योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-145, verse-27

स्वेदमुष्णीकृताब्धिं वा स्विन्नं त्रैलोक्यमण्डलम् ।
क्षरत्क्षाराण्यरण्यानि प्रतर्दगहनान्यपि ॥ २७ ॥

svedamuṣṇīkṛtābdhiṃ vā svinnaṃ trailokyamaṇḍalam ,
kṣaratkṣārāṇyaraṇyāni pratardagahanānyapi 27

27. svedam uṣṇīkṛta abdhiṃ vā svinnam trailokyamaṇḍalam
kṣaratkṣārāṇi araṇyāni pratardagahanāni api

27. svedam uṣṇīkṛta abdhiṃ vā trailokyamaṇḍalam
svinnam kṣaratkṣārāṇi araṇyāni api pratardagahanāni

27. (The lands where) sweat (sveda) has heated (uṣṇīkṛta) the ocean (abdhi), or as if the entire sphere of the three worlds (trailokya-maṇḍala) has perspired (svinna); and whose forests (araṇyāni) and even impenetrable thickets (gahana) are flowing (kṣarat) with salty residues (kṣāra) and appear scorched by fire (pratarda).

Words meanings summery:

• स्वेदम् (svedam) - sweat, perspiration, warmth

• उष्णीकृत (uṣṇīkṛta) - heated, made hot

• अब्धिं (abdhiṁ) - ocean, sea

• वा (vā) - or, as if, like

• स्विन्नम् (svinnam) - perspired, sweated, moistened

• त्रैलोक्यमण्डलम् (trailokyamaṇḍalam) - the sphere/entirety of the three worlds

• क्षरत्क्षाराणि (kṣaratkṣārāṇi) - describing forests where heat has caused salty or caustic residues to surface or drip (flowing with salty/alkaline substances)

• अरण्यानि (araṇyāni) - forests, wilderness

• प्रतर्दगहनानि (pratardagahanāni) - describing thickets made dangerous and difficult to traverse by intense heat, fire, or severe dryness/thorns (impenetrable thickets of fire or thorns)

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

Words meanings and morphology

स्वेदम् (svedam) - sweat, perspiration, warmth

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sveda

sveda - sweat, perspiration, warmth

Derived from root '√svid' (to sweat)

Root: svid (class 1)

उष्णीकृत (uṣṇīkṛta) - heated, made hot

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of uṣṇīkṛta

uṣṇīkṛta - heated, made hot

Past Passive Participle

Derived from 'uṣṇa' (hot) + '√kṛ' (to make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agreeing with abdhiṃ

अब्धिं (abdhiṁ) - ocean, sea

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of abdhi

abdhi - ocean, sea, cloud

वा (vā) - or, as if, like

(indeclinable)

स्विन्नम् (svinnam) - perspired, sweated, moistened

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svinna

svinna - perspired, sweated, moistened

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root '√svid' (to sweat)

Root: svid (class 1)

Note: Agreeing with trailokyamaṇḍalam

त्रैलोक्यमण्डलम् (trailokyamaṇḍalam) - the sphere/entirety of the three worlds

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of trailokyamaṇḍala

trailokyamaṇḍala - the sphere/entirety of the three worlds

Compound 'trailokya' (three worlds) + 'maṇḍala' (sphere)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (trailokya+maṇḍala)

• trailokya – the three worlds (heaven, earth, hell or atmosphere)
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from 'tri' (three) + 'loka' (world)
• maṇḍala – circle, disc, sphere, region, assembly
  noun (neuter)

क्षरत्क्षाराणि (kṣaratkṣārāṇi) - describing forests where heat has caused salty or caustic residues to surface or drip (flowing with salty/alkaline substances)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kṣaratkṣāra

kṣaratkṣāra - flowing with salty/alkaline substances

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣarat+kṣāra)

• kṣarat – flowing, trickling, dripping
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root '√kṣar' (to flow, leak)
  Root: kṣar (class 1)
• kṣāra – alkaline substance, caustic, salty, ash
  noun (neuter)

अरण्यानि (araṇyāni) - forests, wilderness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of araṇya

araṇya - forest, wilderness, desert

प्रतर्दगहनानि (pratardagahanāni) - describing thickets made dangerous and difficult to traverse by intense heat, fire, or severe dryness/thorns (impenetrable thickets of fire or thorns)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of pratardagahana

pratardagahana - impenetrable thicket of fire or thorns

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pratarda+gahana)

• pratarda – fire, destruction, a thorny shrub, torment
  noun (masculine)
• gahana – dense, impenetrable, deep, thicket, forest
  noun (neuter)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

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