योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-141, verse-9

अलातविद्युतो धुन्वन्पूताङ्गारोग्रमण्डलीः ।
धूमान्धकारैः स्थगयन्म्लानमूर्ध्वदिशोमुखम् ॥ ९ ॥

alātavidyuto dhunvanpūtāṅgārogramaṇḍalīḥ ,
dhūmāndhakāraiḥ sthagayanmlānamūrdhvadiśomukham 9

9. alātavidyutaḥ dhunvan pūtāṅgārogramaṇḍalīḥ /
dhūmāndhakāraiḥ sthagayan mlānamūrdhvadiśomukham

9. alātavidyutaḥ pūtāṅgārogramaṇḍalīḥ dhunvan /
dhūmāndhakāraiḥ mlānamūrdhvadiśomukham sthagayan

9. [The destruction was] shaking fire-brands and flashes of lightning, [and] scattering fierce circles of purified embers, while covering the faded face of the upper directions with darkness of smoke.

9. היא הניפה ברקי גחלים ומעגלי פחמים בוערים, ומילאה את שמי המרומים בעלטה של עשן כבד.

Words meanings summery:

• अलातविद्युतः (alātavidyutaḥ) - fire-brands and lightnings, flashes of burning wood

• धुन्वन् (dhunvan) - shaking, scattering, agitating

• पूताङ्गारोग्रमण्डलीः (pūtāṅgārogramaṇḍalīḥ) - fierce circles of purified embers

• धूमान्धकारैः (dhūmāndhakāraiḥ) - by darknesses of smoke, by smoky darknesses

• स्थगयन् (sthagayan) - covering, obscuring

• म्लानमूर्ध्वदिशोमुखम् (mlānamūrdhvadiśomukham) - the faded face of the upper directions

Words meanings and morphology

अलातविद्युतः (alātavidyutaḥ) - fire-brands and lightnings, flashes of burning wood

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of alātavidyut

alātavidyut - fire-brand and lightning

Compound type : dvandva (alāta+vidyut)

• alāta – fire-brand, burning log
  noun (neuter)
• vidyut – lightning, flash
  noun (feminine)

Note: Object of the participle dhunvan.

धुन्वन् (dhunvan) - shaking, scattering, agitating

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhunvat

dhunvat - shaking, scattering

Present Active Participle

Derived from root dhū (to shake, agitate)

Root: dhū (class 5)

पूताङ्गारोग्रमण्डलीः (pūtāṅgārogramaṇḍalīḥ) - fierce circles of purified embers

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of pūtāṅgārogramaṇḍalī

pūtāṅgārogramaṇḍalī - a circle or multitude of fierce purified embers

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pūta+aṅgāra+ugra+maṇḍalī)

• pūta – purified, clean
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root pū (to purify)
  Root: pū (class 1)
• aṅgāra – ember, live coal
  noun (masculine)
• ugra – fierce, terrible, violent
  adjective (masculine)
• maṇḍalī – circle, group, multitude
  noun (feminine)

Note: Object of the participle dhunvan.

धूमान्धकारैः (dhūmāndhakāraiḥ) - by darknesses of smoke, by smoky darknesses

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of dhūmāndhakāra

dhūmāndhakāra - darkness caused by smoke

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dhūma+andhakāra)

• dhūma – smoke
  noun (masculine)
• andhakāra – darkness
  noun (masculine)

Note: Instrument by which the covering happens.

स्थगयन् (sthagayan) - covering, obscuring

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthagayat

sthagayat - covering, obscuring

Present Active Participle

Derived from root sthag (to cover, conceal)

Root: sthag (class 10)

म्लानमूर्ध्वदिशोमुखम् (mlānamūrdhvadiśomukham) - the faded face of the upper directions

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mlānamūrdhvadiśomukha

mlānamūrdhvadiśomukha - the faded face/mouth of the upper directions

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mlāna+ūrdhvadiś+mukha)

• mlāna – faded, withered, dim, weary
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root mlai (to fade, wither)
  Root: mlai (class 1)
• ūrdhvadiś – upper direction
  noun (feminine)
• mukha – face, mouth, front
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of the participle sthagayan.

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