योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-106, verse-11

तद्द्वितीयमिवाकाशं तथाष्टममिवाम्बुधिम् ।
पञ्चमं सागरमिव संशुष्कं शून्यकोटरम् ॥ ११ ॥

taddvitīyamivākāśaṃ tathāṣṭamamivāmbudhim ,
pañcamaṃ sāgaramiva saṃśuṣkaṃ śūnyakoṭaram 11

11. tat dvitīyam iva ākāśam tathā aṣṭamam iva ambudhim
pañcamam sāgaram iva saṃśuṣkam śūnya-koṭaram

11. tat dvitīyam iva ākāśam tathā aṣṭamam iva ambudhim
pañcamam sāgaram iva saṃśuṣkam śūnya-koṭaram

11. That place was like a second sky, and an eighth ocean. It was like a fifth ocean, a completely dried-up, empty hollow.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that (place) (that, it)

• द्वितीयम् (dvitīyam) - second

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - sky, space, ether

• तथा (tathā) - and, thus, also

• अष्टमम् (aṣṭamam) - eighth

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• अम्बुधिम् (ambudhim) - ocean, sea

• पञ्चमम् (pañcamam) - fifth

• सागरम् (sāgaram) - ocean, sea

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• संशुष्कम् (saṁśuṣkam) - completely dried up

• शून्य-कोटरम् (śūnya-koṭaram) - empty hollow / cavity

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that (place) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Note: Refers to the desolate place being described, implicitly the subject.

द्वितीयम् (dvitīyam) - second

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dvitīya

dvitīya - second, another, secondary

Note: Agrees with 'ākāśam'.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - sky, space, ether

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, space, ether, the element of space

Note: Though 'ākāśa' is often masculine, it is used as neuter here to agree with 'dvitīyam' and 'tat'.

तथा (tathā) - and, thus, also

(indeclinable)

अष्टमम् (aṣṭamam) - eighth

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aṣṭama

aṣṭama - eighth, one-eighth

Note: Agrees with 'ambudhim'.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

अम्बुधिम् (ambudhim) - ocean, sea

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ambudhi

ambudhi - ocean, sea, cloud, reservoir of water

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ambu+dhī)

• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)
• dhī – holding, receptacle, intellect
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'dhā' to hold, place.
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Used here in nominative case as a descriptor of 'tat'.

पञ्चमम् (pañcamam) - fifth

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pañcama

pañcama - fifth

Note: Agrees with 'sāgaram'.

सागरम् (sāgaram) - ocean, sea

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea, large water reservoir

Note: Used here in nominative case as a descriptor of 'tat'.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

संशुष्कम् (saṁśuṣkam) - completely dried up

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃśuṣka

saṁśuṣka - completely dried, withered, very dry

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'śuṣ' (to dry) with prefix 'sam' (completely).

Prefix: sam

Root: śuṣ (class 4)

Note: Agrees with the implicit subject 'tat'.

शून्य-कोटरम् (śūnya-koṭaram) - empty hollow / cavity

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śūnya-koṭara

śūnya-koṭara - empty hollow, desolate cavity, void hole

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śūnya+koṭara)

• śūnya – empty, void, desolate, শূন্য
  adjective (neuter)
• koṭara – hollow, cavity, hole (especially in a tree)
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with the implicit subject 'tat'.