योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-77, verse-14

प्रलयानिलविक्षुब्धकज्जलाचलचञ्चला ।
एकार्णवमहापङ्कपर्वतोदरमेदुरा ॥ १४ ॥

pralayānilavikṣubdhakajjalācalacañcalā ,
ekārṇavamahāpaṅkaparvatodaramedurā 14

14. pralayānilavikṣubdhakajjalācalacañcalā
ekārṇavamahāpaṅkaparvatodarameḍurā

14. pralayānilavikṣubdhakajjalācalacañcalā,
ekārṇavamahāpaṅkaparvatodarameḍurā

14. She is unsteady like a collyrium-dark mountain churned by the winds of cosmic dissolution (pralaya), and she is dense like the core of a vast mountain of primal mud from the single primordial ocean.

14. היא נעה וסערה כמו הר פיח המטולטל ברוחות האבדון, ועבה כמעבי הר של רפש ענקי בתוך אוקיינוס קוסמי יחיד.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रलयानिलविक्षुब्धकज्जलाचलचञ्चला (pralayānilavikṣubdhakajjalācalacañcalā) - trembling like a collyrium-mountain agitated by the wind of cosmic dissolution (pralaya), describing the vast, dynamic, and dark nature of Mahāmāyā (trembling like a collyrium-mountain agitated by the wind of cosmic dissolution)

• एकार्णवमहापङ्कपर्वतोदरमेडुरा (ekārṇavamahāpaṅkaparvatodarameḍurā) - dense like the core of a vast mountain of primal mud from the single primordial ocean (describing the profound density and primordial nature of Mahāmāyā) (dense like the interior of a great mountain of mud from the single ocean (of dissolution))

Words meanings and morphology

प्रलयानिलविक्षुब्धकज्जलाचलचञ्चला (pralayānilavikṣubdhakajjalācalacañcalā) - trembling like a collyrium-mountain agitated by the wind of cosmic dissolution (pralaya), describing the vast, dynamic, and dark nature of Mahāmāyā (trembling like a collyrium-mountain agitated by the wind of cosmic dissolution)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pralayānilavikṣubdhakajjalācalacañcalā

pralayānilavikṣubdhakajjalācalacañcalā - trembling like a collyrium-mountain agitated by the wind of cosmic dissolution

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (pralaya+anila+vikṣubdha+kajjala+acala+cañcala)

• pralaya – cosmic dissolution, destruction, annihilation (pralaya)
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: lī (class 4)
• anila – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
• vikṣubdha – agitated, disturbed, churned
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root √kṣubh (to tremble, to agitate) with prefix vi-
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kṣubh (class 1)
• kajjala – collyrium, soot, lamp-black (often implies dark color)
  noun (neuter)
• acala – mountain (lit. 'immovable')
  noun (masculine)
• cañcala – trembling, unsteady, flickering, restless
  adjective

एकार्णवमहापङ्कपर्वतोदरमेडुरा (ekārṇavamahāpaṅkaparvatodarameḍurā) - dense like the core of a vast mountain of primal mud from the single primordial ocean (describing the profound density and primordial nature of Mahāmāyā) (dense like the interior of a great mountain of mud from the single ocean (of dissolution))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ekārṇavamahāpaṅkaparvatodarameḍurā

ekārṇavamahāpaṅkaparvatodarameḍura - dense like the interior of a great mountain of mud from the single ocean (of dissolution)

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (eka+arṇava+mahā+paṅka+parvata+udara+meḍura)

• eka – one, single, sole
  numeral
• arṇava – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• paṅka – mud, mire, dirt
  noun (masculine)
• parvata – mountain
  noun (masculine)
• udara – belly, interior, inside
  noun (neuter)
• meḍura – dense, thick, fat, oily, unctuous
  adjective

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