योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-139, verse-25

प्रोह्यत्पर्वतपूरेण महावर्तविराविणा ।
वहद्वनालीतृण्याढ्यैर्व्याप्तेनोन्मूलितागया ॥ २५ ॥

prohyatparvatapūreṇa mahāvartavirāviṇā ,
vahadvanālītṛṇyāḍhyairvyāptenonmūlitāgayā 25

25. prohyat-parvata-pūreṇa mahā-varta-virāviṇā
vahad-vana-ālī-tṛṇya-āḍhyaiḥ vyāptena unmūlitā-agayā

25. (ambhasā) prohyat-parvata-pūreṇa mahā-varta-virāviṇā (ca) vahad-vana-ālī-tṛṇya-āḍhyaiḥ unmūlitā-agayā ca vyāptena (āsīt).

25. The water was like a surge of floating mountains, roaring with mighty whirlpools. It was filled with objects rich in flowing lines of forests and grasses, and with uprooted earth.

25. שיטפון מים שגרף הרים והשמיע שאון מערבולות אדירות, סוחף עמו יערות, צמחייה ואילנות שנעקרו ממקומם.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रोह्यत्-पर्वत-पूरेण (prohyat-parvata-pūreṇa) - by a mass of floating mountains, by a flood of drifting mountains

• महा-वर्त-विराविणा (mahā-varta-virāviṇā) - by that which is roaring with great whirlpools, by a roar of mighty eddies

• वहद्-वन-आली-तृण्य-आढ्यैः (vahad-vana-ālī-tṛṇya-āḍhyaiḥ) - by those rich in flowing lines of forests and grasses, by those abundant with drifting forest-groves and vegetation

• व्याप्तेन (vyāptena) - by the pervaded one, by that which is filled, by the covered one

• उन्मूलिता-अगया (unmūlitā-agayā) - by the uprooted earth, by the land that has been torn up

Words meanings and morphology

प्रोह्यत्-पर्वत-पूरेण (prohyat-parvata-pūreṇa) - by a mass of floating mountains, by a flood of drifting mountains

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of prohyat-parvata-pūra

prohyat-parvata-pūra - a flood/mass of floating mountains

Compound type : Tatpurusha (prohyat+parvata+pūra)

• prohyat – floating, drifting, being carried away
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  From pra-√vah (to carry, flow)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: vah (class 1)
• parvata – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
• pūra – flood, torrent, abundance, mass, stream
  noun (masculine)

Note: Acts as an adjective describing the water/flood.

महा-वर्त-विराविणा (mahā-varta-virāviṇā) - by that which is roaring with great whirlpools, by a roar of mighty eddies

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahā-varta-virāvin

mahā-varta-virāvin - roaring with great whirlpools

'virāvin' from √ru (to roar) with 'vi' prefix and suffix '-in'

Compound type : Tatpurusha (mahā+varta+virāvin)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• varta – whirlpool, eddy, circle
  noun (masculine)
• virāvin – roaring, sounding, making noise
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from √ru (to roar, cry) with prefix vi- and the agent suffix -in.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: ru (class 2)

Note: Qualifies the implied flood/water.

वहद्-वन-आली-तृण्य-आढ्यैः (vahad-vana-ālī-tṛṇya-āḍhyaiḥ) - by those rich in flowing lines of forests and grasses, by those abundant with drifting forest-groves and vegetation

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vahad-vana-ālī-tṛṇya-āḍhya

vahad-vana-ālī-tṛṇya-āḍhya - rich in flowing lines of forests and grasses

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (vahant+vana+ālī+tṛṇya+āḍhya)

• vahant – flowing, drifting, carrying
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  From √vah (to flow, carry).
  Root: vah (class 1)
• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• ālī – line, row, series, collection
  noun (feminine)
• tṛṇya – grassy, made of grass, vegetation
  adjective (neuter)
  From tṛṇa (grass) + ya suffix.
• āḍhya – rich, wealthy, abundant, full of
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Describes the 'objects' with which the water is filled.

व्याप्तेन (vyāptena) - by the pervaded one, by that which is filled, by the covered one

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vyāpta

vyāpta - pervaded, filled, covered, occupied

Past Passive Participle

From vi-√āp (to obtain, reach).

Prefix: vi

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Qualifies the implied flood/water.

उन्मूलिता-अगया (unmūlitā-agayā) - by the uprooted earth, by the land that has been torn up

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of unmūlitā-agā

unmūlitā-agā - uprooted earth/land

'unmūlitā' is feminine Ppp. of un-√mūl (to uproot). 'agā' is taken as a feminine noun for earth here.

Compound type : Tatpurusha (unmūlitā+agā)

• unmūlitā – uprooted, eradicated
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From ut-√mūl (to uproot), feminine form.
  Prefix: ut
  Root: mūl (class 10)
• agā – earth, ground (rare feminine usage)
  noun (feminine)

Note: Describes one of the things with which the water is filled.

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