योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-15, verse-8

भूपीठदृढडिण्डीरपिण्डश्चिद्धनमद्गुमान् ।
चित्राजवं जवीभावमज्जनोन्मज्जनात्मकः ॥ ८ ॥

bhūpīṭhadṛḍhaḍiṇḍīrapiṇḍaściddhanamadgumān ,
citrājavaṃ javībhāvamajjanonmajjanātmakaḥ 8

8. bhūpīṭhadṛḍhadiṇḍīrapiṇḍaḥ cit-ghanamadgumān
citrājāvam javībhāvamajjanoñmajanātmakaḥ

8. bhūpīṭhadṛḍhadiṇḍīrapiṇḍaḥ cit-ghanamadgumān
citrājāvam javībhāvamajjanoñmajanātmakaḥ

8. It is like a firm lump of foam on the earth's surface; it is a dense consciousness (cit-ghana) teeming with individual souls (madguman); it possesses a variegated swiftness, and is characterized by rapid submerging and emerging.

8. משטח כדור הארץ הוא גוש קצף מוצק בנהר זה, התודעה הדחוסה היא הצוללן שבו, וטבעו הוא שקיעה וענייה מתמדת במערבולת השינויים.

Words meanings summery:

• भूपीठदृढदिण्डीरपिण्डः (bhūpīṭhadṛḍhadiṇḍīrapiṇḍaḥ) - a firm lump of foam on the earth's surface

• चित्-घनमद्गुमान् (cit-ghanamadgumān) - dense consciousness (cit-ghana) teeming with individual souls (madguman) (dense consciousness having divers/individual souls)

• चित्राजावम् (citrājāvam) - variegated swiftness, wonderful quickness

• जवीभावमज्जनोञ्मजनात्मकः (javībhāvamajjanoñmajanātmakaḥ) - having the nature of swift submerging and emerging

Words meanings and morphology

भूपीठदृढदिण्डीरपिण्डः (bhūpīṭhadṛḍhadiṇḍīrapiṇḍaḥ) - a firm lump of foam on the earth's surface

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhūpīṭhadṛḍhadiṇḍīrapiṇḍa

bhūpīṭhadṛḍhadiṇḍīrapiṇḍa - firm foam lump on the earth's surface

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bhū+pīṭha+dṛḍha+ḍiṇḍīra+piṇḍa)

• bhū – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• pīṭha – seat, base, surface
  noun (neuter)
• dṛḍha – firm, strong, solid
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'dṛh' (to grow, be firm)
  Root: dṛh (class 1)
• ḍiṇḍīra – foam, froth
  noun (masculine)
• piṇḍa – lump, mass, ball
  noun (masculine)

चित्-घनमद्गुमान् (cit-ghanamadgumān) - dense consciousness (cit-ghana) teeming with individual souls (madguman) (dense consciousness having divers/individual souls)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cit-ghanamadgumat

cit-ghanamadgumat - having dense consciousness and divers

Compound type : bahuvrihi (cit+ghana+madgu+mat)

• cit – consciousness, intelligence
  noun (feminine)
• ghana – dense, solid, compact
  adjective (masculine)
• madgu – diver, submerging
  noun (masculine)
• mat – possessing, having (suffix)
  suffix
  Matup suffix denoting possession, resulting in 'madgumat' (having divers).

चित्राजावम् (citrājāvam) - variegated swiftness, wonderful quickness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citrājāva

citrājāva - variegated swiftness

Compound type : karmadharaya (citra+ājāva)

• citra – varied, wonderful, variegated
  adjective (neuter)
• ājāva – swiftness, quickness
  noun (neuter)

Note: Could also be accusative singular, or function adverbially.

जवीभावमज्जनोञ्मजनात्मकः (javībhāvamajjanoñmajanātmakaḥ) - having the nature of swift submerging and emerging

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of javībhāvamajjanoñmajanātmaka

javībhāvamajjanoñmajanātmaka - having the nature of the state of swift submerging and emerging

Compound type : bahuvrihi (javībhāva+majjana+unmajjana+ātmaka)

• javībhāva – state of swiftness, quickness
  noun (masculine)
• majjana – submerging, diving
  noun (neuter)
  Root: majj (class 1)
• unmajjana – emerging, rising
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: majj (class 1)
• ātmaka – having the nature of, consisting of
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix -ātmaka indicating nature or constitution.

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