योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-30, verse-21

नृसिंहमारुते तस्मिन्भृशं क्षोभमुपागते ।
विस्फूर्जितघनास्फोटैरेकार्णव इवाकुले ॥ २१ ॥

nṛsiṃhamārute tasminbhṛśaṃ kṣobhamupāgate ,
visphūrjitaghanāsphoṭairekārṇava ivākule 21

21. nṛsiṃhamārute tasmin bhṛśam kṣobham upāgate |
visphūrjitaghanāsphoṭaiḥ ekārṇavaḥ iva ākule ||

21. tasmin nṛsiṃhamārute bhṛśam kṣobham upāgate visphūrjitaghanāsphoṭaiḥ ākule ekārṇavaḥ iva (āsīt).

21. When that Narasimha, like a storm wind (māruta), became greatly agitated, he was like the single ocean (ekārṇava) at the time of dissolution, turbulent with the thundering outbursts of dense clouds.

21. כאשר רוח הסערה של נְרְסִיםְהָ סערה בעוצמה, סוערת ומלאת רעמים כמי האוקיינוס הקוסמי בעת החורבן...

Words meanings summery:

• नृसिंहमारुते (nṛsiṁhamārute) - in that state of Narasimha which is like a storm wind (in the Narasimha-wind)

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that (Narasimha-wind) (in that, to that)

• भृशम् (bhṛśam) - exceedingly (greatly, exceedingly, very much)

• क्षोभम् (kṣobham) - great agitation (agitation, disturbance, commotion)

• उपागते (upāgate) - having attained (agitation), having become agitated (having approached, having arrived, having attained)

• विस्फूर्जितघनास्फोटैः (visphūrjitaghanāsphoṭaiḥ) - by the thundering roars of dense clouds (implying the sound of the ocean at dissolution) (by the thundering outbursts of dense clouds)

• एकार्णवः (ekārṇavaḥ) - the single cosmic ocean (at the end of a kalpa) (the single ocean, the ocean of dissolution)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

• आकुले (ākule) - turbulent (describing the ocean) (in the agitated, in the turbulent, confused)

Words meanings and morphology

नृसिंहमारुते (nṛsiṁhamārute) - in that state of Narasimha which is like a storm wind (in the Narasimha-wind)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of nṛsiṃhamāruta

nṛsiṁhamāruta - Narasimha as a wind, Narasimha-wind

Karmadhāraya compound: nṛsiṃha (Narasimha) + māruta (wind)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (nṛsiṃha+māruta)

• nṛsiṃha – Man-lion (the deity Vishnu's avatar)
  proper noun (masculine)
  Compound: nṛ (man) + siṃha (lion)
• māruta – wind, storm, air, the Marut gods
  noun (masculine)
  From root √mṛ (to move, blow)
  Root: mṛ

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction.

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that (Narasimha-wind) (in that, to that)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Agrees with nṛsiṃhamārute.

भृशम् (bhṛśam) - exceedingly (greatly, exceedingly, very much)

(indeclinable)

Accusative singular of bhṛśa (adjective), used adverbially.

क्षोभम् (kṣobham) - great agitation (agitation, disturbance, commotion)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣobha

kṣobha - agitation, disturbance, shaking, commotion

From root √kṣubh (to tremble, be agitated)

Root: kṣubh (class 1)

उपागते (upāgate) - having attained (agitation), having become agitated (having approached, having arrived, having attained)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of upāgata

upāgata - approached, arrived, attained, gone to

Past Passive Participle

From root √gam (to go) with upasargas upa- (near) and ā- (to, towards)

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

विस्फूर्जितघनास्फोटैः (visphūrjitaghanāsphoṭaiḥ) - by the thundering roars of dense clouds (implying the sound of the ocean at dissolution) (by the thundering outbursts of dense clouds)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of visphūrjitaghanāsphoṭa

visphūrjitaghanāsphoṭa - thundering outbursts of dense clouds

Tatpurusha compound: visphūrjita (thundered) + ghana (dense cloud) + āsphoṭa (outburst)

Compound type : tatpurusha (visphūrjita+ghana+āsphoṭa)

• visphūrjita – thundered, roared, flashed, resounded
  adjective (masculine/neuter/feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √sphūrj (to thunder, roar) with upasarga vi- (apart, asunder)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: sphūrj (class 1)
• ghana – dense, thick, solid, cloud
  adjective/noun (masculine)
• āsphoṭa – outburst, violent crash, explosion, roar
  noun (masculine)
  From root √sphuṭ (to burst, explode) with upasarga ā- (towards)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: sphuṭ (class 6)

एकार्णवः (ekārṇavaḥ) - the single cosmic ocean (at the end of a kalpa) (the single ocean, the ocean of dissolution)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ekārṇava

ekārṇava - the single ocean, the ocean of dissolution (at the time of pralaya)

Compound: eka (one, single) + arṇava (ocean)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (eka+arṇava)

• eka – one, single, unique
  numeral/pronoun (masculine/feminine/neuter)
• arṇava – ocean, sea, waves
  noun (masculine)
  From root √ṛ (to go, move, rise)
  Root: ṛ

Note: Subject of comparison.

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison

आकुले (ākule) - turbulent (describing the ocean) (in the agitated, in the turbulent, confused)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of ākula

ākula - agitated, turbulent, confused, crowded

From root √kul (to move, agitate) with upasarga ā- (intensifying)

Prefix: ā

Root: kul (class 1)

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