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).

14. שדה הקרב הזה מילא את בני האדם בתדהמה, והתנודד בעוצמה כמו הרים המזדעזעים ברעידת האדמה של חורבן היקום (פְּרַלָאיַה).

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'.

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