योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-43, verse-9

कल्पाम्बुदघटातुल्या व्योम्नि धूममहाद्रयः ।
बलात्प्रोड्डयनं कर्तुं प्रवृत्ता गरुडा इव ॥ ९ ॥

kalpāmbudaghaṭātulyā vyomni dhūmamahādrayaḥ ,
balātproḍḍayanaṃ kartuṃ pravṛttā garuḍā iva 9

9. kalpāmbudaghaṭātulyā vyomni dhūmamahādrayaḥ
balāt proḍḍayanaṃ kartum pravṛttā garuḍāḥ iva

9. vyomni kalpāmbudaghaṭātulyā dhūmamahādrayaḥ
balāt proḍḍayanaṃ kartum pravṛttā garuḍāḥ iva

9. In the sky, great mountains of smoke, resembling a mass of clouds at the time of cosmic dissolution, forcefully began to fly upwards, like Garuḍas.

Words meanings summery:

• कल्पाम्बुदघटातुल्या (kalpāmbudaghaṭātulyā) - similar to a mass of clouds at cosmic dissolution

• व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky, in space, in the atmosphere

• धूममहाद्रयः (dhūmamahādrayaḥ) - great mountains of smoke

• बलात् (balāt) - by force, forcefully, violently

• प्रोड्डयनम् (proḍḍayanam) - flying up, soaring, ascension

• कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make, to perform

• प्रवृत्ता (pravṛttā) - began, engaged in, set in motion

• गरुडाः (garuḍāḥ) - Garuḍas (mythical birds)

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

Words meanings and morphology

कल्पाम्बुदघटातुल्या (kalpāmbudaghaṭātulyā) - similar to a mass of clouds at cosmic dissolution

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kalpāmbudaghaṭātulya

kalpāmbudaghaṭātulya - resembling a mass of cosmic dissolution clouds

Compound type : tatpurusha (kalpa+ambuda+ghaṭā+tulya)

• kalpa – eon, cosmic dissolution
  noun (masculine)
• ambuda – cloud (lit. water-giver)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dā (class 1)
• ghaṭā – mass, multitude, collection
  noun (feminine)
• tulya – similar, equal, comparable
  adjective

Note: Grammatically singular feminine, used here to describe masculine plural 'dhūmamahādrayaḥ' by poetic license.

व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky, in space, in the atmosphere

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, atmosphere, space

धूममहाद्रयः (dhūmamahādrayaḥ) - great mountains of smoke

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dhūmamahādri

dhūmamahādri - great smoke mountain

Compound type : karmadhāraya (dhūma+mahā+adri)

• dhūma – smoke, fume
  noun (masculine)
• mahā – great, large, vast
  adjective
• adri – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)

बलात् (balāt) - by force, forcefully, violently

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially.

प्रोड्डयनम् (proḍḍayanam) - flying up, soaring, ascension

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of produḍḍayana

produḍḍayana - flying up, soaring

action noun

Derived from root 'ḍī' (to fly) with prefixes 'pra' and 'ud'.

Prefixes: pra+ud

Root: ḍī (class 1)

कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make, to perform

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive form of the root 'kṛ'.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

प्रवृत्ता (pravṛttā) - began, engaged in, set in motion

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of pravṛtta

pravṛtta - commenced, begun, engaged, active

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'vṛt' with prefix 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Grammatically feminine plural, used here to describe masculine plural 'dhūmamahādrayaḥ' by poetic license.

गरुडाः (garuḍāḥ) - Garuḍas (mythical birds)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of garuḍa

garuḍa - Garuḍa, a mythical bird, vehicle of Viṣṇu

इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

(indeclinable)

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