योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-28, verse-12

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उज्ज्वाललोचनविषज्वलनातपौघदिग्दाहदर्शितयुगान्तदिनेशसेना ।
उड्डीयमानपरिदीर्घमहामहीध्रमग्नाब्धिवद्विषधरावलिरुल्ललास ॥ १२ ॥

ujjvālalocanaviṣajvalanātapaughadigdāhadarśitayugāntadineśasenā ,
uḍḍīyamānaparidīrghamahāmahīdhramagnābdhivadviṣadharāvalirullalāsa 12

12. ujjvāla-locana-viṣa-jvalana-ātapa-ogha-dig-dāha-darśita-yugānta-dineśa-senā
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uḍḍīyamāna-paridīrgha-mahā-mahīdhra-magna-abdhi-vat
viṣadhara-āvaliḥ ullalāsa ||

12. ujjvāla-locana-viṣa-jvalana-ātapa-ogha-dig-dāha-darśita-yugānta-dineśa-senā,
uḍḍīyamāna-paridīrgha-mahā-mahīdhra-magna-abdhi-vat viṣadhara-āvaliḥ ullalāsa.

12. A line of venomous serpents (viṣadharāvaliḥ) shone forth, which, with intensely blazing eyes, emitted poisonous fire and floods of scorching heat that caused the directions to burn, thus appearing like a host of suns at the end of an eon; and which, while flying and exceedingly long, resembled an ocean with vast mountains submerged within it.

Words meanings summery:

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उज्ज्वाल-लोचन-विष-ज्वलन-आतप-ओघ-दिग्-दाह-दर्शित-युगान्त-दिनेश-सेना (ujjvāla-locana-viṣa-jvalana-ātapa-ogha-dig-dāha-darśita-yugānta-dineśa-senā) - which, with intensely blazing eyes, emitted poisonous fire and floods of scorching heat that incinerated the quarters, thus appearing like a host of suns at the end of an eon ((fem.) which showed a host of suns at the end of an eon by the burning of the directions from the floods of heat of the poison-fire from its intensely blazing eyes)

उड्डीयमान-परिदीर्घ-महा-महीध्र-मग्न-अब्धि-वत् (uḍḍīyamāna-paridīrgha-mahā-mahīdhra-magna-abdhi-vat) - while flying and exceedingly long, it resembled an ocean with vast mountains submerged within it (like an ocean with vast mountains submerged in it, while flying and exceedingly long)

विषधर-आवलिः (viṣadhara-āvaliḥ) - a line of venomous serpents (viṣadharāvaliḥ) (a line of venomous serpents)

उल्ललास (ullalāsa) - shone forth (shone forth, appeared, emerged, rose up)

Words meanings and morphology

उज्ज्वाल-लोचन-विष-ज्वलन-आतप-ओघ-दिग्-दाह-दर्शित-युगान्त-दिनेश-सेना (ujjvāla-locana-viṣa-jvalana-ātapa-ogha-dig-dāha-darśita-yugānta-dineśa-senā) - which, with intensely blazing eyes, emitted poisonous fire and floods of scorching heat that incinerated the quarters, thus appearing like a host of suns at the end of an eon ((fem.) which showed a host of suns at the end of an eon by the burning of the directions from the floods of heat of the poison-fire from its intensely blazing eyes)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ujjvāla-locana-viṣa-jvalana-ātapa-ogha-dig-dāha-darśita-yugānta-dineśa-senā

ujjvāla-locana-viṣa-jvalana-ātapa-ogha-dig-dāha-darśita-yugānta-dineśa-senā - (fem.) one whose intense poison-fire from shining eyes and floods of heat cause the quarters to burn, showing an army of suns at the end of an era

Bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ujjvāla+locana+viṣa+jvalana+ātapa+ogha+dik+dāha+darśita+yugānta+dineśa+senā)

ujjvāla – blazing, intensely shining
adjective (masculine)
Derived from root jval with upasarga ud
Prefix: ud
Root: jval (class 1)
locana – eye
noun (neuter)
Derived from root loc (to see)
Root: loc (class 10)
viṣa – poison, venom
noun (neuter)
jvalana – burning, blazing, fire
noun (masculine)
Derived from root jval (to burn)
Root: jval (class 1)
ātapa – heat, sunshine, radiance
noun (masculine)
Derived from root tap (to heat) with upasarga ā
Prefix: ā
Root: tap (class 1)
ogha – flood, torrent, multitude
noun (masculine)
dik – direction, quarter (of the world)
noun (feminine)
dāha – burning, combustion, scorching
noun (masculine)
Derived from root dah (to burn)
Root: dah (class 1)
darśita – shown, revealed, displayed (causative past passive participle)
adjective (masculine)
Causative Past Passive Participle
Derived from root dṛś (to see), causative darśaya-
Root: dṛś (class 1)
yugānta – end of an eon, dissolution of the world
noun (masculine)
Compound: yuga (eon) + anta (end)
dineśa – sun (lord of day)
noun (masculine)
Compound: dina (day) + īśa (lord)
senā – army, host, multitude
noun (feminine)

उड्डीयमान-परिदीर्घ-महा-महीध्र-मग्न-अब्धि-वत् (uḍḍīyamāna-paridīrgha-mahā-mahīdhra-magna-abdhi-vat) - while flying and exceedingly long, it resembled an ocean with vast mountains submerged within it (like an ocean with vast mountains submerged in it, while flying and exceedingly long)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of uḍḍīyamāna-paridīrgha-mahā-mahīdhra-magna-abdhi-vat

uḍḍīyamāna-paridīrgha-mahā-mahīdhra-magna-abdhi-vat - (feminine) flying, very long, like an ocean with great mountains submerged in it

Complex compound acting as an adjective.

Compound type : karmadhāraya + tatpuruṣa (uḍḍīyamāna+paridīrgha+mahā+mahīdhra+magna+abdhi+vat)

uḍḍīyamāna – flying up, being flown (present middle participle)
adjective (masculine)
Present Middle Participle
Derived from root dī with upasarga ud
Prefix: ud
Root: dī (class 4)
paridīrgha – very long, exceedingly long
adjective (masculine)
Compound: pari (intensifier) + dīrgha (long)
Prefix: pari
mahā – great, large
adjective (masculine)
mahīdhra – mountain (earth-bearer)
noun (masculine)
Compound: mahī (earth) + dhra (bearer)
magna – submerged, sunken, plunged (past passive participle)
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root majj (to sink)
Root: majj (class 6)
abdhi – ocean, sea
noun (masculine)
vat – like, as if, similar to
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