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

मत्तानिलक्षुब्धजलानलार्कदलद्वयं दीर्घसुरासुरौघम् ।
ब्रह्माण्डमाखण्डितकुड्यकोणसकालकल्पान्तकरालमासीत् ॥ २५ ॥

mattānilakṣubdhajalānalārkadaladvayaṃ dīrghasurāsuraugham ,
brahmāṇḍamākhaṇḍitakuḍyakoṇasakālakalpāntakarālamāsīt 25

25. mattanilakṣubdhajalanalaarkadaladvayam dīrghasurāsuraogham
brahmāṇḍam ākhaṇḍitakuḍyakoṇasakālakalpāntakarālam āsīt

25. brahmāṇḍam ākhaṇḍitakuḍyakoṇasakālakalpāntakarālam
dīrghasurāsuraogham mattanilakṣubdhajalanalaarkadaladvayam āsīt

25. The cosmic egg (brahmāṇḍa) was terrifying, resembling a cosmic dissolution (kalpānta) in its very timing, its containing walls shattered at the corners. It encompassed a vast multitude of gods and demons, its two halves, like suns, agitated by furious winds, water, and fire.

25. היקום כולו, עם גלי האש, המים והרוח והמוני האלים והשדים, הפך למבעית כמו קץ הימים, כשפינות חומותיו נסדקו והתפרקו.

Words meanings summery:

• मत्तनिलक्षुब्धजलनलअर्कदलद्वयम् (mattanilakṣubdhajalanalaarkadaladvayam) - describing the cosmic egg (whose two halves are like suns, agitated by mad wind, water, and fire)

• दीर्घसुरासुरओघम् (dīrghasurāsuraogham) - the multitude within the cosmic egg (vast multitude of gods and demons)

• ब्रह्माण्डम् (brahmāṇḍam) - the cosmic egg, the universe

• आखण्डितकुड्यकोणसकालकल्पान्तकरालम् (ākhaṇḍitakuḍyakoṇasakālakalpāntakarālam) - describing the terrifying state of the brahmāṇḍa at dissolution (dreadful, like the end of a cosmic cycle, whose wall-corners are shattered along with time)

• आसीत् (āsīt) - it was, it existed

Words meanings and morphology

मत्तनिलक्षुब्धजलनलअर्कदलद्वयम् (mattanilakṣubdhajalanalaarkadaladvayam) - describing the cosmic egg (whose two halves are like suns, agitated by mad wind, water, and fire)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mattanilakṣubdhajalanalaarkadaladvaya

mattanilakṣubdhajalanalaarkadaladvaya - whose two halves are like suns, agitated by mad wind, water, and fire

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (matta+anila+kṣubdha+jala+anala+arka+dala+dvaya)

• matta – mad, intoxicated, furious
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From √mad (to be exhilarated, intoxicated)
  Root: mad (class 4)
• anila – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
• kṣubdha – agitated, disturbed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From √kṣubh (to tremble, to be agitated)
  Root: kṣubh (class 4)
• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• anala – fire
  noun (masculine)
• arka – sun, ray
  noun (masculine)
• dala – half, part, petal, leaf
  noun (neuter)
• dvaya – pair, two, twofold
  noun (neuter)

Note: Nominative singular neuter, agreeing with 'brahmāṇḍam'.

दीर्घसुरासुरओघम् (dīrghasurāsuraogham) - the multitude within the cosmic egg (vast multitude of gods and demons)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dīrghasurāsuraogha

dīrghasurāsuraogha - vast multitude of gods and demons

Compound type : karmadhāraya (dīrgha+sura+asura+ogha)

• dīrgha – long, vast, extensive
  adjective
• sura – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• asura – demon
  noun (masculine)
• ogha – multitude, flood, mass
  noun (masculine)

Note: Accusative singular neuter, agreeing with 'brahmāṇḍam'.

ब्रह्माण्डम् (brahmāṇḍam) - the cosmic egg, the universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahmāṇḍa

brahmāṇḍa - the cosmic egg, the universe

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahman+aṇḍa)

• brahman – Brahman, the absolute reality; cosmic creator
  noun (neuter)
• aṇḍa – egg, cosmic egg
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

आखण्डितकुड्यकोणसकालकल्पान्तकरालम् (ākhaṇḍitakuḍyakoṇasakālakalpāntakarālam) - describing the terrifying state of the brahmāṇḍa at dissolution (dreadful, like the end of a cosmic cycle, whose wall-corners are shattered along with time)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākhaṇḍitakuḍyakoṇasakālakalpāntakarāla

ākhaṇḍitakuḍyakoṇasakālakalpāntakarāla - dreadful, like the end of a cosmic cycle, whose wall-corners are shattered along with time

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ākhaṇḍita+kuḍya+koṇa+sa+kāla+kalpānta+karāla)

• ākhaṇḍita – shattered, broken
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From ā + √khaṇḍ (to break)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: khaṇḍ (class 1)
• kuḍya – wall
  noun (neuter)
• koṇa – corner
  noun (masculine)
• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
• kāla – time, period, season
  noun (masculine)
• kalpānta – end of an eon or cosmic cycle
  noun (masculine)
• karāla – dreadful, terrible, formidable
  adjective

Note: Nominative singular neuter, agreeing with 'brahmāṇḍam'.

आसीत् (āsīt) - it was, it existed

(verb)

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

Imperfect

Root: as (class 2)

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