योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-38, verse-45

कल्पदग्धजगत्प्रख्यं मुनिपीतार्णवोपमम् ।
अतिवृष्टिहतं देशमिव प्रोज्झितमानवम् ॥ ४५ ॥

kalpadagdhajagatprakhyaṃ munipītārṇavopamam ,
ativṛṣṭihataṃ deśamiva projjhitamānavam 45

45. kalpadagdhajagatprakhyam munipītārṇavopamam
ativṛṣṭihatam deśam iva projjhitamānavam

45. kalpadagdhajagatprakhyam munipītārṇavopamam
ativṛṣṭihatam deśam iva projjhitamānavam

45. It resembled a world burnt at the end of a cosmic cycle (kalpa), was comparable to an ocean drunk dry by a sage, and was like a region devastated by excessive rain and abandoned by humans.

45. הוא נדמה לעולם שנשרף בקץ הַכַּלְפַּה (עידן קוסמי), לאוקיינוס שנקז בפיו של הַמּוּנִי (החכם), או לחבל ארץ המוכה בגשמי זעף שננטש מכל אדם.

Words meanings summery:

• कल्पदग्धजगत्प्रख्यम् (kalpadagdhajagatprakhyam) - resembling a world burnt at the end of a cosmic cycle

• मुनिपीतार्णवोपमम् (munipītārṇavopamam) - comparable to an ocean drunk by a sage

• अतिवृष्टिहतम् (ativṛṣṭihatam) - destroyed by excessive rain

• देशम् (deśam) - region, country, place

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if, similar to

• प्रोज्झितमानवम् (projjhitamānavam) - abandoned by humans

Words meanings and morphology

कल्पदग्धजगत्प्रख्यम् (kalpadagdhajagatprakhyam) - resembling a world burnt at the end of a cosmic cycle

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kalpadagdhajagatprakhya

kalpadagdhajagatprakhya - resembling a world burnt at the end of a cosmic cycle

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (kalpa+dagdha+jagat+prakhya)

• kalpa – cosmic cycle, aeon
  noun (masculine)
• dagdha – burnt, consumed by fire
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: dah (class 1)
• jagat – world, universe, movable
  noun (neuter)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• prakhya – resembling, like, similar to, appearing as
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: khyā (class 2)

मुनिपीतार्णवोपमम् (munipītārṇavopamam) - comparable to an ocean drunk by a sage

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of munipītārṇavopama

munipītārṇavopama - comparable to an ocean drunk by a sage

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (muni+pīta+arṇava+upama)

• muni – sage, ascetic, hermit
  noun (masculine)
• pīta – drunk, imbibed
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: pā (class 1)
• arṇava – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• upama – comparable, similar, likeness
  adjective (masculine)

अतिवृष्टिहतम् (ativṛṣṭihatam) - destroyed by excessive rain

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ativṛṣṭihata

ativṛṣṭihata - destroyed/struck by excessive rain

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (ativṛṣṭi+hata)

• ativṛṣṭi – excessive rain, downpour
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: ati
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)
• hata – struck, killed, destroyed
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: han (class 2)

देशम् (deśam) - region, country, place

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deśa

deśa - region, country, place, spot

इव (iva) - like, as, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

प्रोज्झितमानवम् (projjhitamānavam) - abandoned by humans

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of projjhitamānava

projjhitamānava - abandoned by humans, deserted by men

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (projjhita+mānava)

• projjhita – abandoned, forsaken, thrown away
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: pra
  Root: ujjh (class 6)
• mānava – human, man, offspring of Manu
  noun (masculine)

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