योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-47, verse-35

प्रलयपवनपातिताः शिलौघा इव निपतन्ति शिलीमुखास्तदा स्म ।
प्रमिलितमभवत्तयोस्तदानीं प्रलयविजृम्भितसिन्धुसंभ्रमेण ॥ ३५ ॥

pralayapavanapātitāḥ śilaughā iva nipatanti śilīmukhāstadā sma ,
pramilitamabhavattayostadānīṃ pralayavijṛmbhitasindhusaṃbhrameṇa 35

35. pralayapavanapātitāḥ śilaughāḥ iva
nipatanti śilīmukhāḥ tadā sma
pramilitaṃ abhavat tayoḥ tadānīm
pralayavijṛmbhitasindhusaṃbhramaṇa

35. tadā śilīmukhāḥ pralayapavanapātitāḥ śilaughāḥ iva nipatanti sma.
tadānīm tayoḥ pralayavijṛmbhitasindhusaṃbhramaṇa pramilitaṃ abhavat.

35. Then, the arrows fell like masses of rocks dislodged by the wind of cosmic dissolution. At that moment, their encounter became as tumultuous as the ocean surging during the cosmic dissolution.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रलयपवनपातिताः (pralayapavanapātitāḥ) - dislodged by the wind of cosmic dissolution, fallen by the wind of cosmic destruction

• शिलौघाः (śilaughāḥ) - masses of rocks, floods of rocks

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• निपतन्ति (nipatanti) - they fall down, they descend

• शिलीमुखाः (śilīmukhāḥ) - arrows (in the context of battle) (arrows, bees, foolish persons)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• स्म (sma) - indeed, verily, (marks past tense when used with present verb)

• प्रमिलितं (pramilitaṁ) - their encounter or conflict (merged, united, encountered, mingled)

• अभवत् (abhavat) - it became, it was

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - of the two warring parties (of them (two), their)

• तदानीम् (tadānīm) - then, at that time

• प्रलयविजृम्भितसिन्धुसंभ्रमण (pralayavijṛmbhitasindhusaṁbhramaṇa) - by the agitation of the ocean surging at cosmic dissolution

Words meanings and morphology

प्रलयपवनपातिताः (pralayapavanapātitāḥ) - dislodged by the wind of cosmic dissolution, fallen by the wind of cosmic destruction

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pralayapavanapātita

pralayapavanapātita - dislodged by the wind of cosmic dissolution

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pralaya+pavana+pātita)

• pralaya – cosmic dissolution, destruction, absorption
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: lī (class 4)
• pavana – wind, air, purifier
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pū (class 1)
• pātita – caused to fall, thrown down, dislodged
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle (Causative)
  From causative root √pat + kta suffix
  Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Modifies śilaughāḥ

शिलौघाः (śilaughāḥ) - masses of rocks, floods of rocks

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śilaugha

śilaugha - mass of rocks

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śilā+ogha)

• śilā – rock, stone
  noun (feminine)
• ogha – flood, stream, mass, multitude
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

निपतन्ति (nipatanti) - they fall down, they descend

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of nipat

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

शिलीमुखाः (śilīmukhāḥ) - arrows (in the context of battle) (arrows, bees, foolish persons)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śilīmukha

śilīmukha - arrow, bee, foolish person

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

स्म (sma) - indeed, verily, (marks past tense when used with present verb)

(indeclinable)

प्रमिलितं (pramilitaṁ) - their encounter or conflict (merged, united, encountered, mingled)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pramilita

pramilita - merged, united, mingled

Past Passive Participle

From pra + √mil + kta suffix

Prefix: pra

Root: mil (class 6)

अभवत् (abhavat) - it became, it was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

तयोः (tayoḥ) - of the two warring parties (of them (two), their)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

तदानीम् (tadānīm) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

प्रलयविजृम्भितसिन्धुसंभ्रमण (pralayavijṛmbhitasindhusaṁbhramaṇa) - by the agitation of the ocean surging at cosmic dissolution

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pralayavijṛmbhitasindhusaṃbhrama

pralayavijṛmbhitasindhusaṁbhrama - agitation of the ocean surging at cosmic dissolution

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pralaya+vijṛmbhita+sindhu+saṃbhrama)

• pralaya – cosmic dissolution, destruction
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: lī (class 4)
• vijṛmbhita – expanded, surged, yawned, opened wide
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From vi + √jṛmbh + kta suffix
  Prefix: vi
  Root: jṛmbh (class 1)
• sindhu – ocean, river, Indus river
  noun (masculine)
• saṃbhrama – agitation, confusion, haste, alarm
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhram (class 1)

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