योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-140, verse-60

तपन्ति द्वादशादित्याः प्रज्वलन्ति दिशो दश ।
शीताश्यानाम्बुवच्छैलाः प्रवृत्ता गलितुं बलात् ॥ ६० ॥

tapanti dvādaśādityāḥ prajvalanti diśo daśa ,
śītāśyānāmbuvacchailāḥ pravṛttā galituṃ balāt 60

60. tapanti dvādaśa ādityāḥ prajvalanti diśaḥ daśa
śītāśyānāmbuvat śailāḥ pravṛttāḥ galituṃ balāt

60. dvādaśa ādityāḥ tapanti,
daśa diśaḥ prajvalanti.
śītāśyānāmbuvat śailāḥ balāt galituṃ pravṛttāḥ.

60. The twelve suns burn intensely, and the ten directions blaze. Mountains, like frozen, solidified water, have forcibly begun to melt.

Words meanings summery:

• तपन्ति (tapanti) - they burn, they heat, they torment

• द्वादश (dvādaśa) - twelve

• आदित्याः (ādityāḥ) - the twelve suns (aspects of the sun god) (sun-gods, sons of Aditi, suns)

• प्रज्वलन्ति (prajvalanti) - they blaze, they burn intensely, they shine brightly

• दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions, quarters of the sky

• दश (daśa) - ten

• शीताश्यानाम्बुवत् (śītāśyānāmbuvat) - like frozen and solidified water

• शैलाः (śailāḥ) - mountains, rocky places

• प्रवृत्ताः (pravṛttāḥ) - have begun (begun, started, set in motion)

• गलितुं (galituṁ) - to melt, to trickle, to flow

• बलात् (balāt) - by force, forcibly, by strength

Words meanings and morphology

तपन्ति (tapanti) - they burn, they heat, they torment

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of tap

Present Active Indicative

3rd person plural, parasmaipada, present tense

Root: tap (class 1)

द्वादश (dvādaśa) - twelve

(numeral adjective)

आदित्याः (ādityāḥ) - the twelve suns (aspects of the sun god) (sun-gods, sons of Aditi, suns)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āditya

āditya - son of Aditi, a sun-god, the sun

प्रज्वलन्ति (prajvalanti) - they blaze, they burn intensely, they shine brightly

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of jval

Present Active Indicative

3rd person plural, parasmaipada, present tense, with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: jval (class 1)

दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions, quarters of the sky

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of diś

diś - direction, quarter, point of the compass

दश (daśa) - ten

(numeral adjective)

शीताश्यानाम्बुवत् (śītāśyānāmbuvat) - like frozen and solidified water

(indeclinable)

Compound noun with the suffix -vat (like, as if), forming an indeclinable adverbial.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śīta+āśyāna+ambu)

• śīta – cold, frozen, cooled
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root śī (to lie, to become cold).
  Root: śī (class 2)
• āśyāna – solidified, congealed, dried up
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root śyai (to congeal, to solidify) with the prefix ā-.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: śyai (class 1)
• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)

शैलाः (śailāḥ) - mountains, rocky places

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śaila

śaila - mountain, rock, stony

प्रवृत्ताः (pravṛttāḥ) - have begun (begun, started, set in motion)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pravṛtta

pravṛtta - commenced, begun, engaged in, set in motion

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root vṛt (to turn, to exist, to proceed) with the prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

गलितुं (galituṁ) - to melt, to trickle, to flow

(verb)

infinitive (tumun) of gal

Infinitive

Infinitive form (ending in -tuṃ) of the root gal.

Root: gal (class 1)

बलात् (balāt) - by force, forcibly, by strength

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force

Ablative singular of the noun bala, used adverbially.

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