योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-35, verse-14

ससंग्रामोऽम्बरग्राम इवाश्चर्यकरो नृणाम् ।
अभूत्प्रलयभूकम्पकम्पिताचलचञ्चलः ॥ १४ ॥

sasaṃgrāmo'mbaragrāma ivāścaryakaro nṛṇām ,
abhūtpralayabhūkampakampitācalacañcalaḥ 14

14. sa-saṃgrāmaḥ ambara-grāmaḥ iva āścaryakaraḥ
nṛṇām abhūt pralaya-bhūkamp-kampitācala-cañcalaḥ

14. saḥ saṃgrāmaḥ nṛṇām āścaryakaraḥ abhūt ambara-grāmaḥ
iva pralaya-bhūkamp-kampitācala-cañcalaḥ

14. That battle, astonishing to people, became like a vast celestial expanse, turbulent and unsteady like mountains shaken by an earthquake at the time of cosmic dissolution (pralaya).

Words meanings summery:

• स-संग्रामः (sa-saṁgrāmaḥ) - that battle

• अम्बर-ग्रामः (ambara-grāmaḥ) - vast celestial expanse (sky-region, celestial expanse, celestial village/multitude)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• आश्चर्यकरः (āścaryakaraḥ) - causing wonder, astonishing, amazing

• नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - to people (of men, for men, to men, among people)

• अभूत् (abhūt) - became (became, was)

• प्रलय-भूकम्प्-कम्पिताचल-चञ्चलः (pralaya-bhūkamp-kampitācala-cañcalaḥ) - trembling and unsteady like mountains shaken by an earthquake at the time of cosmic dissolution

Words meanings and morphology

स-संग्रामः (sa-saṁgrāmaḥ) - that battle

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sa-saṃgrāma

sa-saṁgrāma - that battle

Compound of demonstrative pronoun 'sa' and noun 'saṃgrāma'.

Compound type : descriptive compound (sa+saṃgrāma)

• sa – that, he
  pronoun (masculine)
• saṃgrāma – battle, war, combat
  noun (masculine)
  From sam-√grah (to seize, grasp) with suffix -man.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

अम्बर-ग्रामः (ambara-grāmaḥ) - vast celestial expanse (sky-region, celestial expanse, celestial village/multitude)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ambara-grāma

ambara-grāma - sky-region, celestial expanse, celestial village/multitude

Compound of ambara (sky) and grāma (village, multitude, region).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ambara+grāma)

• ambara – sky, atmosphere, cloth
  noun (neuter)
• grāma – village, community, multitude, collection, region
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used in comparison with 'iva'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

आश्चर्यकरः (āścaryakaraḥ) - causing wonder, astonishing, amazing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āścaryakara

āścaryakara - causing wonder, astonishing, amazing

Compound of āścarya (wonder) and kara (maker, doer).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āścarya+kara)

• āścarya – wonder, astonishment, surprise
  noun (neuter)
• kara – maker, doer, causing, producing
  noun (masculine)
  From √kṛ (to do, make) with suffix -a.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Modifies 'saṃgrāmaḥ'.

नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - to people (of men, for men, to men, among people)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nṛ

nṛ - man, person, human being

Note: Genitive plural used to indicate recipients/objects of the effect.

अभूत् (abhūt) - became (became, was)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of bhū

Aorist (luṅ)

Aorist 3rd person singular form of √bhū.

Root: bhū (class 1)

प्रलय-भूकम्प्-कम्पिताचल-चञ्चलः (pralaya-bhūkamp-kampitācala-cañcalaḥ) - trembling and unsteady like mountains shaken by an earthquake at the time of cosmic dissolution

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pralaya-bhūkamp-kampitācala-cañcala

pralaya-bhūkamp-kampitācala-cañcala - trembling and unsteady like mountains shaken by an earthquake during cosmic dissolution

Long Bahuvrīhi compound describing an attribute. Pralaya (cosmic dissolution) + Bhūkampana (earthquake) + Kampita (shaken) + Acala (mountain) + Cañcala (trembling/unsteady).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pralaya+bhūkampana+kampita+acala+cañcala)

• pralaya – cosmic dissolution, destruction, annihilation
  noun (masculine)
  From pra-√lī (to dissolve, melt).
  Prefix: pra
  Root: lī (class 4)
• bhūkampana – earthquake
  noun (neuter)
  Compound of bhū (earth) and kampana (shaking).
• kampita – shaken, trembling, agitated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √kamp (to shake, tremble) with suffix -ita.
  Root: kamp (class 1)
• acala – mountain, immovable
  noun (masculine)
  From a (not) + cala (moving).
• cañcala – unsteady, trembling, fickle, agitated
  adjective (masculine)
  Reduplicated form from √cal (to move).
  Root: cal (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'saṃgrāmaḥ'.