योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-25, verse-28

क्रन्दत्क्षुद्रामरगणं वाष्पक्लिन्नाप्सरोमुखम् ।
शून्यं ददर्श स स्वर्गं कल्पक्षीणजगत्समम् ॥ २८ ॥

krandatkṣudrāmaragaṇaṃ vāṣpaklinnāpsaromukham ,
śūnyaṃ dadarśa sa svargaṃ kalpakṣīṇajagatsamam 28

28. krandat kṣudrāmaragaṇam vāṣpaklinnāpsaromukham
śūnyam dadarśa saḥ svargam kalpakṣīṇajagatsamam

28. saḥ krandat kṣudrāmaragaṇam vāṣpaklinnāpsaromukham
śūnyam kalpakṣīṇajagatsamam svargam dadarśa

28. He saw heaven empty, with hosts of crying, insignificant gods and the faces of apsaras wet with tears, resembling a world at the end of a cosmic cycle (kalpa) when all creation is destroyed.

Words meanings summery:

• क्रन्दत् (krandat) - crying, weeping, lamenting

• क्षुद्रामरगणम् (kṣudrāmaragaṇam) - a host of insignificant gods

• वाष्पक्लिन्नाप्सरोमुखम् (vāṣpaklinnāpsaromukham) - faces of apsaras wet with tears

• शून्यम् (śūnyam) - empty, void, deserted

• ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw, beheld

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• स्वर्गम् (svargam) - heaven, celestial world

• कल्पक्षीणजगत्समम् (kalpakṣīṇajagatsamam) - similar to a world destroyed at the end of a cosmic age (kalpa)

Words meanings and morphology

क्रन्दत् (krandat) - crying, weeping, lamenting

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of krandat

krandat - crying, weeping, lamenting

Present Active Participle

From root krad (1P) 'to cry, shout' + śatṛ suffix

Root: krad (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'kṣudrāmaragaṇam'.

क्षुद्रामरगणम् (kṣudrāmaragaṇam) - a host of insignificant gods

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣudrāmaragaṇa

kṣudrāmaragaṇa - a host of insignificant gods, a multitude of petty deities

Compound formed from kṣudra (insignificant), amara (gods), and gaṇa (host).

Compound type : tatpurusha (kṣudra+amara+gaṇa)

• kṣudra – small, tiny, insignificant, mean, wicked
  adjective (masculine)
• amara – immortal, a god, a deity
  noun (masculine)
  From 'a' (negation) + 'mara' (mortal, from root mṛ)
  Root: mṛ
• gaṇa – a host, a multitude, a group, a troop
  noun (masculine)

वाष्पक्लिन्नाप्सरोमुखम् (vāṣpaklinnāpsaromukham) - faces of apsaras wet with tears

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vāṣpaklinnāpsaromukha

vāṣpaklinnāpsaromukha - faces of apsaras moistened with tears

Compound of vāṣpa (tears), klinna (wet), apsaras (celestial nymph), and mukha (face).

Compound type : tatpurusha (vāṣpa+klinna+apsaras+mukha)

• vāṣpa – tears, vapor, steam
  noun (masculine)
• klinna – wet, moist, soaked, bathed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root klid (4P) 'to be wet'
  Root: klid (class 4)
• apsaras – celestial nymph, water-nymph
  noun (feminine)
• mukha – face, mouth, front, opening
  noun (neuter)

शून्यम् (śūnyam) - empty, void, deserted

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, deserted, naught

Note: Modifies 'svargam'.

ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw, beheld

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of dṛś

Perfect Tense

Root dṛś (1P, 4A) 'to see' in perfect tense, 3rd person singular active.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the demon.

स्वर्गम् (svargam) - heaven, celestial world

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svarga

svarga - heaven, the celestial world, paradise

Note: Object of 'dadarśa'.

कल्पक्षीणजगत्समम् (kalpakṣīṇajagatsamam) - similar to a world destroyed at the end of a cosmic age (kalpa)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kalpakṣīṇajagatsama

kalpakṣīṇajagatsama - similar to a world destroyed at the end of a kalpa

Compound of kalpa (cosmic age), kṣīṇa (destroyed), jagat (world), and sama (similar).

Compound type : tatpurusha (kalpa+kṣīṇa+jagat+sama)

• kalpa – a cosmic age (kalpa), an aeon; a rule, ordinance
  noun (masculine)
• kṣīṇa – diminished, wasted, destroyed, exhausted
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kṣi (1A, 5U) 'to waste away, destroy'
  Root: kṣi (class 1)
• jagat – the world, universe; moving, living
  noun (neuter)
  Present Active Participle (from gam)
  From root gam 'to go', reduplicated form, used as a noun meaning 'that which moves' or 'the world'.
  Root: gam (class 1)
• sama – similar, equal, like, same
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'svargam'.

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