योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-26, verse-20

पिण्डग्रहेण नभसि भूभागमिव कुट्टिमम् ।
मुष्टिग्राह्यो महामेघमन्थरोदरपीवरः ॥ २० ॥

piṇḍagraheṇa nabhasi bhūbhāgamiva kuṭṭimam ,
muṣṭigrāhyo mahāmeghamantharodarapīvaraḥ 20

20. piṇḍagraheṇa nabhasī bhūbhāgam iva kuṭṭimam
muṣṭigrāhyaḥ mahāmeghamantharodarapīvaraḥ

20. piṇḍagraheṇa nabhasī kuṭṭimam bhūbhāgam iva
muṣṭigrāhyaḥ mahāmeghamantharodarapīvaraḥ

20. The dust cloud, dense enough to be grasped as a mass, made the sky appear like a solid pavement (kuṭṭimam) or a piece of ground. It seemed as if it could be held in a fist, and it was as bulky and swollen-bellied as a huge, slow-moving cloud.

Words meanings summery:

• पिण्डग्रहेण (piṇḍagraheṇa) - by the grasping of a mass, by mass-capture

• नभसी (nabhasī) - in the sky, in the atmosphere

• भूभागम् (bhūbhāgam) - a portion of earth, a piece of ground

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• कुट्टिमम् (kuṭṭimam) - a paved floor, pavement

• मुष्टिग्राह्यः (muṣṭigrāhyaḥ) - graspable by a fist, hand-graspable

• महामेघमन्थरोदरपीवरः (mahāmeghamantharodarapīvaraḥ) - bulky and swollen-bellied like a huge, slow-moving cloud

Words meanings and morphology

पिण्डग्रहेण (piṇḍagraheṇa) - by the grasping of a mass, by mass-capture

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of piṇḍagraha

piṇḍagraha - grasping a mass, holding a lump

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (piṇḍa+graha)

• piṇḍa – ball, lump, mass, body
  noun (masculine/neuter)
• graha – seizing, grasping, holding, capture
  noun (masculine)
  From root grabh (to seize)
  Root: grabh (class 9)

नभसी (nabhasī) - in the sky, in the atmosphere

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of nabhas

nabhas - sky, atmosphere, cloud, space

भूभागम् (bhūbhāgam) - a portion of earth, a piece of ground

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhūbhāga

bhūbhāga - portion of earth, piece of ground, territory

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhū+bhāga)

• bhū – earth, ground, land
  noun (feminine)
• bhāga – share, portion, part
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhaj (to divide)
  Root: bhaj (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

कुट्टिमम् (kuṭṭimam) - a paved floor, pavement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kuṭṭima

kuṭṭima - paved floor, pavement, mosaic

Root: kuṭṭ (class 10)

मुष्टिग्राह्यः (muṣṭigrāhyaḥ) - graspable by a fist, hand-graspable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of muṣṭigrāhya

muṣṭigrāhya - graspable by a fist, capable of being seized by the hand

Gerundive

From muṣṭi + root grah with suffix -ya (potential passive participle)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (muṣṭi+grāhya)

• muṣṭi – fist, handful
  noun (feminine)
• grāhya – to be seized, graspable, acceptable
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive
  Potential Passive Participle from root grah with suffix -ya
  Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Refers to the dust cloud.

महामेघमन्थरोदरपीवरः (mahāmeghamantharodarapīvaraḥ) - bulky and swollen-bellied like a huge, slow-moving cloud

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāmeghamantharodarapīvara

mahāmeghamantharodarapīvara - bulky and swollen-bellied like a huge, slow-moving cloud

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+megha+manthara+udara+pīvara)

• mahā – great, large, huge
  adjective (neuter)
• megha – cloud
  noun (masculine)
  From root mih (to sprinkle)
  Root: mih (class 1)
• manthara – slow, dull, sluggish, thick, dense
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: math/manth (class 1)
• udara – belly, abdomen, interior
  noun (neuter)
  Root: und (class 7)
• pīvara – fat, stout, bulky, swollen
  adjective (masculine)
  From root pī (to swell, be fat)
  Root: pī (class 1)

Note: Refers to the dust cloud.