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.

24. הרקיע נראה כאילו יש בו מאות שמשות בשל מעגלי הניצוצות הכבירים, וכל פני הארץ היו מכוסים בגחלים ובלהבות.

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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