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.

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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