योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-48, verse-65

रसातलगुहाभोगा इव व्योमदिदृक्षवः ।
महाघुरघुरारावरंहोबृंहितमूर्तयः ॥ ६५ ॥

rasātalaguhābhogā iva vyomadidṛkṣavaḥ ,
mahāghuraghurārāvaraṃhobṛṃhitamūrtayaḥ 65

65. rasātala-guhā-bhogāḥ iva vyoma-didṛkṣavaḥ
mahā-ghurughurā-rāva-raṃho-bṛṃhita-mūrtayaḥ

65. mahā-ghurughurā-rāva-raṃho-bṛṃhita-mūrtayaḥ
rasātala-guhā-bhogāḥ iva vyoma-didṛkṣavaḥ

65. Their forms, augmented by the mighty, gurgling roar and rush, were like the vast caverns of the netherworld (rasātala) yearning to behold the sky.

65. כמו מעמקי מערות הַרַסָאתָאלָה (השאול) המשתוקקים לראות את הרקיע, גדלו דמויותיהם בשאגת בעבוע עזה ובמהירות עצומה.

Words meanings summery:

• रसातल-गुहा-भोगाः (rasātala-guhā-bhogāḥ) - vast caverns of the netherworld

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• व्योम-दिदृक्षवः (vyoma-didṛkṣavaḥ) - desirous of seeing the sky

• महा-घुरुघुरा-राव-रंहो-बृंहित-मूर्तयः (mahā-ghurughurā-rāva-raṁho-bṛṁhita-mūrtayaḥ) - whose forms are augmented by the mighty gurgling roar and rush

Words meanings and morphology

रसातल-गुहा-भोगाः (rasātala-guhā-bhogāḥ) - vast caverns of the netherworld

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rasātala-guhā-bhoga

rasātala-guhā-bhoga - the vast extent or enjoyment of netherworld caverns

Compound type : tatpurusha (rasātala+guhā+bhoga)

• rasātala – netherworld, the lowest of the seven worlds below the earth
  noun (neuter)
• guhā – cave, cavern, hiding place
  noun (feminine)
• bhoga – enjoyment, experience, possession, expanse, hood of a snake
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

व्योम-दिदृक्षवः (vyoma-didṛkṣavaḥ) - desirous of seeing the sky

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vyoma-didṛkṣu

vyoma-didṛkṣu - desirous of seeing the sky

desiderative adjective

From 'dṛś' (to see) with desiderative suffix '-san' and suffix '-u'. 'vyoma' is the object of seeing.

Compound type : tatpurusha (vyoman+didṛkṣu)

• vyoman – sky, atmosphere, ether
  noun (neuter)
• didṛkṣu – desirous of seeing
  adjective (masculine)
  desiderative adjective
  From root dṛś (to see) with desiderative suffix and -u suffix.
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with the implied subject (e.g., 'they').

महा-घुरुघुरा-राव-रंहो-बृंहित-मूर्तयः (mahā-ghurughurā-rāva-raṁho-bṛṁhita-mūrtayaḥ) - whose forms are augmented by the mighty gurgling roar and rush

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahā-ghurughurā-rāva-raṃho-bṛṃhita-mūrti

mahā-ghurughurā-rāva-raṁho-bṛṁhita-mūrti - (entities) whose forms are magnified by the great gurgling sound and its impetus

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+ghurughurā+rāva+raṃhas+bṛṃhita+mūrti)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• ghurughurā – gurgling sound, roaring sound (onomatopoeic)
  noun (feminine)
• rāva – roar, cry, sound
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'ru' (to roar, sound)
  Root: ru (class 2)
• raṃhas – speed, impetus, rush, velocity
  noun (neuter)
  Root: raṃh (class 1)
• bṛṃhita – magnified, augmented, made great, trumpeted
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'bṛṃh' (to roar, to expand, to magnify)
  Root: bṛṃh (class 1)
• mūrti – form, body, figure, embodiment
  noun (feminine)

Note: Agrees with the implied subject (e.g., 'they').

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