योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-28, verse-7

अरण्यानी महाभीमा या नभोमण्डलोपमा ।
पताकाच्छादिताकाशा सैव संपद्यते पुरी ॥ ७ ॥

araṇyānī mahābhīmā yā nabhomaṇḍalopamā ,
patākācchāditākāśā saiva saṃpadyate purī 7

7. araṇyānī mahābhīmā yā nabhomāṇḍalopamā
patākācchāditākāśā sā eva saṃpadyate purī

7. yā mahābhīmā nabhomāṇḍalopamā araṇyānī,
sā eva patākācchāditākāśā purī saṃpadyate

7. A vast and formidable forest, which resembles the celestial sphere, itself eventually transforms into a city whose sky is covered by banners.

Words meanings summery:

• अरण्यानी (araṇyānī) - large forest, wilderness

• महाभीमा (mahābhīmā) - very dreadful, formidable, terrifying

• या (yā) - which, who

• नभोमाण्डलोपमा (nabhomāṇḍalopamā) - like the celestial sphere, resembling the expanse of the sky

• पताकाच्छादिताकाशा (patākācchāditākāśā) - describing a city adorned with many banners (whose sky is covered by banners)

• सा (sā) - she, that

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, certainly

• संपद्यते (saṁpadyate) - becomes, turns into, happens, succeeds

• पुरी (purī) - city, town, stronghold

Words meanings and morphology

अरण्यानी (araṇyānī) - large forest, wilderness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of araṇyānī

araṇyānī - large forest, wilderness

महाभीमा (mahābhīmā) - very dreadful, formidable, terrifying

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahābhīma

mahābhīma - very dreadful, formidable, terrifying, immense and fearsome

Compound type : Karmadharaya (mahā+bhīma)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• bhīma – dreadful, formidable, terrifying
  adjective
  Derived from root √bhī (to fear)
  Root: bhī (class 3)

या (yā) - which, who

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

नभोमाण्डलोपमा (nabhomāṇḍalopamā) - like the celestial sphere, resembling the expanse of the sky

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nabhomāṇḍalopama

nabhomāṇḍalopama - like the celestial sphere, resembling the expanse of the sky

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (nabhas+maṇḍala+upamā)

• nabhas – sky, atmosphere, heaven
  noun (neuter)
• maṇḍala – circle, sphere, disk, region
  noun (neuter)
• upamā – likeness, resemblance, simile, comparison
  noun (feminine)

पताकाच्छादिताकाशा (patākācchāditākāśā) - describing a city adorned with many banners (whose sky is covered by banners)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of patākācchāditākāśa

patākācchāditākāśa - whose sky is covered by banners

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (patākā+ācchādita+ākāśa)

• patākā – banner, flag, standard
  noun (feminine)
• ācchādita – covered, concealed, hidden
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √chad with prefix ā- and suffix -ta
  Prefix: ā
  Root: chad (class 10)
• ākāśa – sky, space, ether
  noun (masculine)

सा (sā) - she, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

संपद्यते (saṁpadyate) - becomes, turns into, happens, succeeds

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of sam-pad

Prefix: sam

Root: pad (class 4)

पुरी (purī) - city, town, stronghold

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of purī

purī - city, town, stronghold, capital