योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-48, verse-37

ततस्तद्गरुडानीकं क्वाप्यगच्छददृश्यताम् ।
दीपौघ इव वातेन शरदेवाब्दमण्डलम् ॥ ३७ ॥

tatastadgaruḍānīkaṃ kvāpyagacchadadṛśyatām ,
dīpaugha iva vātena śaradevābdamaṇḍalam 37

37. tataḥ tat garuḍa-anīkam kva api agacchat adṛśyatām
| dīpa-oghaḥ iva vātena śarat iva abda-maṇḍalam ||

37. tataḥ tat garuḍa-anīkam vātena dīpa-oghaḥ iva,
śarat abda-maṇḍalam iva,
kva api adṛśyatām agacchat.

37. Then, that army of Garuḍas vanished, becoming invisible, just like a multitude of lamps extinguished by the wind, or like a cloud formation disappearing at the arrival of autumn.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, from there

• तत् (tat) - that

• गरुड-अनीकम् (garuḍa-anīkam) - army of Garuḍas

• क्व (kva) - where, somewhere

• अपि (api) - even, also, too, (intensifier)

• अगच्छत् (agacchat) - went into, became (went, moved)

• अदृश्यताम् (adṛśyatām) - invisibility, state of being unseen

• दीप-ओघः (dīpa-oghaḥ) - a multitude of lamps, a mass of light

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• वातेन (vātena) - by the wind

• शरत् (śarat) - autumn

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अब्द-मण्डलम् (abda-maṇḍalam) - cloud formation, mass of clouds

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, from there

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Agrees with 'garuḍa-anīkam'.

गरुड-अनीकम् (garuḍa-anīkam) - army of Garuḍas

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of garuḍa-anīka

garuḍa-anīka - army of Garuḍas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (garuḍa+anīka)

• garuḍa – Garuḍa (a mythical bird, vehicle of Vishnu)
  proper noun (masculine)
• anīka – army, host
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of 'agacchat'.

क्व (kva) - where, somewhere

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, too, (intensifier)

(indeclinable)

अगच्छत् (agacchat) - went into, became (went, moved)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of gam

Imperfect Active

3rd person singular, Paras.pada, imperfect tense, active voice

Root: gam (class 1)

अदृश्यताम् (adṛśyatām) - invisibility, state of being unseen

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of adṛśyatā

adṛśyatā - invisibility, imperceptibility

Derived from 'a-dṛśya' (invisible) + 'tā' (suffix for abstract noun)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Accusative of state or purpose, 'to invisibility'.

दीप-ओघः (dīpa-oghaḥ) - a multitude of lamps, a mass of light

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dīpa-ogha

dīpa-ogha - multitude of lamps, stream of light

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dīpa+ogha)

• dīpa – lamp, light
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dīp (class 4)
• ogha – flood, stream, multitude, mass
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

वातेन (vātena) - by the wind

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vāta

vāta - wind, air

Root: vā (class 2)

शरत् (śarat) - autumn

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śarad

śarad - autumn, a year (poetic)

Note: Used in an adverbial sense or as the implied agent of disappearance for the clouds.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अब्द-मण्डलम् (abda-maṇḍalam) - cloud formation, mass of clouds

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of abda-maṇḍala

abda-maṇḍala - cloud formation, mass of clouds

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (abda+maṇḍala)

• abda – cloud
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from 'ap' (water) and 'dā' (to give)
• maṇḍala – circle, orb, region, mass, formation
  noun (neuter)