योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-78, verse-16

स्फुरन्तीमिव कल्पान्ते वैदूर्यशिखरस्थलीम् ।
हासघट्टितविश्वेशां कालरात्रिमिवोदिताम् ॥ १६ ॥

sphurantīmiva kalpānte vaidūryaśikharasthalīm ,
hāsaghaṭṭitaviśveśāṃ kālarātrimivoditām 16

16. sphurantīm iva kalpānte vaidūryaśikharasthalīm
hāsaghaṭṭitaviśveśām kālarātrīm iva uditām

16. sphurantīm iva kalpānte vaidūryaśikharasthalīm
hāsaghaṭṭitaviśveśām kālarātrīm iva uditām

16. Appearing as a lapis lazuli peak-region flashing at the end of a cosmic cycle (kalpa), who shakes the lords of the universe with her laughter, or like the arisen Night of Dissolution (Kālarātri).

16. היא בהקה בסוף העידן כמו פסגת הר ברקת, הרעידה בגל צחוקה את אדון היקום ונראתה כמו הלילה הקוסמי של החורבן, קָאלָארָאתְרִי.

Words meanings summery:

• स्फुरन्तीम् (sphurantīm) - flashing, glowing, trembling

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as

• कल्पान्ते (kalpānte) - at the end of a cosmic cycle

• वैदूर्यशिखरस्थलीम् (vaidūryaśikharasthalīm) - a peak-region of lapis lazuli (or cat's eye gem)

• हासघट्टितविश्वेशाम् (hāsaghaṭṭitaviśveśām) - who shakes the lords of the universe with her laughter

• कालरात्रीम् (kālarātrīm) - the Goddess Kālarātri (the Night of Dissolution, Kālarātri (a fierce goddess))

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as

• उदिताम् (uditām) - risen, appeared, emerged

Words meanings and morphology

स्फुरन्तीम् (sphurantīm) - flashing, glowing, trembling

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sphurantī

sphurantī - flashing, glowing, trembling (feminine)

Present Active Participle

from root sphur- (to throb, flash) with śatṛ suffix, feminine form

Root: sphur (class 6)

Note: Describes the feminine entity.

इव (iva) - as if, like, as

(indeclinable)

कल्पान्ते (kalpānte) - at the end of a cosmic cycle

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kalpānta

kalpānta - end of a cosmic cycle (kalpa)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kalpa+anta)

• kalpa – cosmic cycle, eon (kalpa)
  noun (masculine)
• anta – end, limit
  noun (masculine)

वैदूर्यशिखरस्थलीम् (vaidūryaśikharasthalīm) - a peak-region of lapis lazuli (or cat's eye gem)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vaidūryaśikharasthalī

vaidūryaśikharasthalī - a peak-region (sthalī) of a mountain (śikhara) made of lapis lazuli (vaidūrya)

Compound type : tatpurusha (vaidūrya+śikhara+sthalī)

• vaidūrya – lapis lazuli, cat's eye gem
  noun (neuter)
• śikhara – peak, summit
  noun (masculine)
• sthalī – region, place, ground, peak (feminine)
  noun (feminine)

Note: Describes the feminine entity.

हासघट्टितविश्वेशाम् (hāsaghaṭṭitaviśveśām) - who shakes the lords of the universe with her laughter

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of hāsaghaṭṭitaviśveśā

hāsaghaṭṭitaviśveśā - who shakes the lords of the universe (viśveśa) with her laughter (hāsa)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (hāsa+ghaṭṭita+viśveśa)

• hāsa – laughter, ridicule
  noun (masculine)
  Root: has (class 1)
• ghaṭṭita – shaken, agitated, struck
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root ghaṭṭ- (to shake, move)
  Root: ghaṭṭ (class 1)
• viśveśa – lord of the universe
  noun (masculine)

Note: Describes the feminine entity.

कालरात्रीम् (kālarātrīm) - the Goddess Kālarātri (the Night of Dissolution, Kālarātri (a fierce goddess))

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kālarātrī

kālarātrī - Night of Dissolution, a fierce form of Devi, Kālarātri

Compound type : tatpurusha (kāla+rātrī)

• kāla – time, death
  noun (masculine)
• rātrī – night
  noun (feminine)

Note: Describes the feminine entity.

इव (iva) - as if, like, as

(indeclinable)

उदिताम् (uditām) - risen, appeared, emerged

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of uditā

uditā - risen, appeared, emerged (feminine)

Past Passive Participle

from root ad- (to go, rise) with prefix ud-, feminine form

Prefix: ud

Root: ad (class 1)

Note: Describes the feminine entity.

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