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

अद्रीन्द्रपक्षपरिमाणगमाक्षमोक्तदुर्वारहस्तिबलदारुणदेहकैर्द्राक् ।
आसीत्पतद्भटशरीरगिरीन्द्रवातविभ्रष्टदेवपुरपूर्णजलार्णवौघम् ॥ २८ ॥

adrīndrapakṣaparimāṇagamākṣamoktadurvārahastibaladāruṇadehakairdrāk ,
āsītpatadbhaṭaśarīragirīndravātavibhraṣṭadevapurapūrṇajalārṇavaugham 28

28. adrīndrapakṣaparimāṇagamākṣamoktadurvārahastibaladāruṇadehakaiḥ
drāk
āsīt
patadbhaṭaśarīragirīndravātavibhraṣṭadevapurapūrṇajalārṇavogham

28. drāk
adrīndrapakṣaparimāṇagamākṣamoktadurvārahastibaladāruṇadehakaiḥ
patadbhaṭaśarīragirīndravātavibhraṣṭadevapurapūrṇajalārṇavogham
āsīt

28. Quickly (drāk), there emerged a vast deluge (ogham) of water-filled oceans, divine cities, and the bodies of falling warriors, all scattered by winds as powerful as great mountains. This transformation occurred through (by) dreadful bodies, which possessed irresistible elephantine strength and were described as being incapable of movement due to the immense size of their wings, vast as those of the king of mountains.

Words meanings summery:

• अद्रीन्द्रपक्षपरिमाणगमाक्षमोक्तदुर्वारहस्तिबलदारुणदेहकैः (adrīndrapakṣaparimāṇagamākṣamoktadurvārahastibaladāruṇadehakaiḥ) - by powerful, destructive entities at the time of dissolution (by dreadful bodies, possessing irresistible elephantine strength, described as incapable of movement due to the vastness of their mountain-king-like wings)

• द्राक् (drāk) - quickly, instantly, at once

• आसीत् (āsīt) - it was, it became

• पतद्भटशरीरगिरीन्द्रवातविभ्रष्टदेवपुरपूर्णजलार्णवोघम् (patadbhaṭaśarīragirīndravātavibhraṣṭadevapurapūrṇajalārṇavogham) - a flood-mass of oceans full of water, cities of gods, and bodies of falling warriors, shattered by winds like mountain-kings

Words meanings and morphology

अद्रीन्द्रपक्षपरिमाणगमाक्षमोक्तदुर्वारहस्तिबलदारुणदेहकैः (adrīndrapakṣaparimāṇagamākṣamoktadurvārahastibaladāruṇadehakaiḥ) - by powerful, destructive entities at the time of dissolution (by dreadful bodies, possessing irresistible elephantine strength, described as incapable of movement due to the vastness of their mountain-king-like wings)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of adrīndrapakṣaparimāṇagamākṣamoktadurvārahastibaladāruṇadehaka

adrīndrapakṣaparimāṇagamākṣamoktadurvārahastibaladāruṇadehaka - dreadful bodies with irresistible elephant-strength, said to be immobile due to mountain-wing-like size

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (adri+indra+pakṣa+parimāṇa+gama+akṣama+ukta+dur+vāra+hasti+bala+dāruṇa+dehaka)

• adri – mountain
  noun (masculine)
• indra – lord, king
  noun (masculine)
• pakṣa – wing, side
  noun (masculine)
• parimāṇa – measure, size, extent
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: pari
  Root: mā (class 2)
• gama – going, motion
  noun (masculine)
  From √gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• akṣama – incapable, unable
  adjective
• ukta – said, spoken, described
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From √vac (to speak)
  Root: vac (class 2)
• durvāra – irresistible, hard to check
  adjective
  Prefix: dur
  Root: vṛ (class 5)
• hastin – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)
• dāruṇa – dreadful, terrible, fierce
  adjective
• dehaka – body, physical form
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agent causing the deluge described.

द्राक् (drāk) - quickly, instantly, at once

(indeclinable)

आसीत् (āsīt) - it was, it became

(verb)

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

Imperfect

Root: as (class 2)

Note: The main verb of the sentence.

पतद्भटशरीरगिरीन्द्रवातविभ्रष्टदेवपुरपूर्णजलार्णवोघम् (patadbhaṭaśarīragirīndravātavibhraṣṭadevapurapūrṇajalārṇavogham) - a flood-mass of oceans full of water, cities of gods, and bodies of falling warriors, shattered by winds like mountain-kings

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of patadbhaṭaśarīragirīndravātavibhraṣṭadevapurapūrṇajalārṇavogha

patadbhaṭaśarīragirīndravātavibhraṣṭadevapurapūrṇajalārṇavogha - a flood-mass of oceans full of water, cities of gods, and bodies of falling warriors, scattered by winds like mountain-kings

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (patat+bhaṭa+śarīra+giri+indra+vāta+vibhraṣṭa+deva+pura+pūrṇa+jala+arṇava+ogha)

• patat – falling, descending
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  From √pat (to fall)
  Root: pat (class 1)
• bhaṭa – warrior, soldier
  noun (masculine)
• śarīra – body
  noun (neuter)
• giri – mountain
  noun (masculine)
• indra – lord, chief
  noun (masculine)
• vāta – wind
  noun (masculine)
• vibhraṣṭa – scattered, fallen, dislodged
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From vi + √bhraś (to fall, to scatter)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: bhraś (class 1)
• deva – god, divine
  noun (masculine)
  Root: div (class 4)
• pura – city, fortress
  noun (neuter)
• pūrṇa – full, complete
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From √pṝ (to fill)
  Root: pṝ (class 9)
• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• arṇava – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• ogha – flood, multitude, mass
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'āsīt'.

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