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.

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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