योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-113, verse-26

गुहामशकवद्गर्तभीतशाखायिताचलान् ।
नयतोम्बुतरङ्गौघैर्वेलाद्रीनतिखर्वताम् ॥ २६ ॥

guhāmaśakavadgartabhītaśākhāyitācalān ,
nayatombutaraṅgaughairvelādrīnatikharvatām 26

26. guham-aśakavat-garta-bhīta-śākhāyita-acalan
nayataḥ ambu-taraṅga-oghaiḥ velādīn ati-kharvatām

26. (saḥ) ambu-taraṅga-oghaiḥ guham-aśakavat-garta-bhīta-śākhāyita-acalan
velādīn ati-kharvatām nayataḥ

26. He (the ocean), by means of its multitudes of water waves, reduces the shore mountains (velādri) – which are [now] like cave-mosquitoes, fearful of hollows, and branched out – to excessive smallness.

Words meanings summery:

• गुहम्-अशकवत्-गर्त-भीत-शाखायित-अचलन् (guham-aśakavat-garta-bhīta-śākhāyita-acalan) - coastal mountains that have been eroded into small, branched, cave-like structures by waves, appearing timid or fragile (mountains that are like mosquitoes in a cave, afraid of pits, and branched out)

• नयतः (nayataḥ) - (of him/it) leading, referring to the agent (ocean) performing the action of reducing the mountains (leading, bringing, guiding)

• अम्बु-तरङ्ग-ओघैः (ambu-taraṅga-oghaiḥ) - by the powerful, numerous waves of the ocean (by multitudes of water waves)

• वेलादीन् (velādīn) - the mountains or land formations along the ocean's edge (shore mountains, coastal hills)

• अति-खर्वताम् (ati-kharvatām) - to a state of being extremely diminished or insignificant (to excessive shortness, to extreme humility/smallness)

Words meanings and morphology

गुहम्-अशकवत्-गर्त-भीत-शाखायित-अचलन् (guham-aśakavat-garta-bhīta-śākhāyita-acalan) - coastal mountains that have been eroded into small, branched, cave-like structures by waves, appearing timid or fragile (mountains that are like mosquitoes in a cave, afraid of pits, and branched out)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of guham-aśakavat-garta-bhīta-śākhāyita-acala

guham-aśakavat-garta-bhīta-śākhāyita-acala - mountain-like formations resembling cave mosquitoes, fearful of hollows, and branched

Compound type : karmadhāraya (guha+maśakavat+garta+bhīta+śākhāyita+acala)

• guha – cave, cavern
  noun (feminine)
• maśakavat – like a mosquito, resembling a mosquito
  adjective
  Derived from 'maśaka' (mosquito) with the suffix '-vat' (like).
• garta – pit, hole, hollow
  noun (masculine)
• bhīta – afraid, fearful
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'bhī' (to fear).
  Root: bhī (class 3)
• śākhāyita – branched, having become like branches
  adjective (masculine)
  Denominative adjective derived from 'śākhā' (branch).
• acala – mountain, immovable, steady
  noun (masculine)

Note: Functions as an adjective for 'velādīn'.

नयतः (nayataḥ) - (of him/it) leading, referring to the agent (ocean) performing the action of reducing the mountains (leading, bringing, guiding)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nayat

nayat - leading, carrying, guiding

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'nī' (to lead) with śatṛ suffix.

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Acts as an attribute of the implicit subject (e.g., the ocean).

अम्बु-तरङ्ग-ओघैः (ambu-taraṅga-oghaiḥ) - by the powerful, numerous waves of the ocean (by multitudes of water waves)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of ambu-taraṅga-ogha

ambu-taraṅga-ogha - flood/multitude of water waves

Compound type : tatpurusha (ambu+taraṅga+ogha)

• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)
• taraṅga – wave
  noun (masculine)
• ogha – flood, stream, multitude, mass
  noun (masculine)

वेलादीन् (velādīn) - the mountains or land formations along the ocean's edge (shore mountains, coastal hills)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of velādri

velādri - shore mountain

Compound type : tatpurusha (velā+adri)

• velā – shore, coast, boundary, limit
  noun (feminine)
• adri – mountain, rock, hill
  noun (masculine)

Note: Direct object of 'nayataḥ'.

अति-खर्वताम् (ati-kharvatām) - to a state of being extremely diminished or insignificant (to excessive shortness, to extreme humility/smallness)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ati-kharvatā

ati-kharvatā - excessive shortness, extreme smallness, great humility

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ati+kharvatā)

• ati – excessively, very, over
  indeclinable
• kharvatā – shortness, smallness, dwarfishness, humility
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from 'kharva' (short, dwarf) with suffix '-tā'.

Note: Indicates the state or condition to which the mountains are led.