योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-21, verse-9

यदा समन्ततो मेरुः कालनेमिभुजान्तरे ।
किंचिदुन्मूलितोऽतिष्ठत्तदा नाकम्पत द्रुमः ॥ ९ ॥

yadā samantato meruḥ kālanemibhujāntare ,
kiṃcidunmūlito'tiṣṭhattadā nākampata drumaḥ 9

9. yadā samantataḥ meruḥ kālanemibhujāntare kiṃcit
unmūlitaḥ atiṣṭhat tadā na akampata drumaḥ

9. yadā kālanemibhujāntare meruḥ samantataḥ kiṃcit
unmūlitaḥ atiṣṭhat tadā drumaḥ na akampata

9. When Mount Meru stood slightly uprooted within the arms of Kālanemi, even then, this tree did not tremble.

Words meanings summery:

• यदा (yadā) - when, at which time

• समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - from all sides, entirely, completely, everywhere

• मेरुः (meruḥ) - Mount Meru

• कालनेमिभुजान्तरे (kālanemibhujāntare) - between the arms of Kālanemi

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - a little, somewhat, slightly

• उन्मूलितः (unmūlitaḥ) - uprooted, dislodged

• अतिष्ठत् (atiṣṭhat) - stood, remained

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• न (na) - not, no

• अकम्पत (akampata) - trembled

• द्रुमः (drumaḥ) - tree

Words meanings and morphology

यदा (yadā) - when, at which time

(indeclinable)

adverbial derivative of relative pronoun ya

समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - from all sides, entirely, completely, everywhere

(indeclinable)

adverb formed from samanta (all around) with suffix -tas

मेरुः (meruḥ) - Mount Meru

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of meru

meru - Mount Meru, a mythical golden mountain considered the center of the universe

कालनेमिभुजान्तरे (kālanemibhujāntare) - between the arms of Kālanemi

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kālanemibhujāntara

kālanemibhujāntara - space between the arms of Kālanemi

Compound type : tatpurusha (kālanemi+bhuja+antara)

• kālanemi – Kālanemi (name of a demon)
  proper noun (masculine)
• bhuja – arm
  noun (masculine)
• antara – inside, interval, space between
  noun (neuter)

Note: formed by Kālanemi + bhuja (arm) + antara (between), meaning 'between the arms of Kālanemi'

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - a little, somewhat, slightly

(indeclinable)

from kim + cit

उन्मूलितः (unmūlitaḥ) - uprooted, dislodged

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of unmūlita

unmūlita - uprooted, dislodged, removed

Past Passive Participle

from ud- + root mūl (to root) + -ita suffix

Prefix: ud

Root: mūl (class 10)

Note: masculine nominative singular, modifying Meruḥ

अतिष्ठत् (atiṣṭhat) - stood, remained

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of sthā

imperfect 3rd singular

Root: sthā (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

adverbial derivative of demonstrative pronoun ta

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अकम्पत (akampata) - trembled

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of kamp

imperfect 3rd singular, middle voice

Root: kamp (class 1)

द्रुमः (drumaḥ) - tree

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of druma

druma - tree, forest

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