योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-43, verse-24

विपुलालातचक्रौघशतसूर्यनभस्तलम् ।
अङ्गारशिखिराकीर्णसमस्तवसुधातलम् ॥ २४ ॥

vipulālātacakraughaśatasūryanabhastalam ,
aṅgāraśikhirākīrṇasamastavasudhātalam 24

24. vipulālātacakraughaśatasūryanabhastalam
aṅgāraśikhirākīrṇasamastavasudhātalam

24. vipulālātacakraughaśatasūryanabhastalam
aṅgāraśikhirākīrṇasamastavasudhātalam

24. With the sky appearing like a hundred suns due to immense masses of whirling firebrands, and the entire surface of the earth covered with fiery embers.

Words meanings summery:

• विपुलालातचक्रौघशतसूर्यनभस्तलम् (vipulālātacakraughaśatasūryanabhastalam) - Describing a sky intensely illuminated and filled with glowing, rotating firebrands, creating a vision of overwhelming light and destruction. (Having a sky-surface like a hundred suns due to vast masses of firebrand-wheels; with the firmament resembling a hundred suns from vast whirling firebrands.)

• अङ्गारशिखिराकीर्णसमस्तवसुधातलम् (aṅgāraśikhirākīrṇasamastavasudhātalam) - Describing the widespread devastation of the landscape after a massive fire, where the ground is covered in burning remnants. (Having the entire surface of the earth covered with fiery embers/flames; with the whole earth's surface strewn with glowing coals and flames.)

Words meanings and morphology

विपुलालातचक्रौघशतसूर्यनभस्तलम् (vipulālātacakraughaśatasūryanabhastalam) - Describing a sky intensely illuminated and filled with glowing, rotating firebrands, creating a vision of overwhelming light and destruction. (Having a sky-surface like a hundred suns due to vast masses of firebrand-wheels; with the firmament resembling a hundred suns from vast whirling firebrands.)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vipulālātacakraughaśatasūryanabhastala

vipulālātacakraughaśatasūryanabhastala - That which has a sky-surface like a hundred suns due to vast masses of firebrand-wheels.

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (vipula+alāta+cakra+ogha+śata+sūrya+nabhastala)

• vipula – vast; extensive; great; abundant; large.
  adjective
  Prefix: vi
• alāta – firebrand; a burning or charred piece of wood.
  noun (neuter)
• cakra – wheel; discus; circle; army formation.
  noun (neuter)
• ogha – flood; stream; multitude; mass; heap.
  noun (masculine)
• śata – hundred.
  numeral
• sūrya – sun; sun-god.
  noun (masculine)
• nabhastala – sky-surface; firmament; atmosphere.
  noun (neuter)

Note: Accusative neuter singular adjective, likely describing an implied 'scene' or 'situation'.

अङ्गारशिखिराकीर्णसमस्तवसुधातलम् (aṅgāraśikhirākīrṇasamastavasudhātalam) - Describing the widespread devastation of the landscape after a massive fire, where the ground is covered in burning remnants. (Having the entire surface of the earth covered with fiery embers/flames; with the whole earth's surface strewn with glowing coals and flames.)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aṅgāraśikhirākīrṇasamastavasudhātala

aṅgāraśikhirākīrṇasamastavasudhātala - That which has the entire surface of the earth covered with fiery embers.

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (aṅgāra+śikhi+ākīrṇa+samasta+vasudhātala)

• aṅgāra – coal; charcoal; ember.
  noun (masculine)
• śikhi – fire; flame; (also, peacock).
  noun (masculine)
• ākīrṇa – scattered; strewn; covered; filled with.
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root 'kīr' (from kṛ 'to scatter') with the prefix 'ā'.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 6)
• samasta – whole; entire; all; complete.
  adjective
  Prefix: sam
  Root: as (class 2)
• vasudhātala – earth's surface; ground; the surface of the earth.
  noun (neuter)

Note: Accusative neuter singular adjective, likely describing an implied 'scene' or 'situation'.

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