योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-24, verse-34

क्वचिन्मेरुनदीकल्पवातधूलिविधूसरम् ।
क्वचिद्विमानगीर्वाणप्रभाचित्रबलाङ्गकम् ॥ ३४ ॥

kvacinmerunadīkalpavātadhūlividhūsaram ,
kvacidvimānagīrvāṇaprabhācitrabalāṅgakam 34

34. kvacit merunadīkalpavātadhūlividhūsaram
kvacit vimānagīrvāṇaprabhācitrabalāṅgakam

34. kvacit merunadīkalpavātadhūlividhūsaram
kvacit vimānagīrvāṇaprabhācitrabalāṅgakam

34. In some places, it is gray (vidhūsaram) and dusty from the wind-blown dust (vāta-dhūli) that resembles a river of Mount Meru (nadī). In other places, its form (aṅgakam) is variegated and powerful (citra-bala), shining with the splendor (prabhā) of celestial beings (gīrvāṇa) in their aerial cars (vimāna).

34. במקום אחד היה המרחב אפור מאבק הרוחות שסערו כמו נהרות הר הַמֵרוּ, ובמקום אחר נצבעו הצבאות בשלל צבעים מזוהרן של המרכבות והישויות השמיימיות.

Words meanings summery:

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - somewhere, in some places

• मेरुनदीकल्पवातधूलिविधूसरम् (merunadīkalpavātadhūlividhūsaram) - grayish (vidhūsara) and dusty due to wind-blown dust (vāta-dhūli) that resembles a river (nadī) from Mount Meru (meru) (dusty and gray like the wind-blown dust from a Meru-river)

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - somewhere, in other places

• विमानगीर्वाणप्रभाचित्रबलाङ्गकम् (vimānagīrvāṇaprabhācitrabalāṅgakam) - whose form (aṅgakam) is wonderfully varied (citra) and strong (bala), glowing with the divine splendor (prabhā) of celestial beings (gīrvāṇa) travelling in their aerial cars (vimāna) (whose body/form is variegated and powerful due to the splendor of deities in aerial cars)

Words meanings and morphology

क्वचित् (kvacit) - somewhere, in some places

(indeclinable)

मेरुनदीकल्पवातधूलिविधूसरम् (merunadīkalpavātadhūlividhūsaram) - grayish (vidhūsara) and dusty due to wind-blown dust (vāta-dhūli) that resembles a river (nadī) from Mount Meru (meru) (dusty and gray like the wind-blown dust from a Meru-river)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of merunadīkalpavātadhūlividhūsara

merunadīkalpavātadhūlividhūsara - dusty and gray like the wind-blown dust from a Meru-river

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (merunadī+kalpa+vāta+dhūli+vidhūsara)

• merunadī – river of Meru (e.g., celestial Gaṅgā)
  noun (feminine)
  Compound of 'meru' (Mount Meru) and 'nadī' (river).
• kalpa – resembling, like, similar to
  adjective
• vāta – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
• dhūli – dust, powder
  noun (feminine)
• vidhūsara – dusty, gray, ash-colored
  adjective

क्वचित् (kvacit) - somewhere, in other places

(indeclinable)

विमानगीर्वाणप्रभाचित्रबलाङ्गकम् (vimānagīrvāṇaprabhācitrabalāṅgakam) - whose form (aṅgakam) is wonderfully varied (citra) and strong (bala), glowing with the divine splendor (prabhā) of celestial beings (gīrvāṇa) travelling in their aerial cars (vimāna) (whose body/form is variegated and powerful due to the splendor of deities in aerial cars)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vimānagīrvāṇaprabhācitrabalāṅgaka

vimānagīrvāṇaprabhācitrabalāṅgaka - whose body/form is variegated and powerful due to the splendor of deities in aerial cars

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vimāna+gīrvāṇa+prabhā+citra+bala+aṅgaka)

• vimāna – aerial car, flying vehicle, palace
  noun (neuter)
• gīrvāṇa – deity, god, celestial being
  noun (masculine)
• prabhā – splendor, light, radiance, beauty
  noun (feminine)
• citra – variegated, diverse, wonderful, surprising
  adjective
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)
• aṅgaka – body, limb, part (often diminutive)
  noun (neuter)

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