योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-43, verse-16

कल्पान्तवह्निविगलन्मेरुभूधरभासुरैः ।
दह्यमानं महाज्वालाज्वालैरम्बरपूरकैः ॥ १६ ॥

kalpāntavahnivigalanmerubhūdharabhāsuraiḥ ,
dahyamānaṃ mahājvālājvālairambarapūrakaiḥ 16

16. dahyamānam mahājvālā-jvālaiḥ
kalpāntavahnivigalanmerubhūdharabhāsuraiḥ ambarapūrakaiḥ

16. (mahāpuram) dahyamānam ambarapūrakaiḥ
kalpāntavahnivigalanmerubhūdharabhāsuraiḥ mahājvālā-jvālaiḥ

16. The great city was being consumed by enormous, blazing flames that filled the sky and shone like the Meru mountains melting in the fire at the end of a cosmic age (kalpānta).

Words meanings summery:

• दह्यमानम् (dahyamānam) - was being consumed (being burnt, being consumed, being destroyed)

• महाज्वाला-ज्वालैः (mahājvālā-jvālaiḥ) - by enormous, blazing flames (by great blazing flames, by mighty fiery flashes)

• कल्पान्तवह्निविगलन्मेरुभूधरभासुरैः (kalpāntavahnivigalanmerubhūdharabhāsuraiḥ) - that shone like the Meru mountains melting in the fire at the end of a cosmic age (kalpānta) (by those shining like the Meru mountains melting in the fire at the end of a cosmic age)

• अम्बरपूरकैः (ambarapūrakaiḥ) - that filled the sky (by those filling the sky)

Words meanings and morphology

दह्यमानम् (dahyamānam) - was being consumed (being burnt, being consumed, being destroyed)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dahyamāna

dahyamāna - being burned, being consumed, burning

Present Passive Participle

Derived from root dah 'to burn' with śānac suffix.

Root: dah (class 1)

महाज्वाला-ज्वालैः (mahājvālā-jvālaiḥ) - by enormous, blazing flames (by great blazing flames, by mighty fiery flashes)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mahājvālā-jvāla

mahājvālā-jvāla - great blazing flames, intense fiery flashes

Compound of mahā (great) + jvālā (flame) + jvāla (blazing, flame). Reduplication of jvālā/jvāla for intensity.

Compound type : karmadharaya (mahā+jvālā+jvāla)

• mahā – great, large, intense
  adjective (masculine)
• jvālā – flame, blaze, torch
  noun (feminine)
  From root jval 'to burn'.
  Root: jval (class 1)
• jvāla – flame, blaze, burning, ardent
  noun (masculine)
  From root jval 'to burn'.
  Root: jval (class 1)

कल्पान्तवह्निविगलन्मेरुभूधरभासुरैः (kalpāntavahnivigalanmerubhūdharabhāsuraiḥ) - that shone like the Meru mountains melting in the fire at the end of a cosmic age (kalpānta) (by those shining like the Meru mountains melting in the fire at the end of a cosmic age)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kalpāntavahnivigalanmerubhūdharabhāsura

kalpāntavahnivigalanmerubhūdharabhāsura - shining like the Meru mountains melting/dissolving in the fire of cosmic dissolution

A very long Bahuvrihi compound, describing the flames.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kalpānta+vahni+vigalat+merubhūdhara+bhāsura)

• kalpānta – end of a cosmic age, dissolution of a kalpa
  noun (masculine)
  Tatpurusha compound: kalpa (cosmic age) + anta (end).
• vahni – fire
  noun (masculine)
• vigalat – melting, dissolving, flowing down, dripping
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  From vi (apart) + gal (to drop, melt).
  Prefix: vi
  Root: gal (class 1)
• merubhūdhara – Meru mountain
  noun (masculine)
  Tatpurusha compound: meru (Mount Meru) + bhūdhara (mountain, 'earth-bearer').
• bhāsura – shining, bright, brilliant, splendid
  adjective (masculine)
  From root bhās 'to shine'.
  Root: bhās (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `mahājvālā-jvālaiḥ`.

अम्बरपूरकैः (ambarapūrakaiḥ) - that filled the sky (by those filling the sky)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of ambarapūraka

ambarapūraka - filling the sky, sky-filler

Compound of ambara (sky) + pūraka (filling, causing to be full).

Compound type : tatpurusha (ambara+pūraka)

• ambara – sky, atmosphere, clothing
  noun (neuter)
• pūraka – filling, completing, causing to be full
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/Adjective (kṛt suffix)
  From root pṛ 'to fill' with ṇvul/ka suffix.
  Root: pṛ (class 9)

Note: Qualifies `mahājvālā-jvālaiḥ`.

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