योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-114, verse-13

भ्रमन्तो वीचिश्रृङ्गेषु मकरेभाः करोत्कटैः ।
हरन्ति सीकराम्भोदा मेघानुद्राविता इव ॥ १३ ॥

bhramanto vīciśrṛṅgeṣu makarebhāḥ karotkaṭaiḥ ,
haranti sīkarāmbhodā meghānudrāvitā iva 13

13. bhramantaḥ vīciśṛṅgeṣu makarebhāḥ karotkaṭaiḥ
haranti sīkarāmbhodāḥ meghān udrāvitāḥ iva

13. vīciśṛṅgeṣu bhramantaḥ karotkaṭaiḥ makarebhāḥ
sīkarāmbhodāḥ meghān udrāvitāḥ iva haranti

13. The mighty whale-elephants, roaming on the crests of the waves, scatter clouds of spray with their powerful trunks, as if driving away actual rain clouds.

Words meanings summery:

• भ्रमन्तः (bhramantaḥ) - wandering, roaming, moving about

• वीचिशृङ्गेषु (vīciśṛṅgeṣu) - on the wave-crests, on the wave-peaks

• मकरेभाः (makarebhāḥ) - whale-elephants, large marine creatures

• करोत्कटैः (karotkaṭaiḥ) - Refers to the powerful appendages of the makarebha (whale-elephants). (with mighty trunks, with powerful hands/snouts)

• हरन्ति (haranti) - they scatter or dispel (they carry away, they seize, they draw away)

• सीकराम्भोदाः (sīkarāmbhodāḥ) - spray-clouds, clouds of spray

• मेघान् (meghān) - real clouds (as opposed to spray-clouds) (clouds)

• उद्राविताः (udrāvitāḥ) - driven away, made to flee

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

भ्रमन्तः (bhramantaḥ) - wandering, roaming, moving about

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhramat

bhramat - wandering, moving, roaming, reeling

Present Active Participle

Derived from √bhram (to wander, to roam) with -at suffix.

Root: bhram (class 1)

वीचिशृङ्गेषु (vīciśṛṅgeṣu) - on the wave-crests, on the wave-peaks

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of vīciśṛṅga

vīciśṛṅga - wave-crest, wave-horn

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vīci+śṛṅga)

• vīci – wave
  noun (feminine)
• śṛṅga – horn, peak, crest
  noun (neuter)

मकरेभाः (makarebhāḥ) - whale-elephants, large marine creatures

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of makarebha

makarebha - whale-elephant, a large aquatic animal (often mythical), a large marine creature

Compound type : karmadhāraya (makara+ibha)

• makara – sea-monster, crocodile, shark, dolphin
  noun (masculine)
• ibha – elephant
  noun (masculine)

करोत्कटैः (karotkaṭaiḥ) - Refers to the powerful appendages of the makarebha (whale-elephants). (with mighty trunks, with powerful hands/snouts)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of karotkaṭa

karotkaṭa - having mighty trunks/hands/snouts, formidable in their trunks/hands

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kara+utkaṭa)

• kara – hand, trunk (of an elephant), ray, tax
  noun (masculine)
• utkaṭa – mighty, formidable, excessive, violent
  adjective
  Prefix: ut

Note: Agrees with makarebhāḥ.

हरन्ति (haranti) - they scatter or dispel (they carry away, they seize, they draw away)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of √hṛ

Present Active

Root: hṛ (class 1)

सीकराम्भोदाः (sīkarāmbhodāḥ) - spray-clouds, clouds of spray

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sīkarāmbhoda

sīkarāmbhoda - cloud of spray/mist

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sīkara+ambhoda)

• sīkara – spray, mist, fine rain
  noun (masculine)
• ambhoda – cloud (lit. water-giver)
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from ambhas (water) + √dā (to give) with suffix -a.
  Root: dā (class 1)

Note: Object of haranti.

मेघान् (meghān) - real clouds (as opposed to spray-clouds) (clouds)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of megha

megha - cloud

Note: Also object of haranti, used in simile.

उद्राविताः (udrāvitāḥ) - driven away, made to flee

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of udrāvita

udrāvita - driven away, put to flight, chased away

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √dru (to run) with upasarga ud and causative suffix -āpi + kta (ta).

Prefix: ud

Root: dru (class 1)

Note: Agrees with meghān implied as being like driven away.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)