योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-135, verse-11

तेषां तान्यथ भूतानां मेदोजालानि भूतले ।
विस्तृतान्यवशुष्काणि स्थितातो मेदिनी मही ॥ ११ ॥

teṣāṃ tānyatha bhūtānāṃ medojālāni bhūtale ,
vistṛtānyavaśuṣkāṇi sthitāto medinī mahī 11

11. teṣām tāni atha bhūtānām medojālāni bhūtale
vistṛtāni avaśuṣkāṇi sthitā ataḥ medinī mahī

11. atha teṣām bhūtānām tāni medojālāni bhūtale
vistṛtāni avaśuṣkāṇi sthitā ataḥ mahī medinī

11. Then, those layers of fat belonging to those beings, having spread out and dried up upon the earth's surface, became the foundation from which this great earth (mahī) came to be called Medinī.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

• तानि (tāni) - those

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings, of creatures

• मेदोजालानि (medojālāni) - layers of fat, networks of fat

• भूतले (bhūtale) - on the earth's surface

• विस्तृतानि (vistṛtāni) - spread out, extensive

• अवशुष्काणि (avaśuṣkāṇi) - dried up, parched

• स्थिता (sthitā) - stood, remained, became

• अतः (ataḥ) - hence, therefore, from this

• मेदिनी (medinī) - the earth (named after medas, fat)

• मही (mahī) - the earth, the great earth

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of tad

tad - that, those

तानि (tāni) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings, of creatures

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - a being, creature, element, past

Past Passive Participle

Root: bhū

मेदोजालानि (medojālāni) - layers of fat, networks of fat

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of medojāla

medojāla - layers/networks of fat

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (medas+jāla)

• medas – fat, marrow
  noun (neuter)
• jāla – net, network, layer
  noun (neuter)

भूतले (bhūtale) - on the earth's surface

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bhūtala

bhūtala - earth's surface, ground

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhū+tala)

• bhū – earth, land
  noun (feminine)
• tala – surface, bottom
  noun (neuter)

विस्तृतानि (vistṛtāni) - spread out, extensive

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of vistṛta

vistṛta - spread, extended, vast

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: vi

Root: stṛ

अवशुष्काणि (avaśuṣkāṇi) - dried up, parched

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of avaśuṣka

avaśuṣka - dried, withered, parched

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: ava

Root: śuṣ

स्थिता (sthitā) - stood, remained, became

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, situated, remained, established

Past Passive Participle

Root: sthā

अतः (ataḥ) - hence, therefore, from this

(indeclinable)

मेदिनी (medinī) - the earth (named after medas, fat)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of medinī

medinī - the earth, containing fat

मही (mahī) - the earth, the great earth

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - earth, land, ground