhurotkara - whose mass of heads, forelimbs, and hooves was entangled by intertwined strings of intestines

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (antrāntratantrī+graśita+śiraḥkarakhurotkara)

• antrāntratantrī – strings of intestines intertwined, intestine upon intestine as strings
  noun (feminine)
• graśita – seized, entangled, swallowed, devoured
  verbal derivative
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle of root graś (to seize, devour)
  Root: graś (class 1)
• śiraḥkarakhurotkara – collection of heads, forelimbs/trunks, and hooves
  noun (masculine)

आमूलात् (āmūlāt) - from the root, from the very base, from the beginning

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of āmūla

āmūla - from the root, from the very base, from the beginning

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ā+mūla)

• ā – up to, until, entirely, completely
  indeclinable
• mūla – root, base, foundation, origin
  noun (neuter)

सूत्रव्वलिता (sūtravvalitā) - bound with threads, wound with strings

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sūtravvalita

sūtravvalita - bound with threads, wound with strings

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sūtra+valita)

• sūtra – thread, string, aphorism, rule
  noun (neuter)
• valita – wound, twisted, bent
  verbal derivative
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle of root val (to turn, roll, cover)
  Root: val (class 1)

कण्टकानाम् (kaṇṭakānām) - of thorns, of prickles

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kaṇṭaka

kaṇṭaka - thorn, prickle, impediment, enemy

इव (iva) - like, as if, as, similar to

(indeclinable)

स्थली (sthalī) - a heap, a mass, dry ground, a place, a spot

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sthalī

sthalī - a heap, a mass, dry ground, a place, a spot

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