योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-28, verse-22

द्यौः क्षमा वायुराकाशं पर्वताः सरितो दिशः ।
विनाशवाडवस्यैतत्सर्वं संशुष्कमिन्धनम् ॥ २२ ॥

dyauḥ kṣamā vāyurākāśaṃ parvatāḥ sarito diśaḥ ,
vināśavāḍavasyaitatsarvaṃ saṃśuṣkamindhanam 22

22. dyauḥ kṣamā vāyuḥ ākāśam parvatāḥ saritaḥ diśaḥ
vināśavāḍavasya etat sarvam saṃśuṣkam indhanam

22. dyauḥ kṣamā vāyuḥ ākāśam parvatāḥ saritaḥ diśaḥ
etat sarvam vināśavāḍavasya saṃśuṣkam indhanam

22. The sky, earth, wind, space, mountains, rivers, and the cardinal directions—all of this is the utterly dried-up fuel for the submarine fire of destruction (vināśavāḍava).

Words meanings summery:

• द्यौः (dyauḥ) - sky, heaven

• क्षमा (kṣamā) - earth, ground

• वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind, air

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space, ether, sky

• पर्वताः (parvatāḥ) - mountains, hills

• सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers

• दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions, quarters of the sky

• विनाशवाडवस्य (vināśavāḍavasya) - of the submarine fire of destruction

• एतत् (etat) - this, all this

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, the whole, entire

• संशुष्कम् (saṁśuṣkam) - completely dried up, withered, desiccated

• इन्धनम् (indhanam) - fuel, firewood, kindling

Words meanings and morphology

द्यौः (dyauḥ) - sky, heaven

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of div

div - sky, heaven, day

क्षमा (kṣamā) - earth, ground

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṣamā

kṣamā - earth, ground, patience, forgiveness

वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind, air

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - wind, air, Vāyu (the god of wind)

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - space, ether, sky

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - space, ether (one of the five elements), sky

पर्वताः (parvatāḥ) - mountains, hills

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill, rock

सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarit

sarit - river, stream

दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions, quarters of the sky

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of diś

diś - direction, quarter, point of the compass

विनाशवाडवस्य (vināśavāḍavasya) - of the submarine fire of destruction

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vināśavāḍava

vināśavāḍava - the submarine fire of destruction

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vināśa+vāḍava)

• vināśa – destruction, annihilation, ruin
  noun (masculine)
• vāḍava – submarine fire (vāḍavāgni)
  noun (masculine)

एतत् (etat) - this, all this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that (referring to what is near or present)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, the whole, entire

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, whole, entire

संशुष्कम् (saṁśuṣkam) - completely dried up, withered, desiccated

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃśuṣka

saṁśuṣka - completely dried, withered, desiccated

Past Passive Participle

From root √śuṣ ('to dry, wither') with prefix 'sam-' for 'completely'

Prefix: sam

Root: śuṣ (class 4)

इन्धनम् (indhanam) - fuel, firewood, kindling

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of indhana

indhana - fuel, firewood, kindling

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