योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-31, verse-27

स धर्ता सुरसैन्यस्य मज्जतो विपदर्णवे ।
क्षीरोदोदरमग्नस्य मन्दरस्येव कच्छपः ॥ २७ ॥

sa dhartā surasainyasya majjato vipadarṇave ,
kṣīrododaramagnasya mandarasyeva kacchapaḥ 27

27. saḥ dhartā sura-sainyasya majjataḥ vipad-arṇave
kṣīra-uda-udara-magnasya mandarasya iva kacchapaḥ

27. saḥ vipad-arṇave majjataḥ sura-sainyasya dhartā
kacchapaḥ iva kṣīra-uda-udara-magnasya mandarasya

27. He is the upholder of the divine army, which is drowning in the ocean of calamity (vipad-arṇava), just as the tortoise (kacchapa) was the upholder of Mount Mandara (mandara), which had sunk into the depths of the milk ocean (kṣīroda).

27. הוא התומך של צבא האלים הטובע באוקיינוס המצוקה, בדיוק כמו הצב האגדי שתמך בהר מַנְדָרָה כשזה שקע במעמקי אוקיינוס החלב.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - He (Kṛṣṇa) (he)

• धर्ता (dhartā) - sustainer, upholder, bearer

• सुर-सैन्यस्य (sura-sainyasya) - of the army of gods

• मज्जतः (majjataḥ) - of one sinking, of one drowning

• विपद्-अर्णवे (vipad-arṇave) - in the ocean of calamity/danger

• क्षीर-उद-उदर-मग्नस्य (kṣīra-uda-udara-magnasya) - of the one submerged in the depths of the ocean of milk

• मन्दरस्य (mandarasya) - of Mount Mandara

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• कच्छपः (kacchapaḥ) - tortoise, turtle

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - He (Kṛṣṇa) (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

धर्ता (dhartā) - sustainer, upholder, bearer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhartṛ

dhartṛ - upholder, supporter, maintainer, bearer

agent noun

Derived from dhṛ (to hold, bear)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

सुर-सैन्यस्य (sura-sainyasya) - of the army of gods

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of sura-sainya

sura-sainya - army of gods

Compound type : Tatpurusha (sura+sainya)

• sura – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• sainya – army, host, military force
  noun (neuter)

मज्जतः (majjataḥ) - of one sinking, of one drowning

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, singular of majjat

majjat - sinking, submerging, drowning

Present Active Participle

PAP of majj (to sink, drown)

Root: majj (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'sura-sainyasya'.

विपद्-अर्णवे (vipad-arṇave) - in the ocean of calamity/danger

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vipad-arṇava

vipad-arṇava - ocean of calamity; sea of danger

Compound type : Tatpurusha (vipad+arṇava)

• vipad – calamity, misfortune, danger
  noun (feminine)
• arṇava – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)

क्षीर-उद-उदर-मग्नस्य (kṣīra-uda-udara-magnasya) - of the one submerged in the depths of the ocean of milk

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kṣīra-uda-udara-magna

kṣīra-uda-udara-magna - submerged in the belly/depths of the milk-ocean

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (kṣīra+uda+udara+magna)

• kṣīra – milk
  noun (neuter)
• uda – water, ocean
  noun (neuter)
• udara – belly, interior, inside, depths
  noun (neuter)
• magna – submerged, immersed, sunk
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of majj (to sink)
  Root: majj (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'mandarasya'.

मन्दरस्य (mandarasya) - of Mount Mandara

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mandara

mandara - Mount Mandara (a mythical mountain used to churn the ocean of milk)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

कच्छपः (kacchapaḥ) - tortoise, turtle

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kacchapa

kacchapa - tortoise, turtle (often referring to Kurma avatar)

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