योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-112, verse-13

धाराधरधरारन्ध्रप्रतिश्रुद्धनघुंघुमा ।
जगद्गेहगुहासीद्द्यौर्घनं गातुमिवोद्यता ॥ १३ ॥

dhārādharadharārandhrapratiśruddhanaghuṃghumā ,
jagadgehaguhāsīddyaurghanaṃ gātumivodyatā 13

13. dhārā-dhara-dharā-randhra-pratiśruddha-na-ghuṃghumā
jagat-geha-guhā āsīt dyauḥ ghanam gātum iva udyatā

13. jagat-geha-guhā dhārā-dhara-dharā-randhra-pratiśruddha-na-ghuṃghumā
āsīt dyauḥ ghanam gātum iva udyatā

13. The earth, like a world-house-cave, was such that the rumbling of the clouds did not echo in its earthly crevices. Meanwhile, the sky seemed ready to roar intensely.

13. מערת היקום התמלאה מהדהדים עמוקים שעלו מהעננים, מההרים ומפינות תהום, עד שנדמה היה כי השמיים עצמם פוצחים בשירת רעם כבדה.

Words meanings summery:

• धारा-धर-धरा-रन्ध्र-प्रतिश्रुद्ध-न-घुंघुमा (dhārā-dhara-dharā-randhra-pratiśruddha-na-ghuṁghumā) - (the world-house-cave) which was characterized by the absence of cloud-rumbling echoes in the earth's crevices (where the rumbling of the cloud did not echo in the earth's crevices)

• जगत्-गेह-गुहा (jagat-geha-guhā) - refers to the earth's depths (the world-house-cave, the cave which is the house of the world)

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

• द्यौः (dyauḥ) - sky, heaven

• घनम् (ghanam) - profoundly (modifying 'to roar') (intensely, deeply, thickly, profoundly)

• गातुम् (gātum) - to roar (like thunder) (to sing, to roar, to sound)

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• उद्यता (udyatā) - ready (to roar) (prepared, ready, uplifted, active)

Words meanings and morphology

धारा-धर-धरा-रन्ध्र-प्रतिश्रुद्ध-न-घुंघुमा (dhārā-dhara-dharā-randhra-pratiśruddha-na-ghuṁghumā) - (the world-house-cave) which was characterized by the absence of cloud-rumbling echoes in the earth's crevices (where the rumbling of the cloud did not echo in the earth's crevices)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dhārā-dhara-dharā-randhra-pratiśruddha-na-ghuṃghumā

dhārā-dhara-dharā-randhra-pratiśruddha-na-ghuṁghumā - where the rumbling of the cloud did not echo in the earth's crevices

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dhārādhara+dharārandhra+pratiśruddha+na+ghuṃghumā)

• dhārādhara – cloud (bearer of rain-streams)
  noun (masculine)
• dharā-randhra – earth-crevice, cave of the earth
  noun (neuter)
• pratiśruddha – echoed, responded
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from prati + √śru (to hear)
  Prefix: prati
  Root: śru (class 5)
• na – not, no
  indeclinable
• ghuṃghumā – rumbling sound, humming, buzzing
  noun (feminine)

Note: This extremely long compound functions as an adjective modifying 'jagat-geha-guhā'.

जगत्-गेह-गुहा (jagat-geha-guhā) - refers to the earth's depths (the world-house-cave, the cave which is the house of the world)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jagat-geha-guhā

jagat-geha-guhā - world-house-cave

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jagat+geha+guhā)

• jagat – world, universe
  noun (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  from √gam (to go), used as noun
  Root: gam (class 1)
• geha – house, dwelling
  noun (neuter)
• guhā – cave, cavern, hiding place
  noun (feminine)

आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

(verb)

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

Imperfect 3rd singular

Root: as (class 2)

द्यौः (dyauḥ) - sky, heaven

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dyu

dyu - sky, heaven, day

घनम् (ghanam) - profoundly (modifying 'to roar') (intensely, deeply, thickly, profoundly)

(indeclinable)

adverbial use of neuter singular of ghana (adjective)

गातुम् (gātum) - to roar (like thunder) (to sing, to roar, to sound)

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

from √gā (to sing, to roar)

Root: gā (class 2)

Note: This is an infinitive form.

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

उद्यता (udyatā) - ready (to roar) (prepared, ready, uplifted, active)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of udyata

udyata - prepared, ready, uplifted, exerted, active

Past Passive Participle

from ud + √yam (to raise, restrain)

Prefix: ud

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'dyauḥ'.

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