योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-140, verse-16

मध्योह्यमानकल्पाभ्रनीलशैवालजालकम् ।
विद्युद्गोरोचनाम्भोदनीलनीरजनिर्भरम् ॥ १६ ॥

madhyohyamānakalpābhranīlaśaivālajālakam ,
vidyudgorocanāmbhodanīlanīrajanirbharam 16

16. madhyohyamānakalpābhranīlaśaivālajālakam
vidyudgorocanāmbhodanīlanīrajanirbharam

16. (sa ekārṇavaḥ) madhyohyamānakalpābhranīlaśaivālajālakam (āsīt); vidyudgorocanāmbhodanīlanīrajanirbharam (ca āsīt).

16. It had thickets of blue algae, resembling the clouds of cosmic dissolution, floating in its midst; and it was abundant with blue lotuses, whose radiance was like lightning, gorocanā (a bright yellow pigment), and dark clouds.

16. במרכז המים צפו מצעי אצות כהות שנראו כענני חורבן, מלאים בפרחי לוטוס כהים, בעננים כחולים, בברקים ובאבקות זהובות.

Words meanings summery:

• मध्योह्यमानकल्पाभ्रनीलशैवालजालकम् (madhyohyamānakalpābhranīlaśaivālajālakam) - having thickets of blue algae like cosmic clouds carried in its middle

• विद्युद्गोरोचनाम्भोदनीलनीरजनिर्भरम् (vidyudgorocanāmbhodanīlanīrajanirbharam) - abundant with blue lotuses like lightning, gorocanā, and clouds

Words meanings and morphology

मध्योह्यमानकल्पाभ्रनीलशैवालजालकम् (madhyohyamānakalpābhranīlaśaivālajālakam) - having thickets of blue algae like cosmic clouds carried in its middle

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of madhyohyamānakalpābhranīlaśaivālajālaka

madhyohyamānakalpābhranīlaśaivālajālaka - having thickets of blue algae like cosmic clouds carried in its middle

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (madhya+uhyamāna+kalpa+abhra+nīla+śaivāla+jālaka)

• madhya – middle, midst
  noun (neuter)
• uhyamāna – being carried, being borne
  adjective
  Present Passive Participle
  Present passive participle of root vah (to carry).
  Root: vah (class 1)
• kalpa – cosmic age, eon; resembling, like (in compounds, often implies 'of cosmic dissolution')
  noun (masculine)
• abhra – cloud
  noun (neuter)
• nīla – blue, dark blue
  adjective
• śaivāla – moss, algae
  noun (neuter)
• jālaka – net, thicket, collection
  noun (neuter)

Note: Describes the cosmic ocean (ekārṇava) from the context.

विद्युद्गोरोचनाम्भोदनीलनीरजनिर्भरम् (vidyudgorocanāmbhodanīlanīrajanirbharam) - abundant with blue lotuses like lightning, gorocanā, and clouds

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vidyudgorocanāmbhodanīlanīrajanirbhara

vidyudgorocanāmbhodanīlanīrajanirbhara - full of blue lotuses whose radiance resembles lightning, gorocanā, and dark clouds

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vidyut+gorocanā+ambhoda+nīlanīraja+nirbhara)

• vidyut – lightning
  noun (feminine)
• gorocanā – gorocanā (a bright yellow pigment, said to be found in a cow's head)
  noun (feminine)
• ambhoda – cloud (literally 'water-giver')
  noun (masculine)
• nīlanīraja – blue lotus
  noun (neuter)
• nirbhara – full of, abundant with, overflowing
  adjective
  Prefix: nis

Note: Describes the cosmic ocean (ekārṇava) from the context.

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