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7,158

योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-158, verse-13

देहो मेरुशताकारमहाशव इवाभवत् ।
द्वितीयोर्वीनिभो व्योम्नः पपाताशनिवज्रवत् ॥ १३ ॥
deho meruśatākāramahāśava ivābhavat ,
dvitīyorvīnibho vyomnaḥ papātāśanivajravat 13
13. dehaḥ meruśatākāramahāśavaḥ iva abhavat
dvitīyorvīnibhaḥ vyomnaḥ papāta aśanivajravat
13. dehaḥ meruśatākāramahāśavaḥ iva abhavat,
[saḥ ca] dvitīyorvīnibhaḥ vyomnaḥ aśanivajravat papāta
13. His body became like a colossal corpse, resembling a hundred Mount Merus in size, and resembling a second earth, it fell from the sky like a thunderbolt.

Words meanings summery:

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  • देहः (dehaḥ) - his body (body, corporeal frame)
  • मेरुशताकारमहाशवः (meruśatākāramahāśavaḥ) - a colossal corpse, resembling a hundred Mount Merus in size (a great corpse with the form/size of a hundred Meru mountains)
  • इव (iva) - like (like, as if, as it were)
  • अभवत् (abhavat) - became (he/she/it became, was, happened)
  • द्वितीयोर्वीनिभः (dvitīyorvīnibhaḥ) - resembling a second earth
  • व्योम्नः (vyomnaḥ) - from the sky (from the sky, of the sky)
  • पपात (papāta) - it fell (he/she/it fell, dropped, descended)
  • अशनिवज्रवत् (aśanivajravat) - like a thunderbolt (like a thunderbolt, like lightning)

Words meanings and morphology

देहः (dehaḥ) - his body (body, corporeal frame)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of deha
deha - body, corporeal frame, form
मेरुशताकारमहाशवः (meruśatākāramahāśavaḥ) - a colossal corpse, resembling a hundred Mount Merus in size (a great corpse with the form/size of a hundred Meru mountains)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of meruśatākāramahāśava
meruśatākāramahāśava - great corpse having the form of a hundred Merus
Compound type : bahuvrihi (meru+śata+ākāra+mahā+śava)
  • meru – Mount Meru (mythical golden mountain, center of the universe)
    proper noun (masculine)
  • śata – hundred
    numeral (neuter)
  • ākāra – form, shape, appearance, size
    noun (masculine)
    From ā-√kṛ (to do, make, shape)
    Prefix: ā
    Root: kṛ (class 8)
  • mahā – great, large, mighty
    adjective (masculine)
    Prefix form of mahat
  • śava – corpse, dead body
    noun (masculine)
इव (iva) - like (like, as if, as it were)
(indeclinable)
अभवत् (abhavat) - became (he/she/it became, was, happened)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, imperfect indicative (laṅ) of bhū
Imperfect Active Indicative
Root bhū, imperfect tense, 3rd person singular
Root: bhū (class 1)
द्वितीयोर्वीनिभः (dvitīyorvīnibhaḥ) - resembling a second earth
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of dvitīyorvīnibha
dvitīyorvīnibha - resembling a second earth
Compound type : tatpurusha (dvitīya+urvī+nibha)
  • dvitīya – second
    adjective (masculine)
    Ordinal numeral from dvi (two)
  • urvī – earth, ground
    noun (feminine)
  • nibha – like, resembling, similar to
    adjective (masculine)
Note: Agrees with dehaḥ.
व्योम्नः (vyomnaḥ) - from the sky (from the sky, of the sky)
(noun)
Ablative, neuter, singular of vyoman
vyoman - sky, atmosphere, space
पपात (papāta) - it fell (he/she/it fell, dropped, descended)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, perfect indicative (liṭ) of pat
Perfect Active Indicative
Root pat, perfect tense, 3rd person singular
Root: pat (class 1)
अशनिवज्रवत् (aśanivajravat) - like a thunderbolt (like a thunderbolt, like lightning)
(indeclinable)
Compound type : tatpurusha (aśani+vajra+vat)
  • aśani – thunderbolt, lightning
    noun (masculine)
  • vajra – thunderbolt, diamond
    noun (neuter)
  • vat – like, similar to (suffix forming adverbs)
    suffix