योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-22, verse-12

अन्तर्धानं गता धात्री वारपञ्चकमुद्धृता ।
मुने पञ्चसु सर्गेषु कूर्मेणैव पयोनिधेः ॥ १२ ॥

antardhānaṃ gatā dhātrī vārapañcakamuddhṛtā ,
mune pañcasu sargeṣu kūrmeṇaiva payonidheḥ 12

12. antardhānam gatā dhātrī vārapañcakam uddhṛtā
mune pañcasu sargeṣu kūrmeṇa eva payonidheḥ

12. mune dhātrī antardhānam gatā vārapañcakam
kūrmeṇa eva payonidheḥ pañcasu sargeṣu uddhṛtā

12. O sage, the Earth (dhātrī) disappeared and was lifted up five times from the ocean (payonidhi) by the tortoise (kūrma), specifically during five distinct cosmic creations (sarga).

Words meanings summery:

• अन्तर्धानम् (antardhānam) - disappearance, vanishing, concealment

• गता (gatā) - gone, attained, reached, having gone

• धात्री (dhātrī) - the Earth (the Earth, nurse, mother, supporter, creator)

• वारपञ्चकम् (vārapañcakam) - five times

• उद्धृता (uddhṛtā) - lifted up, rescued, raised

• मुने (mune) - O sage! O ascetic!

• पञ्चसु (pañcasu) - in five

• सर्गेषु (sargeṣu) - in creations, in worlds, in cosmic periods

• कूर्मेण (kūrmeṇa) - by the Kūrma (tortoise) avatar of Viṣṇu (by the tortoise, by the Kūrma avatar)

• एव (eva) - alone, only, indeed, certainly

• पयोनिधेः (payonidheḥ) - from the ocean, of the ocean, of the sea

Words meanings and morphology

अन्तर्धानम् (antardhānam) - disappearance, vanishing, concealment

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of antardhāna

antardhāna - disappearance, vanishing, concealment, hiding

From root dhā with prefix antar.

Prefix: antar

Root: dhā (class 3)

गता (gatā) - gone, attained, reached, having gone

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gata

gata - gone, attained, reached, passed, dead

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of the root gam.

Root: gam (class 1)

धात्री (dhātrī) - the Earth (the Earth, nurse, mother, supporter, creator)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dhātrī

dhātrī - the Earth, nurse, mother, supporter, creator goddess

वारपञ्चकम् (vārapañcakam) - five times

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vārapañcaka

vārapañcaka - a group of five turns; five times

Compound type : dvigu (vāra+pañcaka)

• vāra – turn, time, occasion
  noun (masculine)
• pañcaka – a group of five, five
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adverbial accusative.

उद्धृता (uddhṛtā) - lifted up, rescued, raised

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of uddhṛta

uddhṛta - lifted up, rescued, raised, drawn out

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root dhṛ with upasarga ud.

Prefix: ud

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

मुने (mune) - O sage! O ascetic!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, hermit, saint

पञ्चसु (pañcasu) - in five

(numeral adjective)

सर्गेषु (sargeṣu) - in creations, in worlds, in cosmic periods

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of sarga

sarga - creation, emanation, world, cosmic period, an act of letting loose

From root sṛj (to emit, create) with prefix saṃ.

Root: sṛj (class 6)

कूर्मेण (kūrmeṇa) - by the Kūrma (tortoise) avatar of Viṣṇu (by the tortoise, by the Kūrma avatar)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kūrma

kūrma - tortoise, turtle; the Kūrma (tortoise) incarnation of Viṣṇu

एव (eva) - alone, only, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

पयोनिधेः (payonidheḥ) - from the ocean, of the ocean, of the sea

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of payonidhi

payonidhi - ocean, sea, reservoir of water

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (payas+nidhi)

• payas – water, milk
  noun (neuter)
• nidhi – receptacle, reservoir, treasure
  noun (masculine)

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