योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-30, verse-23

अथ विद्रुतदैत्येन्द्रं दग्धान्तःपुरमण्डलम् ।
बभूव पातालतलं कल्पक्षुण्णजगत्समम् ॥ २३ ॥

atha vidrutadaityendraṃ dagdhāntaḥpuramaṇḍalam ,
babhūva pātālatalaṃ kalpakṣuṇṇajagatsamam 23

23. atha vidrutadaityendram dagdhāntaḥpuramaṇḍalam
| babhūva pātālatalam kalpakṣuṇṇajagatsamam ||

23. atha vidrutadaityendram dagdhāntaḥpuramaṇḍalam pātālatalam kalpakṣuṇṇajagatsamam babhūva.

23. Then, the nether world (pātālatala), with its demon lords having fled and its inner palace realm burned, became equivalent to a world shattered at the end of a cosmic cycle (kalpa).

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, subsequently (then, thereupon, now)

• विद्रुतदैत्येन्द्रम् (vidrutadaityendram) - (the Pātāla region) whose demon lords had fled (having its chief demons fled)

• दग्धान्तःपुरमण्डलम् (dagdhāntaḥpuramaṇḍalam) - (the Pātāla region) whose inner palace grounds were completely burned (having its inner palace circle burned)

• बभूव (babhūva) - it (the Pātāla region) became (he/she/it became, existed)

• पातालतलम् (pātālatalam) - the region of Pātāla (nether world) (the nether world, the region of Pātāla)

• कल्पक्षुण्णजगत्समम् (kalpakṣuṇṇajagatsamam) - like a world utterly destroyed at the end of a cosmic cycle (kalpa) (equal to a world shattered at the end of a kalpa)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, subsequently (then, thereupon, now)

(indeclinable)

Particle introducing a new topic or sequence of events

विद्रुतदैत्येन्द्रम् (vidrutadaityendram) - (the Pātāla region) whose demon lords had fled (having its chief demons fled)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vidrutadaityendra

vidrutadaityendra - (that) whose chief demons have fled

Bahuvrihi compound: vidruta (fled) + daitya-indra (chief of demons)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vidruta+daityendra)

• vidruta – fled, run away, scattered
  adjective (masculine/neuter/feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √dru (to run, flee) with upasarga vi- (away)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: dru (class 1)
• daityendra – chief of demons, king of Daityas
  noun (masculine)
  Tatpurusha compound: daitya (demon) + indra (chief, lord)

Note: Nom. neut. sing. agreeing with pātālatalam.

दग्धान्तःपुरमण्डलम् (dagdhāntaḥpuramaṇḍalam) - (the Pātāla region) whose inner palace grounds were completely burned (having its inner palace circle burned)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dagdhāntaḥpuramaṇḍala

dagdhāntaḥpuramaṇḍala - (that) whose inner palace realm is burned

Bahuvrihi compound: dagdha (burned) + antaḥpuramaṇḍala (inner palace circle)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (dagdha+antaḥpuramaṇḍala)

• dagdha – burned, consumed
  adjective (masculine/neuter/feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √dah (to burn)
  Root: dah (class 1)
• antaḥpuramaṇḍala – inner palace circle, harem area
  noun (neuter)
  Tatpurusha compound: antaḥpura (inner palace) + maṇḍala (circle, region)

Note: Nom. neut. sing. agreeing with pātālatalam.

बभूव (babhūva) - it (the Pātāla region) became (he/she/it became, existed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect past (Lit) of √bhū

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Reduplicated perfect form

Root: bhū (class 1)

पातालतलम् (pātālatalam) - the region of Pātāla (nether world) (the nether world, the region of Pātāla)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pātālatala

pātālatala - the nether region, the surface of Pātāla

Tatpurusha compound: pātāla (nether world) + tala (surface, region)

Compound type : tatpurusha (pātāla+tala)

• pātāla – nether world, one of the seven regions below earth
  proper noun (neuter)
• tala – surface, plane, region, bottom
  noun (masculine/neuter)

Note: Subject of babhūva.

कल्पक्षुण्णजगत्समम् (kalpakṣuṇṇajagatsamam) - like a world utterly destroyed at the end of a cosmic cycle (kalpa) (equal to a world shattered at the end of a kalpa)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kalpakṣuṇṇajagatsama

kalpakṣuṇṇajagatsama - equal to a world shattered at the end of a kalpa

Compound: kalpa (cosmic cycle) + kṣuṇṇa (shattered) + jagat (world) + sama (equal). Here, the whole preceding compound describes 'jagat', and `sama` means 'equal to'.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kalpa+kṣuṇṇa+jagat+sama)

• kalpa – cosmic cycle, an age of Brahmā
  noun (masculine)
  From root √kḷp (to be arranged, ordained)
  Root: kḷp (class 10)
• kṣuṇṇa – crushed, shattered, bruised, destroyed
  adjective (masculine/neuter/feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √kṣud (to crush, shatter)
  Root: kṣud (class 7)
• jagat – world, universe
  noun (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  From root √gam (to go) + śatṛ suffix, used as a noun.
  Root: gam (class 1)
• sama – equal, similar, like, same
  adjective (masculine/neuter/feminine)

Note: Agrees with pātālatalam.

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