योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-145, verse-22

धराभरकरालाङ्गधाराधरधराधराः ।
दिशः सीकरनीहारहारोदरधरा दश ॥ २२ ॥

dharābharakarālāṅgadhārādharadharādharāḥ ,
diśaḥ sīkaranīhārahārodaradharā daśa 22

22. dharābharakarālāṅgadhārādharadharādharāḥ
diśaḥ sīkaranīhārahārodaradharāḥ daśa

22. dharābharakarālāṅgadhārādharadharādharāḥ
sīkaranīhārahārodaradharāḥ daśa diśaḥ

22. The ten directions, whose immense forms are made formidable by bearing the earth's burden and by supporting clouds and mountains, possess within their expanse garlands of mist and fog.

Words meanings summery:

• धराभरकरालाङ्गधाराधरधराधराः (dharābharakarālāṅgadhārādharadharādharāḥ) - whose formidable forms bear the burden of the earth and support clouds and mountains

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

• सीकरनीहारहारोदरधराः (sīkaranīhārahārodaradharāḥ) - bearing within their expanse garlands of mist and fog

• दश (daśa) - ten

Words meanings and morphology

धराभरकरालाङ्गधाराधरधराधराः (dharābharakarālāṅgadhārādharadharādharāḥ) - whose formidable forms bear the burden of the earth and support clouds and mountains

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of dharābharakarālāṅgadhārādharadharādhara

dharābharakarālāṅgadhārādharadharādhara - having formidable forms bearing earth's burden and supporting clouds and mountains

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dharā+bhara+karāla+aṅga+dhārādhara+dharādhara)

• dharā – earth
  noun (feminine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• bhara – burden, load, weight
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)
• karāla – formidable, dreadful, terrifying, immense
  adjective (masculine)
• aṅga – body, limb, form, part
  noun (neuter)
• dhārādhara – cloud (lit. 'water-bearer')
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• dharādhara – mountain (lit. 'earth-bearer')
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: This bahuvrīhi compound modifies 'dishaḥ'.

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

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of diś

diś - direction, quarter, region

सीकरनीहारहारोदरधराः (sīkaranīhārahārodaradharāḥ) - bearing within their expanse garlands of mist and fog

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sīkaranīhārahārodaradharā

sīkaranīhārahārodaradharā - having within them garlands of mist and fog

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sīkara+nīhāra+hāra+udara+dharā)

• sīkara – mist, spray, fine rain
  noun (masculine)
• nīhāra – fog, mist, hoarfrost
  noun (masculine)
• hāra – garland, necklace
  noun (masculine)
  Root: hṛ (class 1)
• udara – belly, interior, expanse, midst
  noun (neuter)
• dharā – bearing, holding, supporting
  noun (feminine form of dhara) (feminine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: This bahuvrīhi compound modifies 'dishaḥ'.

दश (daśa) - ten

(numeral)

Note: Modifies 'dishaḥ'.

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