योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-21, verse-44

वृक्षनीरन्ध्रभूपीठमकल्पितमहार्णवम् ।
स्वयसंजातपुरुषं कंचित्सर्गं स्मराम्यहम् ॥ ४४ ॥

vṛkṣanīrandhrabhūpīṭhamakalpitamahārṇavam ,
svayasaṃjātapuruṣaṃ kaṃcitsargaṃ smarāmyaham 44

44. vṛkṣanīrandhrabhūpīṭham akalpitamahārṇavam
svayasaṃjātpuruṣam kañcit sargam smarāmi aham

44. aham kañcit sargam smarāmi yatra vṛkṣanīrandhrabhūpīṭham
akalpitamahārṇavam svayasaṃjātpuruṣam (āsi)

44. I remember a certain creation (sarga) where the earth's surface was densely covered with trees, where there was no (conceivable) great ocean, and where (puruṣas) beings generated spontaneously.

Words meanings summery:

• वृक्षनीरन्ध्रभूपीठम् (vṛkṣanīrandhrabhūpīṭham) - Describes the terrestrial aspect of this creation. (a seat of earth densely covered with trees)

• अकल्पितमहार्णवम् (akalpitamahārṇavam) - Suggests a creation without vast seas, perhaps a predominantly land-based world. (having no conceived/created great ocean)

• स्वयसंजात्पुरुषम् (svayasaṁjātpuruṣam) - Describes a mode of generation of beings different from birth or deliberate creation. (having spontaneously generated (puruṣas) persons)

• कञ्चित् (kañcit) - Qualifies 'sargam'. (some, a certain, any)

• सर्गम् (sargam) - Refers to a specific era or cycle of creation. (creation, emanation, world, universe)

• स्मरामि (smarāmi) - I remember, I recall

• अहम् (aham) - The speaker. (I)

Words meanings and morphology

वृक्षनीरन्ध्रभूपीठम् (vṛkṣanīrandhrabhūpīṭham) - Describes the terrestrial aspect of this creation. (a seat of earth densely covered with trees)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vṛkṣanīrandhrabhūpīṭha

vṛkṣanīrandhrabhūpīṭha - a terrestrial surface densely covered with trees; a land-seat impassable due to trees

Bahuvrihi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vṛkṣa+nīrandhra+bhūpīṭha)

• vṛkṣa – tree
  noun (masculine)
• nīrandhra – dense, close, compact, impervious
  adjective (neuter)
  From `ni` + `randhra` (opening, space). `ni` as negation or intensification. Here, 'no space', hence dense.
  Prefix: ni
• bhūpīṭha – earth's surface, terrestrial seat/expanse
  noun (neuter)
  Tatpuruṣa compound of `bhū` (earth) + `pīṭha` (seat, surface).

अकल्पितमहार्णवम् (akalpitamahārṇavam) - Suggests a creation without vast seas, perhaps a predominantly land-based world. (having no conceived/created great ocean)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of akalpitamahārṇava

akalpitamahārṇava - that in which there is no created/imagined great ocean; without a great ocean

Bahuvrihi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (akalpita+mahārṇava)

• akalpita – uncreated, unimagined, not conceived
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle (negative)
  From `a` (negation) + `kalpita` (created/imagined, from root `kḷp` + `kta`).
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• mahārṇava – great ocean
  noun (masculine)
  Karmadhāraya compound of `mahā` (great) + `arṇava` (ocean).

स्वयसंजात्पुरुषम् (svayasaṁjātpuruṣam) - Describes a mode of generation of beings different from birth or deliberate creation. (having spontaneously generated (puruṣas) persons)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svayasaṃjātpuruṣa

svayasaṁjātpuruṣa - that in which (puruṣas) persons are spontaneously generated; having spontaneously born beings

Bahuvrihi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (svayam+saṃjāta+puruṣa)

• svayam – by oneself, spontaneously, naturally
  indeclinable
• saṃjāta – born, produced, generated, arisen
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From `sam` + `jan` (to be born) + suffix `kta`.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: jan (class 4)
• puruṣa – man, human being, person, the Cosmic Person (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pṛ (class 3)

कञ्चित् (kañcit) - Qualifies 'sargam'. (some, a certain, any)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kañcit

kañcit - some, a certain, any, someone

Formed from 'kim' (what) + 'cit' (an indeclinable particle).

सर्गम् (sargam) - Refers to a specific era or cycle of creation. (creation, emanation, world, universe)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sarga

sarga - creation, emanation, world, chapter, section

From root 'sṛj' (to let go, create) + suffix 'ghañ'.

Root: sṛj (class 6)

स्मरामि (smarāmi) - I remember, I recall

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of smṛ

Present active indicative

First person singular, active voice.

Root: smṛ (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - The speaker. (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we