योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-26, verse-13

जग्मुर्ज्वलदसिप्रान्तवातपातितभित्तयः ।
कणप्रकरतां शैलाः कल्पाग्निदलिता इव ॥ १३ ॥

jagmurjvaladasiprāntavātapātitabhittayaḥ ,
kaṇaprakaratāṃ śailāḥ kalpāgnidalitā iva 13

13. jagmuḥ jvaladasiprāntavātapātitabhittayaḥ
kaṇaprakaratām śailāḥ kalpāgnidalitāḥ iva

13. jvaladasiprāntavātapātitabhittayaḥ śailāḥ
kalpāgnidalitāḥ iva kaṇaprakaratām jagmuḥ

13. The mountains, whose rock-faces were shattered by the winds generated from the tips of the blazing swords, were reduced to heaps of particles, as if crushed by the fire of the cosmic dissolution (kalpāgni).

Words meanings summery:

• जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they were reduced (to dust) (they went, they attained)

• ज्वलदसिप्रान्तवातपातितभित्तयः (jvaladasiprāntavātapātitabhittayaḥ) - whose rock-faces were shattered by the winds generated from the tips of the blazing swords (whose walls were shattered by the wind from the tips of shining swords)

• कणप्रकरताम् (kaṇaprakaratām) - reduced to heaps of particles (the state of being a heap of particles/dust)

• शैलाः (śailāḥ) - the mountains (mountains, rocks)

• कल्पाग्निदलिताः (kalpāgnidalitāḥ) - as if crushed by the fire of the cosmic dissolution (kalpāgni) (crushed by the fire of cosmic dissolution)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

Words meanings and morphology

जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they were reduced (to dust) (they went, they attained)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of gam

Perfect Tense, third person plural

Root gam (class 1) + u (augment) + muḥ (perfect ending)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Refers to 'śailāḥ' (mountains).

ज्वलदसिप्रान्तवातपातितभित्तयः (jvaladasiprāntavātapātitabhittayaḥ) - whose rock-faces were shattered by the winds generated from the tips of the blazing swords (whose walls were shattered by the wind from the tips of shining swords)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of jvaladasiprāntavātapātitabhitti

jvaladasiprāntavātapātitabhitti - one whose walls are shattered by the wind from the tips of shining swords

Bahuvrihi compound. The core meaning is 'one having shattered walls due to...' The instrumental agent is 'vāta' (wind), which itself is qualified by 'jvaladasi-prānta'

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jvaladasiprāntavāta+pātitabhitti)

• jvalat – shining, blazing, burning
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  From root jval (to burn, shine) + śatṛ (present active participle suffix)
  Root: jval (class 1)
• asi – sword, scimitar
  noun (masculine)
• prānta – tip, end, edge, border
  noun (masculine)
  From pra (prefix) + anta (end)
  Prefix: pra
• vāta – wind, air, breeze
  noun (masculine)
  From root vā (to blow)
  Root: vā (class 2)
• pātita – shattered, thrown down, caused to fall
  adjective (masculine)
  Causative Past Passive Participle
  Causative of root pat (to fall) + kta (suffix)
  Root: pat (class 1)
• bhitti – wall, partition, rock-face
  noun (feminine)
  From root bhid (to break, split)
  Root: bhid (class 7)

कणप्रकरताम् (kaṇaprakaratām) - reduced to heaps of particles (the state of being a heap of particles/dust)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kaṇaprakaratā

kaṇaprakaratā - the state of being a heap of particles

Compound of kaṇaprakara (heap of particles) + tā (suffix for abstract noun 'state of being')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kaṇaprakara+tā)

• kaṇa – particle, atom, grain, speck
  noun (masculine)
• prakara – heap, collection, multitude, quantity
  noun (masculine)
  From pra (prefix) + kṛ (to scatter, throw) + ac (suffix)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: kṛ (class 6)
• tā – (suffix forming abstract nouns)
  suffix (feminine)
  Suffix -tā (feminine) meaning 'the state of being' or 'quality of'

Note: Denotes the state to which the mountains were reduced.

शैलाः (śailāḥ) - the mountains (mountains, rocks)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śaila

śaila - mountain, rock, rocky mass

From śilā (rock) + aṇ (suffix)

Note: Subject of the verb 'jagmuḥ'.

कल्पाग्निदलिताः (kalpāgnidalitāḥ) - as if crushed by the fire of the cosmic dissolution (kalpāgni) (crushed by the fire of cosmic dissolution)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kalpāgnidalita

kalpāgnidalita - crushed by the fire of cosmic dissolution

Tatpurusha compound: kalpa-agni (fire of dissolution) + dalita (crushed, participle)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kalpāgni+dalita)

• kalpa – cosmic age, aeon, dissolution (at the end of a kalpa)
  noun (masculine)
  From kḷp (to arrange, happen); signifies an end of a cosmic cycle here.
  Root: kḷp (class 10)
• agni – fire, god of fire
  noun (masculine)
• dalita – crushed, broken, split
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root dal (to split, burst) + kta (past passive participle suffix)
  Root: dal (class 1)

Note: Used as a simile with 'iva'.

इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison