योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-47, verse-32

अन्योन्यमपि गर्जन्तौ मत्ताब्धिजलदाविव ।
तयोः प्रहरतोर्बाणा वसुधानरसिंहयोः ॥ ३२ ॥

anyonyamapi garjantau mattābdhijaladāviva ,
tayoḥ praharatorbāṇā vasudhānarasiṃhayoḥ 32

32. anyonyam api garjantau matta abdhi jaladau iva
tayoḥ praharatoḥ bāṇāḥ vasudhā narasiṃhayoḥ

32. anyonyam api matta abdhi jaladau iva garjantau
tayoḥ vasudhā narasiṃhayoḥ praharatoḥ bāṇāḥ

32. They roared at each other like two furious ocean-clouds. As Vasudha and Narasimha struck, their arrows...

Words meanings summery:

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - mutually, each other

• अपि (api) - also, even, indeed

• गर्जन्तौ (garjantau) - roaring, thundering

• मत्त (matta) - intoxicated, furious, excited

• अब्धि (abdhi) - ocean

• जलदौ (jaladau) - two clouds

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - of Vasudha and Narasimha (of those two, their)

• प्रहरतोः (praharatoḥ) - of Vasudha and Narasimha as they struck (of the striking ones, of those who were striking)

• बाणाः (bāṇāḥ) - arrows

• वसुधा (vasudhā) - Vasudha, one of the combatants (Vasudha (a proper noun))

• नरसिंहयोः (narasiṁhayoḥ) - of Narasimha, one of the combatants (of Narasimha)

Words meanings and morphology

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - mutually, each other

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpurusha (anya+anya)

• anya – other, another, different
  pronoun
• anya – other, another, different
  pronoun

Note: Used adverbially here.

अपि (api) - also, even, indeed

(indeclinable)

गर्जन्तौ (garjantau) - roaring, thundering

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of garjat

garjat - roaring, thundering

Present Active Participle

From root 'garj' (to roar), present participle suffix -ant

Root: garj (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the two combatants implied from the previous verse.

मत्त (matta) - intoxicated, furious, excited

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of matta

matta - intoxicated, furious, excited, maddened

Past Passive Participle

From root 'mad' (to be intoxicated, rejoice)

Root: mad (class 4)

अब्धि (abdhi) - ocean

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of abdhi

abdhi - ocean (lit. 'receiver of water')

Compound type : tatpurusha (ap+dhā)

• ap – water
  noun (feminine)
• dhā – holder, receiver, container
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'dhā' (to place, hold).
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Part of the compound 'mattābdhijalada'.

जलदौ (jaladau) - two clouds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of jalada

jalada - cloud (lit. 'giver of water')

Compound type : tatpurusha (jala+da)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• da – giver, bestower
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'dā' (to give).
  Root: dā (class 1)

Note: Used here as part of the simile 'like two furious ocean-clouds'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

तयोः (tayoḥ) - of Vasudha and Narasimha (of those two, their)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

प्रहरतोः (praharatoḥ) - of Vasudha and Narasimha as they struck (of the striking ones, of those who were striking)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, dual of praharat

praharat - striking, attacking

Present Active Participle

From root 'hṛ' (to seize, carry) with prefix 'pra', present participle suffix -at.

Prefix: pra

Root: hṛ (class 1)

बाणाः (bāṇāḥ) - arrows

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

वसुधा (vasudhā) - Vasudha, one of the combatants (Vasudha (a proper noun))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vasudhā

vasudhā - earth; name of a character

नरसिंहयोः (narasiṁhayoḥ) - of Narasimha, one of the combatants (of Narasimha)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of narasiṃha

narasiṁha - man-lion; name of a character; a deity

Compound type : dvandva (nara+siṃha)

• nara – man, human, male
  noun (masculine)
• siṃha – lion
  noun (masculine)

Note: In dvandva compound 'vasudhānarasiṃhayoḥ', referring to the two fighters.

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