योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-134, verse-36

जगदालोक्य तत्तादृगुदक्तोपप्लवाप्लुतम् ।
भूतपूर्वमहीपीठस्थितिरक्तार्णवीकृतम् ॥ ३६ ॥

jagadālokya tattādṛgudaktopaplavāplutam ,
bhūtapūrvamahīpīṭhasthitiraktārṇavīkṛtam 36

36. jagat ālokya tat tādṛk udakta-upaplava-āplutam
bhūta-pūrva-mahī-pīṭha-sthiti-rakta-arṇavī-kṛtam

36. tat tādṛk udakta-upaplava-āplutam
bhūta-pūrva-mahī-pīṭha-sthiti-rakta-arṇavī-kṛtam jagat ālokya

36. Having seen that world, which was inundated by a great deluge and transformed into a red ocean due to the state of the formerly existing earth's surface.

36. כאשר ראו את העולם מוצף באסון כה נורא, ואת פני האדמה שהיו בעבר הפוכים לאוקיינוס של דם...

Words meanings summery:

• जगत् (jagat) - the world, universe

• आलोक्य (ālokya) - having seen, having perceived, having looked

• तत् (tat) - Referring to the previously mentioned state of the world. (that, such, it)

• तादृक् (tādṛk) - Describing the specific devastated state of the world. (such, of that kind, like that)

• उदक्त-उपप्लव-आप्लुतम् (udakta-upaplava-āplutam) - Inundated by the cosmic deluge. (submerged by a great calamity/deluge)

• भूत-पूर्व-मही-पीठ-स्थिति-रक्त-अर्णवी-कृतम् (bhūta-pūrva-mahī-pīṭha-sthiti-rakta-arṇavī-kṛtam) - The world transformed into a bloody sea where the earth once was. (made into a red ocean by the state of the formerly existing earth's surface)

Words meanings and morphology

जगत् (jagat) - the world, universe

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - the world, universe; living beings

Derived from root gam 'to go' with kvip suffix

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Object of the gerund 'ālokya'.

आलोक्य (ālokya) - having seen, having perceived, having looked

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Formed from root lok with upasarga ā, followed by suffix -ya (k-tvā-ya)

Prefix: ā

Root: lok (class 10)

तत् (tat) - Referring to the previously mentioned state of the world. (that, such, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, such

Note: Qualifies 'jagat'.

तादृक् (tādṛk) - Describing the specific devastated state of the world. (such, of that kind, like that)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tādṛś

tādṛś - such, of that kind

Note: Qualifies 'jagat' implicitly, or functions as a predicate adjective with 'tat'.

उदक्त-उपप्लव-आप्लुतम् (udakta-upaplava-āplutam) - Inundated by the cosmic deluge. (submerged by a great calamity/deluge)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of udakta-upaplava-āpluta

udakta-upaplava-āpluta - inundated by a rising calamity/deluge

Compound adjective describing 'jagat'.

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (udakta+upaplava+āpluta)

• udakta – risen, increased, swollen, excited
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root añc with upasarga ud.
  Prefix: ud
  Root: añc (class 1)
• upaplava – calamity, danger, deluge, flood
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: upa
  Root: plu (class 1)
• āpluta – inundated, submerged, bathed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root plu with upasarga ā.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: plu (class 1)

Note: Compound adjective modifying 'jagat'.

भूत-पूर्व-मही-पीठ-स्थिति-रक्त-अर्णवी-कृतम् (bhūta-pūrva-mahī-pīṭha-sthiti-rakta-arṇavī-kṛtam) - The world transformed into a bloody sea where the earth once was. (made into a red ocean by the state of the formerly existing earth's surface)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhūta-pūrva-mahī-pīṭha-sthiti-rakta-arṇavī-kṛta

bhūta-pūrva-mahī-pīṭha-sthiti-rakta-arṇavī-kṛta - transformed into a red ocean by the condition of the previously existing earth's surface

Long compound adjective modifying 'jagat'.

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (bhūta-pūrva+mahī-pīṭha+sthiti+rakta-arṇavī-kṛta)

• bhūta-pūrva – formerly existing, previous
  adjective (neuter)
  Compound: bhūta (Past Passive Participle of bhū) + pūrva (former)
• mahī-pīṭha – earth's surface, seat of the earth
  noun (neuter)
• sthiti – state, condition, existence
  noun (feminine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• rakta-arṇavī-kṛta – made into a red ocean, reddened and oceanified
  adjective (neuter)
  Compound: rakta (red) + arṇavī-kṛta (made into an ocean)

Note: Compound adjective modifying 'jagat'.

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