योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-139, verse-36

क्षिप्तस्तरङ्गजालेन योजनाद्योजनव्रजे ।
उह्यमानद्रुमशिखाज्वालान्तरितजर्जरः ॥ ३६ ॥

kṣiptastaraṅgajālena yojanādyojanavraje ,
uhyamānadrumaśikhājvālāntaritajarjaraḥ 36

36. kṣiptaḥ taraṅgajālena yojanāt yojanavraje
uhyamānadrumaśikhājvālāntaritajarjaraḥ

36. kṣiptaḥ taraṅgajālena yojanāt yojanavraje
uhyamānadrumaśikhājvālāntaritajarjaraḥ

36. I was tossed by a multitude of waves, carried for stretches of many yojanas (a measure of distance). I was shattered and obscured by the flames rising from the tops of trees that were being swept away.

36. נזרקתי על ידי נחשולי הגלים למרחקים עצומים, חבוט ונמוק בין צמרות עצים נסחפים וענפים סוערים.

Words meanings summery:

• क्षिप्तः (kṣiptaḥ) - thrown, tossed, cast

• तरङ्गजालेन (taraṅgajālena) - by a multitude of waves, by a net of waves

• योजनात् (yojanāt) - from a yojana (a measure of distance)

• योजनव्रजे (yojanavraje) - in a stretch of yojanas, through ranges of yojanas

• उह्यमानद्रुमशिखाज्वालान्तरितजर्जरः (uhyamānadrumaśikhājvālāntaritajarjaraḥ) - shattered and obscured by the flames from the tops of trees being carried away

Words meanings and morphology

क्षिप्तः (kṣiptaḥ) - thrown, tossed, cast

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣipta

kṣipta - thrown, tossed, cast

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √kṣip (to throw).

Root: kṣip (class 6)

तरङ्गजालेन (taraṅgajālena) - by a multitude of waves, by a net of waves

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of taraṅgajāla

taraṅgajāla - multitude of waves, net of waves

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (taraṅga+jāla)

• taraṅga – wave
  noun (masculine)
  Root: tṛ (class 1)
• jāla – net, multitude, collection
  noun (neuter)

योजनात् (yojanāt) - from a yojana (a measure of distance)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of yojana

yojana - a measure of distance (approx. 8-15 km), yoking, joining

Root: yuj (class 7)

योजनव्रजे (yojanavraje) - in a stretch of yojanas, through ranges of yojanas

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yojanavraja

yojanavraja - multitude or stretch of yojanas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yojana+vraja)

• yojana – a measure of distance
  noun (neuter)
  Root: yuj (class 7)
• vraja – herd, multitude, path, range
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vraj (class 1)

उह्यमानद्रुमशिखाज्वालान्तरितजर्जरः (uhyamānadrumaśikhājvālāntaritajarjaraḥ) - shattered and obscured by the flames from the tops of trees being carried away

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uhyamānadrumaśikhājvālāntaritajarjara

uhyamānadrumaśikhājvālāntaritajarjara - shattered and covered by flames from the tops of trees being carried away

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (uhyamāna+druma+śikhā+jvālā+antarita+jarjara)

• uhyamāna – being carried, being swept away
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Passive Participle
  Derived from the root √vah (to carry, flow).
  Root: vah (class 1)
• druma – tree
  noun (masculine)
• śikhā – top, crest, flame, point
  noun (feminine)
• jvālā – flame, blaze
  noun (feminine)
  Root: jval (class 1)
• antarita – interposed, concealed, separated, covered
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √ī (to go) with prefix antar-.
  Prefix: antar
  Root: ī (class 2)
• jarjara – old, decrepit, worn out, shattered, broken
  adjective (masculine)

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