योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-118, verse-12

विनाशवाडवाक्रान्तं भीमं काममहार्णवम् ।
जगज्जालतरङ्गिण्यो यान्ति भूततरङ्गिकाः ॥ १२ ॥

vināśavāḍavākrāntaṃ bhīmaṃ kāmamahārṇavam ,
jagajjālataraṅgiṇyo yānti bhūtataraṅgikāḥ 12

12. vināśa-vāḍava-ākrāntam bhīmam kāma-mahā-arṇavam
jagat-jāla-taraṅgiṇyaḥ yānti bhūta-taraṅgikāḥ

12. bhūta-taraṅgikāḥ jagat-jāla-taraṅgiṇyaḥ
vināśa-vāḍava-ākrāntam bhīmam kāma-mahā-arṇavam yānti

12. The waves of living beings, which are like the net-like waves of the world, traverse the terrifying great ocean of desire (kāma), which is engulfed by the submarine fire of destruction.

12. אל אוקיינוס התשוקה האיום והמבעית, הנשרף באש הכלייה, זורמים נהרות רשת העולם, כשהם נושאים עמם את גלי היצורים השונים.

Words meanings summery:

• विनाश-वाडव-आक्रान्तम् (vināśa-vāḍava-ākrāntam) - engulfed by the submarine fire of destruction

• भीमम् (bhīmam) - terrifying, dreadful, fearful

• काम-महा-अर्णवम् (kāma-mahā-arṇavam) - the great ocean of desire

• जगत्-जाल-तरङ्गिण्यः (jagat-jāla-taraṅgiṇyaḥ) - like the net-like waves of the world (the waves that are the net of the world, net-like waves of the world)

• यान्ति (yānti) - traverse, pass through (they go, they move, they proceed)

• भूत-तरङ्गिकाः (bhūta-taraṅgikāḥ) - waves of living beings (waves of beings, waves of elements)

Words meanings and morphology

विनाश-वाडव-आक्रान्तम् (vināśa-vāḍava-ākrāntam) - engulfed by the submarine fire of destruction

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vināśa-vāḍava-ākrānta

vināśa-vāḍava-ākrānta - engulfed by the submarine fire of destruction

Compound type : tatpuruṣa / bahuvrīhi (implied) (vināśa+vāḍava+ākrānta)

• vināśa – destruction, annihilation, ruin
  noun (masculine)
  From 'naś' with 'vi'
  Prefix: vi
  Root: naś (class 4)
• vāḍava – submarine fire, mare's fire
  noun (masculine)
• ākrānta – overcome, attacked, seized, engulfed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'kram' with 'ā'
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'kāma-mahā-arṇavam'.

भीमम् (bhīmam) - terrifying, dreadful, fearful

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhīma

bhīma - terrifying, dreadful, formidable, terrible

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Qualifies 'kāma-mahā-arṇavam'.

काम-महा-अर्णवम् (kāma-mahā-arṇavam) - the great ocean of desire

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kāma-mahā-arṇava

kāma-mahā-arṇava - the great ocean of desire

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāma+mahā+arṇava)

• kāma – desire, wish, longing
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'kam' (to desire)
  Root: kam (class 1)
• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (neuter)
  Contracted form of 'mahat'
• arṇava – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)

Note: Direct object of 'yānti'.

जगत्-जाल-तरङ्गिण्यः (jagat-jāla-taraṅgiṇyaḥ) - like the net-like waves of the world (the waves that are the net of the world, net-like waves of the world)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of jagat-jāla-taraṅgiṇī

jagat-jāla-taraṅgiṇī - net-like waves of the world; female form of one who has the waves of the world's net

Compound type : tatpuruṣa / bahuvrīhi (implied) (jagat+jāla+taraṅgiṇī)

• jagat – world, universe
  noun (neuter)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• jāla – net, snare, web
  noun (neuter)
• taraṅgiṇī – river, stream (lit. having waves), wavy
  noun (feminine)
  Feminine form of 'taraṅgin' (having waves)
  Root: tṛ (class 1)

Note: In apposition with 'bhūta-taraṅgikāḥ'.

यान्ति (yānti) - traverse, pass through (they go, they move, they proceed)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of yā

present active

3rd person plural, present indicative, active voice

Root: yā (class 2)

भूत-तरङ्गिकाः (bhūta-taraṅgikāḥ) - waves of living beings (waves of beings, waves of elements)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bhūta-taraṅgikā

bhūta-taraṅgikā - waves of beings; small waves of elements

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (bhūta+taraṅgikā)

• bhūta – being, creature, element, what has been
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'bhū' (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• taraṅgikā – small wave, ripple
  noun (feminine)
  Diminutive of 'taraṅga'
  Root: tṛ (class 1)

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