योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-43, verse-37

हेतिप्रवाहा ज्वलनं नभस्यन्त्यां विशन्त्यहो ।
वडवानलमुज्वालमर्णःपूरा इवार्णवात् ॥ ३७ ॥

hetipravāhā jvalanaṃ nabhasyantyāṃ viśantyaho ,
vaḍavānalamujvālamarṇaḥpūrā ivārṇavāt 37

37. hetipravāhāḥ jvalanam nabhasyantyām viśanti
aho vaḍavānalam ujjvālam arṇaḥpūrāḥ iva arṇavāt

37. aho! hetipravāhāḥ nabhasyantyām jvalanam viśanti,
yathā arṇavāt arṇaḥpūrāḥ ujjvālam vaḍavānalam iva (viśanti).

37. Oh! Streams of weapons enter the blazing fire within the expansive atmosphere, just as floods from the ocean enter the blazing submarine fire (vaḍavānala).

Words meanings summery:

• हेतिप्रवाहाः (hetipravāhāḥ) - streams of weapons

• ज्वलनम् (jvalanam) - fire, blaze, flame

• नभस्यन्त्याम् (nabhasyantyām) - in the expansive atmosphere, in the sky-reaching expanse

• विशन्ति (viśanti) - they enter, they go into

• अहो (aho) - Oh!, indeed!, alas!

• वडवानलम् (vaḍavānalam) - into the submarine fire

• उज्ज्वालम् (ujjvālam) - blazing (blazing, brilliant, burning brightly)

• अर्णःपूराः (arṇaḥpūrāḥ) - floods, streams of water

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अर्णवात् (arṇavāt) - from the ocean, from the sea

Words meanings and morphology

हेतिप्रवाहाः (hetipravāhāḥ) - streams of weapons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hetipravāha

hetipravāha - stream of weapons, flow of weapons

Compound type : Tatpurusha (heti+pravāha)

• heti – weapon, missile, implement
  noun (feminine)
• pravāha – stream, flow, current
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra

ज्वलनम् (jvalanam) - fire, blaze, flame

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jvalana

jvalana - fire, flame, blaze

Root: jval (class 1)

नभस्यन्त्याम् (nabhasyantyām) - in the expansive atmosphere, in the sky-reaching expanse

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of nabhasyantī

nabhasyantī - that which is like the sky, reaching into the sky, the expansive atmosphere

Present Active Participle

Feminine present active participle of the denominative verb 'nabhasya' (to be like the sky, to fill the sky), functioning here as a noun.

Root: nabhasya (class 0)

Note: Used here adjectivally to describe a location or context, such as 'in the sky-like (expanse)'.

विशन्ति (viśanti) - they enter, they go into

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of viś

Root: viś (class 6)

अहो (aho) - Oh!, indeed!, alas!

(indeclinable)

वडवानलम् (vaḍavānalam) - into the submarine fire

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vaḍavānala

vaḍavānala - submarine fire, the mythical fire at the bottom of the ocean

Compound type : Tatpurusha (vaḍavā+anala)

• vaḍavā – mare, female horse; also refers to a specific legend associated with submarine fire
  noun (feminine)
• anala – fire, god of fire
  noun (masculine)

उज्ज्वालम् (ujjvālam) - blazing (blazing, brilliant, burning brightly)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ujjvālam

ujjvāla - blazing, brilliant, burning brightly

Derived from 'jval' (to burn) with prefix 'ud-' (up, forth).

Prefix: ud

Root: jval (class 1)

अर्णःपूराः (arṇaḥpūrāḥ) - floods, streams of water

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of arṇaḥpūra

arṇaḥpūra - flood, stream of water

Compound type : Tatpurusha (arṇas+pūra)

• arṇas – water, stream, wave, flood
  noun (neuter)
• pūra – flood, stream, abundance
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अर्णवात् (arṇavāt) - from the ocean, from the sea

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of arṇava

arṇava - ocean, sea

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