योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-34, verse-45

शस्त्रांशुजलदे व्योम्नि कालीचिकुरमेचके ।
शरकोरकभारस्रङ्मेघे विद्युदिवोदिता ॥ ४५ ॥

śastrāṃśujalade vyomni kālīcikuramecake ,
śarakorakabhārasraṅmeghe vidyudivoditā 45

45. śastrāṃśujalade vyomni kālīcikuramecake
śarakorakabhārasraṅmeghe vidyut iva uditā

45. vyomni śastrāṃśujalade kālīcikuramecake
śarakorakabhārasraṅmeghe vidyut iva uditā

45. In the sky, resembling a cloud formed by the rays of weapons, dark like the mass of Kāli's hair, and a cloud laden with garlands of arrow-buds, lightning (vidyut) has arisen, as if manifested.

45. בשמיים שהחשיכו כמו ענן גשם וכמו שערה השחור של כָּאלִי (אלת החורבן), כשהם עטופים בענני חצים כבדים, עולה פתאום הברק.

Words meanings summery:

• शस्त्रांशुजलदे (śastrāṁśujalade) - in the sky, resembling a cloud formed by weapon-rays (in the cloud of weapon-rays)

• व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky, in the atmosphere

• कालीचिकुरमेचके (kālīcikuramecake) - in the sky, resembling the dark, cloud-like mass of Kāli's hair (in the dark, cloud-like hair of Kāli)

• शरकोरकभारस्रङ्मेघे (śarakorakabhārasraṅmeghe) - in the sky, resembling a cloud laden with garlands of arrow-buds (in the cloud heavy with garlands of arrow-buds)

• विद्युत् (vidyut) - lightning

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• उदिता (uditā) - arisen, manifested, appeared

Words meanings and morphology

शस्त्रांशुजलदे (śastrāṁśujalade) - in the sky, resembling a cloud formed by weapon-rays (in the cloud of weapon-rays)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of śastrāṃśujalada

śastrāṁśujalada - cloud of weapon-rays

Compound type : tatpurusha (śastra+aṃśu+jalada)

• śastra – weapon, missile
  noun (neuter)
• aṃśu – ray, beam, filament
  noun (masculine)
• jalada – cloud (lit. water-giver)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: √dā (class 1)

Note: Co-refers to vyomni.

व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky, in the atmosphere

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, atmosphere, ether

Note: Main location.

कालीचिकुरमेचके (kālīcikuramecake) - in the sky, resembling the dark, cloud-like mass of Kāli's hair (in the dark, cloud-like hair of Kāli)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kālīcikuramecaka

kālīcikuramecaka - dark, cloud-like hair of Kāli

Compound type : tatpurusha (kālī+cikura+mecaka)

• kālī – Goddess Kāli
  proper noun (feminine)
• cikura – hair (on the head)
  noun (masculine/neuter)
• mecaka – dark, black, dark-blue, dark as a cloud
  adjective/noun (masculine)

Note: Co-refers to vyomni.

शरकोरकभारस्रङ्मेघे (śarakorakabhārasraṅmeghe) - in the sky, resembling a cloud laden with garlands of arrow-buds (in the cloud heavy with garlands of arrow-buds)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of śarakorakabhārasragmegha

śarakorakabhārasragmegha - cloud garlanded by a mass of arrow-buds

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śara+koraka+bhāra+srak+megha)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• koraka – bud, sprout
  noun (masculine/neuter)
• bhāra – weight, burden, mass
  noun (masculine/neuter)
• srak – garland, wreath
  noun (feminine)
• megha – cloud
  noun (masculine)

Note: Co-refers to vyomni.

विद्युत् (vidyut) - lightning

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vidyut

vidyut - lightning, flash of lightning

Root: √dyut (class 1)

Note: Subject of uditā.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

उदिता (uditā) - arisen, manifested, appeared

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of udita

udita - risen, appeared, manifested, uttered

past passive participle

From root √i (to go) with prefix ud, kta suffix. In this context, 'arisen' or 'appeared'.

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Predicate adjective for vidyut.

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