योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-67, verse-9

क्व शैलशिखरश्रेण्यः क्व महार्णवलेखिकाः ।
क्व द्वीपवलयाः सप्त क्व तप्तकनकावनिः ॥ ९ ॥

kva śailaśikharaśreṇyaḥ kva mahārṇavalekhikāḥ ,
kva dvīpavalayāḥ sapta kva taptakanakāvaniḥ 9

9. kva śaila-śikhara-śreṇyaḥ kva mahā-arṇava-lekhikāḥ
kva dvīpa-valayāḥ sapta kva tapta-kanaka-avaniḥ

9. kva śaila-śikhara-śreṇyaḥ? kva mahā-arṇava-lekhikāḥ?
kva sapta dvīpa-valayāḥ? kva tapta-kanaka-avaniḥ?

9. Where are the ranges of mountain peaks? Where are the streaky lines of vast oceans? Where are the seven island-rings? Where is the earth (avani) of molten gold?

Words meanings summery:

• क्व (kva) - where? to what place?

• शैल-शिखर-श्रेण्यः (śaila-śikhara-śreṇyaḥ) - ranges of mountain peaks

• क्व (kva) - where? to what place?

• महा-अर्णव-लेखिकाः (mahā-arṇava-lekhikāḥ) - lines/streaks of great oceans

• क्व (kva) - where? to what place?

• द्वीप-वलयाः (dvīpa-valayāḥ) - Refers to the traditional seven concentric continents/islands surrounded by oceans. (island-rings, circles of islands)

• सप्त (sapta) - seven

• क्व (kva) - where? to what place?

• तप्त-कनक-अवनिः (tapta-kanaka-avaniḥ) - Refers to a mythical golden earth or a very radiant/heated ground. (the earth (avani) of molten gold)

Words meanings and morphology

क्व (kva) - where? to what place?

(indeclinable)

शैल-शिखर-श्रेण्यः (śaila-śikhara-śreṇyaḥ) - ranges of mountain peaks

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śaila-śikhara-śreṇi

śaila-śikhara-śreṇi - rows of mountain peaks

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śaila+śikhara+śreṇi)

• śaila – mountain, hill, rock
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from 'śilā' (rock).
• śikhara – peak, summit, top, crest
  noun (neuter)
• śreṇi – row, line, series, range, class
  noun (feminine)
  Root: śri (class 1)

क्व (kva) - where? to what place?

(indeclinable)

महा-अर्णव-लेखिकाः (mahā-arṇava-lekhikāḥ) - lines/streaks of great oceans

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of mahā-arṇava-lekhikā

mahā-arṇava-lekhikā - streaks of great oceans

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahat+arṇava+lekhikā)

• mahat – great, large, vast, mighty
  adjective
• arṇava – ocean, sea, flood
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from 'arṇa' (wave, stream).
• lekhikā – line, streak, writing, drawing
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root 'likh' (to write, scratch) with suffix '-ikā'.
  Root: likh (class 6)

क्व (kva) - where? to what place?

(indeclinable)

द्वीप-वलयाः (dvīpa-valayāḥ) - Refers to the traditional seven concentric continents/islands surrounded by oceans. (island-rings, circles of islands)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dvīpa-valaya

dvīpa-valaya - ring of islands, island circles

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvīpa+valaya)

• dvīpa – island, continent (literally 'having water on two sides')
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of 'dvi' (two) and 'ap' (water).
• valaya – ring, circle, bracelet, enclosure
  noun (masculine)

सप्त (sapta) - seven

(adjective)

Nominative, plural of saptan

saptan - seven

क्व (kva) - where? to what place?

(indeclinable)

तप्त-कनक-अवनिः (tapta-kanaka-avaniḥ) - Refers to a mythical golden earth or a very radiant/heated ground. (the earth (avani) of molten gold)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tapta-kanaka-avani

tapta-kanaka-avani - ground of molten gold

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tapta+kanaka+avani)

• tapta – heated, molten, burnt, tried by fire
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'tap' (to heat, to burn).
  Root: tap (class 1)
• kanaka – gold
  noun (neuter)
• avani – earth, ground, land
  noun (feminine)
  Root: av (class 1)