योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-72, verse-5

कालपाकचलन्मूला जगत्खण्डफलालयाः ।
प्रशान्तपवनाधारा विमानावलयोऽपतन् ॥ ५ ॥

kālapākacalanmūlā jagatkhaṇḍaphalālayāḥ ,
praśāntapavanādhārā vimānāvalayo'patan 5

5. kālapākacalanmūlāḥ jagatkhaṇḍaphalālayāḥ
praśāntapavanādhārāḥ vimānāvalayaḥ apatan

5. vimānāvalayaḥ kālapākacalanmūlāḥ
jagatkhaṇḍaphalālayāḥ praśāntapavanādhārāḥ apatan

5. Rows of celestial chariots (vimāna), whose very foundations were loosened by the ripening of time, and whose dwelling places were like fruits that are fragments of the world, fell down, their reliance on wind (pavana) for support having entirely ceased.

Words meanings summery:

• कालपाकचलन्मूलाः (kālapākacalanmūlāḥ) - whose roots are shaken by the ripening of time, whose foundations are loosened by the maturation of time

• जगत्खण्डफलालयाः (jagatkhaṇḍaphalālayāḥ) - whose abodes are fruits that are fragments of the world, whose dwellings are the world's fragmented fruits

• प्रशान्तपवनाधाराः (praśāntapavanādhārāḥ) - whose wind-support has completely ceased, whose air-support is entirely calmed

• विमानावलयः (vimānāvalayaḥ) - rows of celestial chariots, lines of aerial cars

• अपतन् (apatan) - fell down, descended, alighted

Words meanings and morphology

कालपाकचलन्मूलाः (kālapākacalanmūlāḥ) - whose roots are shaken by the ripening of time, whose foundations are loosened by the maturation of time

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kālapākacalanmūla

kālapākacalanmūla - having roots/foundations loosened by the maturation of time

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (kāla+pāka+calat+mūla)

• kāla – time, duration, destiny
  noun (masculine)
• pāka – ripening, maturation, cooking, result, consequence
  noun (masculine)
  From root pac (to cook, to ripen).
  Root: pac (class 1)
• calat – moving, shaking, trembling, loosened
  participle (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  From root cal (to move, to shake).
  Root: cal (class 1)
• mūla – root, basis, origin, foundation, source
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'vimānāvalayaḥ'.

जगत्खण्डफलालयाः (jagatkhaṇḍaphalālayāḥ) - whose abodes are fruits that are fragments of the world, whose dwellings are the world's fragmented fruits

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of jagatkhaṇḍaphalālaya

jagatkhaṇḍaphalālaya - having fruits as abodes, which are fragments of the world

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (jagat+khaṇḍa+phala+ālaya)

• jagat – world, universe, moving
  noun (neuter)
  Originally present active participle of root gam (to go), used as a neuter noun.
  Root: gam (class 1)
• khaṇḍa – piece, fragment, part, portion
  noun (neuter)
  From root khaṇḍ (to break, to divide).
  Root: khaṇḍ (class 10)
• phala – fruit, result, consequence, reward
  noun (neuter)
• ālaya – abode, dwelling, house, receptacle, support
  noun (masculine)
  From prefix ā- + root lī (to cling, to dissolve).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: lī (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'vimānāvalayaḥ'.

प्रशान्तपवनाधाराः (praśāntapavanādhārāḥ) - whose wind-support has completely ceased, whose air-support is entirely calmed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of praśāntapavanādhāra

praśāntapavanādhāra - having its wind-support completely calmed/ceased

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (praśānta+pavana+ādhāra)

• praśānta – completely calm, tranquil, ceased, appeased
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From prefix pra- + root śam (to be calm, to cease).
  Prefix: pra
  Root: śam (class 4)
• pavana – wind, air, purifier, deity of wind (pavana)
  noun (masculine)
  From root pū (to purify).
  Root: pū (class 1)
• ādhāra – support, basis, receptacle, substratum
  noun (masculine)
  From prefix ā- + root dhṛ (to hold, to support).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'vimānāvalayaḥ'.

विमानावलयः (vimānāvalayaḥ) - rows of celestial chariots, lines of aerial cars

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vimānāvali

vimānāvali - row/line/series of celestial chariots

Compound type : Tatpurusha (vimāna+āvali)

• vimāna – celestial chariot, aerial car, palace, temple (vimāna)
  noun (neuter)
  From prefix vi- + root mā (to measure, to build).
  Prefix: vi
  Root: mā (class 2)
• āvali – row, line, series, range, succession
  noun (feminine)

Note: Subject of the verb 'apatan'.

अपतन् (apatan) - fell down, descended, alighted

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (Laṅ (लङ्)) of ā-pat

Imperfect active 3rd plural

Root pat (to fall) with prefix ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: pat (class 1)

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