योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-122, verse-17

घननिर्घातनिर्घोषभीषणार्णवघुंघुमात् ।
न भीता भूभृतस्तत्र वेलावलनजृम्भितात् ॥ १७ ॥

ghananirghātanirghoṣabhīṣaṇārṇavaghuṃghumāt ,
na bhītā bhūbhṛtastatra velāvalanajṛmbhitāt 17

17. ghana-nirghāta-nirghoṣa-bhīṣaṇa-arṇava-ghuṅghumāt
na bhītāḥ bhūbhṛtaḥ tatra velā-valana-jṛmbhitāt

17. tatra bhūbhṛtaḥ ghana-nirghāta-nirghoṣa-bhīṣaṇa-arṇava-ghuṅghumāt
velā-valana-jṛmbhitāt na bhītāḥ

17. The mountains there were not afraid, neither of the terrifying rumbling sound of the ocean, which resembled the roar of dense thunderclouds, nor of the expansive surge caused by the breaking of its shores.

Words meanings summery:

• घन-निर्घात-निर्घोष-भीषण-अर्णव-घुङ्घुमात् (ghana-nirghāta-nirghoṣa-bhīṣaṇa-arṇava-ghuṅghumāt) - from the terrifying, thunder-like rumbling of the ocean (from the terrifying rumbling sound of the ocean, like the roar of dense thunderclouds)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• भीताः (bhītāḥ) - afraid (afraid, frightened, terrified)

• भूभृतः (bhūbhṛtaḥ) - mountains (mountains, kings, supporters of the earth)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (there, then, in that place)

• वेला-वलन-जृम्भितात् (velā-valana-jṛmbhitāt) - from the expansive surge breaking against the shore (from the surging caused by the breaking of the shore/boundary)

Words meanings and morphology

घन-निर्घात-निर्घोष-भीषण-अर्णव-घुङ्घुमात् (ghana-nirghāta-nirghoṣa-bhīṣaṇa-arṇava-ghuṅghumāt) - from the terrifying, thunder-like rumbling of the ocean (from the terrifying rumbling sound of the ocean, like the roar of dense thunderclouds)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ghana-nirghāta-nirghoṣa-bhīṣaṇa-arṇava-ghuṅghumā

ghana-nirghāta-nirghoṣa-bhīṣaṇa-arṇava-ghuṅghumā - the terrifying rumbling of the ocean, like the roar of thunderclouds

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ghana+nirghāta+nirghoṣa+bhīṣaṇa+arṇava+ghuṅghumā)

• ghana – cloud, dense
  noun (masculine)
• nirghāta – thunder, crash, violent blow
  noun (masculine)
• nirghoṣa – sound, roar
  noun (masculine)
• bhīṣaṇa – terrifying, dreadful
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root bhī (to fear) with ṣaṇa suffix
  Root: bhī (class 3)
• arṇava – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• ghuṅghumā – rumbling sound (onomatopoeic)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Long compound ending in an ablative form.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

भीताः (bhītāḥ) - afraid (afraid, frightened, terrified)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhīta

bhīta - afraid, frightened, terrified

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bhī (to fear) + kta suffix.

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Plural nominative masculine, agreeing with bhūbhṛtaḥ.

भूभृतः (bhūbhṛtaḥ) - mountains (mountains, kings, supporters of the earth)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhūbhṛt

bhūbhṛt - mountain (lit. earth-bearer), king

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (bhū+bhṛ)

• bhū – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• bhṛt – bearer, supporter
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root bhṛ (to bear, carry)
  Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: Plural nominative masculine, subject of the sentence.

तत्र (tatra) - there (there, then, in that place)

(indeclinable)

वेला-वलन-जृम्भितात् (velā-valana-jṛmbhitāt) - from the expansive surge breaking against the shore (from the surging caused by the breaking of the shore/boundary)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of velā-valana-jṛmbhita

velā-valana-jṛmbhita - the surge/expansion caused by the breaking/bending of the shore/boundary

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (velā+valana+jṛmbhita)

• velā – shore, boundary, limit, tide
  noun (feminine)
• valana – turning, bending, breaking, rolling
  noun (neuter)
  Noun of action
  Derived from root val (to turn, move) + ana suffix
  Root: val (class 1)
• jṛmbhita – yawned, expanded, surged
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root jṛmbh (to yawn, expand) + kta suffix
  Root: jṛmbh (class 1)

Note: Ablative, agreeing with the first ablative compound.

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