योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-48, verse-57

धूमाम्बुदभराच्छन्ना बभूवुः सकला दिशः ।
गगने प्रोतपातालतिमिराकुलिता इव ॥ ५७ ॥

dhūmāmbudabharācchannā babhūvuḥ sakalā diśaḥ ,
gagane protapātālatimirākulitā iva 57

57. dhūmāmbudabharācchannā babhūvuḥ sakalā
diśaḥ gagane protapātālatimirākulitā iva

57. sakalā diśaḥ dhūmāmbudabharācchannā
babhūvuḥ gagane protapātālatimirākulitā iva

57. All directions became covered with dense smoke-clouds, as if they were agitated in the sky by the darkness of the netherworld projected (into it).

57. כשהן מכוסות ענני עשן כבדים, התערבלו כל רוחות השמים, כאילו נשזרה אפלת הַפָּאתָאלָה (העולם התחתון) לתוך הרקיע.

Words meanings summery:

• धूमाम्बुदभराच्छन्ना (dhūmāmbudabharācchannā) - covered by a mass of smoke-clouds, enveloped by abundant smoke-clouds

• बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ) - they became, they were

• सकला (sakalā) - all, whole, complete

• दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions, quarters

• गगने (gagane) - in the sky, in the atmosphere

• प्रोतपातालतिमिराकुलिता (protapātālatimirākulitā) - agitated/filled by the darkness of the netherworld projected (into it)

• इव (iva) - as if, like

Words meanings and morphology

धूमाम्बुदभराच्छन्ना (dhūmāmbudabharācchannā) - covered by a mass of smoke-clouds, enveloped by abundant smoke-clouds

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of dhūmāmbudabharācchanna

dhūmāmbudabharācchanna - covered by a mass of smoke-clouds

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dhūmāmbudabhara+ācchanna)

• dhūmāmbudabhara – mass of smoke-clouds
  noun (masculine)
• ācchanna – covered, concealed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root chad (to cover) with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: chad (class 1)

Note: Agrees with diśaḥ.

बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ) - they became, they were

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

सकला (sakalā) - all, whole, complete

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sakala

sakala - all, whole, complete

Note: Agrees with diśaḥ.

दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions, quarters

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of diś

diś - direction, quarter, region

Root: diś (class 6)

Note: Subject of the verb babhūvuḥ.

गगने (gagane) - in the sky, in the atmosphere

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of gagana

gagana - sky, atmosphere

प्रोतपातालतिमिराकुलिता (protapātālatimirākulitā) - agitated/filled by the darkness of the netherworld projected (into it)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of protapātālatimirākulita

protapātālatimirākulita - agitated by the darkness of the netherworld projected

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prota+pātāla+timira+ākulita)

• prota – inserted, threaded, projected
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root ve (to weave/pierce) with prefix pra
  Prefix: pra
  Root: ve (class 2)
• pātāla – netherworld, infernal regions
  noun (neuter)
• timira – darkness, gloom
  noun (neuter)
• ākulita – agitated, confused, filled
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kul with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kul (class 1)

Note: Agrees with diśaḥ.

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

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