योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-2, verse-6

ततस्तत्सदनं यावन्मृत्युः प्रविशति स्वयम् ।
तावदेनं दहत्यग्निः कल्पान्तज्वलनोपमः ॥ ६ ॥

tatastatsadanaṃ yāvanmṛtyuḥ praviśati svayam ,
tāvadenaṃ dahatyagniḥ kalpāntajvalanopamaḥ 6

6. tataḥ tat sadanam yāvat mṛtyuḥ praviśati svayam
tāvat enam dahati agniḥ kalpāntajvalanopamaḥ

6. tataḥ yāvat mṛtyuḥ svayam tat sadanam praviśati,
tāvat kalpāntajvalanopamaḥ agniḥ enam dahati.

6. As soon as Death himself enters that dwelling, at that very moment, a fire, comparable to the conflagration at the end of an eon (kalpa), burns him.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

• तत् (tat) - that (person's) dwelling (that, his)

• सदनम् (sadanam) - dwelling, house, abode

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until, as soon as, when

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - the personified deity Death (Death, death)

• प्रविशति (praviśati) - enters

• स्वयम् (svayam) - himself, by himself, personally

• तावत् (tāvat) - so long, at that very moment, then

• एनम् (enam) - him (the brahmin) (him, this)

• दहति (dahati) - burns, consumes

• अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire, sacrificial fire

• कल्पान्तज्वलनोपमः (kalpāntajvalanopamaḥ) - comparable to the conflagration at the end of an eon (kalpa), like the fire of universal dissolution

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (person's) dwelling (that, his)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सदनम् (sadanam) - dwelling, house, abode

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sadana

sadana - dwelling, abode, house, seat

From root sad (to sit, settle)

Root: sad (class 1)

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until, as soon as, when

(indeclinable)

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - the personified deity Death (Death, death)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, Mortality, the god Death

From root mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

प्रविशति (praviśati) - enters

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of viś

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

स्वयम् (svayam) - himself, by himself, personally

(indeclinable)

तावत् (tāvat) - so long, at that very moment, then

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - him (the brahmin) (him, this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of enad

enad - this, that

दहति (dahati) - burns, consumes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of dah

Root: dah (class 1)

अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire, sacrificial fire

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, the god of fire, sacrificial fire

कल्पान्तज्वलनोपमः (kalpāntajvalanopamaḥ) - comparable to the conflagration at the end of an eon (kalpa), like the fire of universal dissolution

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kalpāntajvalanopama

kalpāntajvalanopama - like the fire at the destruction of a kalpa

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa followed by upamā-tatpuruṣa or bahuvrīhi (kalpa+anta+jvalana+upama)

• kalpa – eon, cosmic age, a vast period of time (kalpa)
  noun (masculine)
• anta – end, termination, destruction
  noun (masculine)
• jvalana
  
• upama – like, resembling, comparable to
  adjective

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