योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-28, verse-22

छिन्नैः शिरःकरभुजोरुभरैर्भ्रमद्भिराकाशकाष्ठशलभैरशिवैस्तदानीम् ।
आसीज्जगज्जठरमभ्रभरैरिवोग्रैराभास्करस्थगितदिक्तटशैलजालम् ॥ २२ ॥

chinnaiḥ śiraḥkarabhujorubharairbhramadbhirākāśakāṣṭhaśalabhairaśivaistadānīm ,
āsījjagajjaṭharamabhrabharairivograirābhāskarasthagitadiktaṭaśailajālam 22

22. chinnaiḥ śiraḥkarabhujorubharaiḥ bhramadbhiḥ
ākāśakāṣṭhaśalabhaiḥ aśivaiḥ tadānīm
āsīt jagajjaṭharam abhrabharaiḥ iva
ugraiḥ ābhāskarasthagitadiktāṭaśailajālam

22. tadānīm chinnaiḥ śiraḥkarabhujorubharaiḥ
bhramadbhiḥ ākāśakāṣṭhaśalabhaiḥ aśivaiḥ
jagajjaṭharam ugraiḥ abhrabharaiḥ
iva ābhāskarasthagitadiktāṭaśailajālam āsīt

22. Then, the vast expanse of the world, its horizons (diktāṭa) veiled up to the sun by mountain-like heaps, appeared as if covered by fierce masses of clouds, as severed heads, hands, arms, and thighs whirled ominously like locusts through the sky's quarters.

Words meanings summery:

• छिन्नैः (chinnaiḥ) - by severed, by cut-off

• शिरःकरभुजोरुभरैः (śiraḥkarabhujorubharaiḥ) - by masses of heads, hands, arms, and thighs

• भ्रमद्भिः (bhramadbhiḥ) - by whirling, by spinning

• आकाशकाष्ठशलभैः (ākāśakāṣṭhaśalabhaiḥ) - by locusts in the cardinal directions of the sky

• अशिवैः (aśivaiḥ) - by inauspicious (things), ominously

• तदानीम् (tadānīm) - then, at that time

• आसीत् (āsīt) - it was, it became

• जगज्जठरम् (jagajjaṭharam) - the earth's surface (the belly/expanse of the world)

• अभ्रभरैः (abhrabharaiḥ) - by masses of clouds

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• उग्रैः (ugraiḥ) - by fierce, by formidable

• आभास्करस्थगितदिक्ताटशैलजालम् (ābhāskarasthagitadiktāṭaśailajālam) - a network of mountains obscuring the horizons up to the sun (a network of mountains with their directional slopes covered up to the sun)

Words meanings and morphology

छिन्नैः (chinnaiḥ) - by severed, by cut-off

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of chinna

chinna - severed, cut, broken

Past Passive Participle

From root chid (to cut, cleave).

Root: chid (class 7)

शिरःकरभुजोरुभरैः (śiraḥkarabhujorubharaiḥ) - by masses of heads, hands, arms, and thighs

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śiraḥ-kara-bhujoru-bhara

śiraḥ-kara-bhujoru-bhara - masses of heads, hands, arms, and thighs

Compound type : dvandva (śiras+kara+bhujoru+bhara)

• śiras – head
  noun (neuter)
• kara – hand
  noun (masculine)
• bhujoru – arms and thighs
  noun (masculine)
• bhara – mass, load, burden
  noun (masculine)

भ्रमद्भिः (bhramadbhiḥ) - by whirling, by spinning

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhramat

bhramat - whirling, wandering, moving

Present Active Participle

From root bhram (to wander, roam).

Root: bhram (class 1)

आकाशकाष्ठशलभैः (ākāśakāṣṭhaśalabhaiḥ) - by locusts in the cardinal directions of the sky

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of ākāśa-kāṣṭha-śalabha

ākāśa-kāṣṭha-śalabha - locusts in the sky's quarters

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ākāśa+kāṣṭha+śalabha)

• ākāśa – sky, space, ether
  noun (neuter)
• kāṣṭha – direction, quarter, region
  noun (neuter)
• śalabha – locust, moth
  noun (masculine)

अशिवैः (aśivaiḥ) - by inauspicious (things), ominously

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of aśiva

aśiva - inauspicious, ominous, evil

Negative prefix a + śiva (auspicious).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+śiva)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• śiva – auspicious, benevolent, fortunate
  adjective (masculine)

तदानीम् (tadānīm) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

From tad (that) + suffix dānīm.

आसीत् (āsīt) - it was, it became

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Imperfect Tense

Third person singular imperfect active.

Root: as (class 2)

जगज्जठरम् (jagajjaṭharam) - the earth's surface (the belly/expanse of the world)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat-jaṭhara

jagat-jaṭhara - belly of the world, earth's expanse

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jagat+jaṭhara)

• jagat – world, moving, living
  noun (neuter)
• jaṭhara – belly, abdomen, interior
  noun (neuter)

अभ्रभरैः (abhrabharaiḥ) - by masses of clouds

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of abhra-bhara

abhra-bhara - masses of clouds

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (abhra+bhara)

• abhra – cloud
  noun (neuter)
• bhara – mass, load
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle expressing comparison.

उग्रैः (ugraiḥ) - by fierce, by formidable

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of ugra

ugra - fierce, terrible, formidable, powerful

आभास्करस्थगितदिक्ताटशैलजालम् (ābhāskarasthagitadiktāṭaśailajālam) - a network of mountains obscuring the horizons up to the sun (a network of mountains with their directional slopes covered up to the sun)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ābhāskara-sthagita-diktāṭa-śaila-jāla

ābhāskara-sthagita-diktāṭa-śaila-jāla - a network of mountains with their directional slopes covered up to the sun

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ābhāskara+sthagita+diktāṭa+śaila+jāla)

• ābhāskara – up to the sun
  indeclinable
  avyayībhāva compound or similar
• sthagita – covered, blocked, hidden
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root sthag (to cover, hide).
  Root: sthag (class 10)
• diktāṭa – directional slope, horizon
  noun (masculine)
• śaila – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)
  From śilā (rock).
• jāla – net, network, multitude, collection
  noun (neuter)