योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-15, verse-14

अहंकारमहाविन्ध्ये मनोमत्तमहागजः ।
विस्फूर्जति घनास्फोटैः स्तनितैरिव वारिदः ॥ १४ ॥

ahaṃkāramahāvindhye manomattamahāgajaḥ ,
visphūrjati ghanāsphoṭaiḥ stanitairiva vāridaḥ 14

14. ahaṅkāramahāvindhye manomattamahāgajaḥ
visphūrjati ghanāsphoṭaiḥ stanitaiḥ iva vāridaḥ

14. In the vast Vindhya mountain of ego (ahaṅkāra), the mind, like a maddened great elephant, bellows with mighty roars, just as a thundercloud rumbles with its thunders.

Words meanings summery:

• अहङ्कारमहाविन्ध्ये (ahaṅkāramahāvindhye) - in the vast Vindhya mountain of ego (ahaṅkāra) (in the great Vindhya mountain of ego)

• मनोमत्तमहागजः (manomattamahāgajaḥ) - the mind, like a maddened great elephant (the mind-like maddened great elephant)

• विस्फूर्जति (visphūrjati) - bellows, rumbles (bursts forth, roars, rumbles, shines forth)

• घनास्फोटैः (ghanāsphoṭaiḥ) - with mighty roars (with mighty blows, with dense roars/bursts)

• स्तनितैः (stanitaiḥ) - with thunders (referring to clouds) (with thunders, with roars, with rumblings)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

• वारिदः (vāridaḥ) - a thundercloud (cloud (lit. water-giver))

Words meanings and morphology

अहङ्कारमहाविन्ध्ये (ahaṅkāramahāvindhye) - in the vast Vindhya mountain of ego (ahaṅkāra) (in the great Vindhya mountain of ego)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ahaṅkāramahāvindhya

ahaṅkāramahāvindhya - great Vindhya mountain of ego

Compound type : tatpurusha (ahaṅkāra+mahāvindhya)

• ahaṅkāra – ego, egotism, self-sense
  noun (masculine)
• mahāvindhya – great Vindhya mountain
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Compound meaning 'the Vindhya mountain that is ego' or 'the great mountain of ego'.

मनोमत्तमहागजः (manomattamahāgajaḥ) - the mind, like a maddened great elephant (the mind-like maddened great elephant)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of manomattamahāgaja

manomattamahāgaja - mind-intoxicated great elephant

Compound type : karmadhāraya (manas+matta+mahā+gaja)

• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
• matta – intoxicated, maddened, enraged
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root mad (to be mad, rejoice) + ta.
  Root: mad (class 4)
• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

विस्फूर्जति (visphūrjati) - bellows, rumbles (bursts forth, roars, rumbles, shines forth)

(verb)

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

Present Active

Root sphūrj (to thunder, tremble, burst) with prefix vi.

Prefix: vi

Root: sphūrj (class 1)

Note: Verb describing the action of the mind-elephant.

घनास्फोटैः (ghanāsphoṭaiḥ) - with mighty roars (with mighty blows, with dense roars/bursts)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of ghanāsphoṭa

ghanāsphoṭa - mighty burst/roar, dense impact

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ghana+āsphoṭa)

• ghana – dense, thick, mighty, strong
  adjective (masculine)
• āsphoṭa – bursting, crashing, roaring, striking
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: sphuṭ (class 6)

Note: Used to describe the sounds made by the elephant/cloud.

स्तनितैः (stanitaiḥ) - with thunders (referring to clouds) (with thunders, with roars, with rumblings)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of stanita

stanita - thunder, roar, rumble, sound

Past Passive Participle (often substantivized)

From root stan (to thunder, roar) + ta.

Root: stan (class 1)

Note: Used in comparison to the roars of the elephant.

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle indicating comparison.

वारिदः (vāridaḥ) - a thundercloud (cloud (lit. water-giver))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vārida

vārida - cloud, giver of water

Derived from vāri (water) + da (giving, from root dā).

Compound type : upapada tatpurusha (vāri+da)

• vāri – water
  noun (neuter)
• da – giving, bestowing
  adjective (masculine)
  Kṛt suffix
  From root dā (to give).
  Root: dā (class 1)

Note: Used as the object of comparison.