योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-7, chapter-158, verse-13
देहो मेरुशताकारमहाशव इवाभवत् ।
द्वितीयोर्वीनिभो व्योम्नः पपाताशनिवज्रवत् ॥ १३ ॥
द्वितीयोर्वीनिभो व्योम्नः पपाताशनिवज्रवत् ॥ १३ ॥
deho meruśatākāramahāśava ivābhavat ,
dvitīyorvīnibho vyomnaḥ papātāśanivajravat 13
dvitīyorvīnibho vyomnaḥ papātāśanivajravat 13
13.
dehaḥ meruśatākāramahāśavaḥ iva abhavat
dvitīyorvīnibhaḥ vyomnaḥ papāta aśanivajravat
dvitīyorvīnibhaḥ vyomnaḥ papāta aśanivajravat
13.
dehaḥ meruśatākāramahāśavaḥ iva abhavat,
[saḥ ca] dvitīyorvīnibhaḥ vyomnaḥ aśanivajravat papāta
[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