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

प्रभ्रमन्त्योऽम्बरे कल्पमारुतैस्तनुतूलवत् ।
स्वशक्त्यपचये मूकाः सिद्धसंततयोऽपतन् ॥ ७ ॥

prabhramantyo'mbare kalpamārutaistanutūlavat ,
svaśaktyapacaye mūkāḥ siddhasaṃtatayo'patan 7

7. prabhramantyaḥ ambare kalpamārutaiḥ tanutūlavat
svaśaktyapacaye mūkāḥ siddhasaṃtatayaḥ apatan

7. siddhasaṃtatayaḥ ambare kalpamārutaiḥ tanutūlavat
prabhramantyaḥ svaśaktyapacaye mūkāḥ apatan

7. Whirling in the sky like light cotton tufts caught by the winds of cosmic dissolution (kalpa), the lineages of perfected beings (siddhas) became silent and fell down as their own power (śakti) diminished.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रभ्रमन्त्यः (prabhramantyaḥ) - whirling, wandering, rotating (feminine plural)

• अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky, in space, in the atmosphere

• कल्पमारुतैः (kalpamārutaiḥ) - by the winds of the cosmic dissolution, by the winds of the aeon

• तनुतूलवत् (tanutūlavat) - like light cotton tufts, like thin cotton

• स्वशक्त्यपचये (svaśaktyapacaye) - at the diminution of their own power, upon the decay of their own strength

• मूकाः (mūkāḥ) - mute, silent, dumb, speechless

• सिद्धसंततयः (siddhasaṁtatayaḥ) - lines/successions of perfected beings, lineages of siddhas

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

Words meanings and morphology

प्रभ्रमन्त्यः (prabhramantyaḥ) - whirling, wandering, rotating (feminine plural)

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, plural of pra-bhramat

pra-bhramat - whirling, rotating, wandering extensively, reeling

Present Active Participle

From prefix pra- + root bhram (to wander, to revolve).

Prefix: pra

Root: bhram (class 1)

अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky, in space, in the atmosphere

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere, space, cloth, circumference

a-stem neuter noun.

कल्पमारुतैः (kalpamārutaiḥ) - by the winds of the cosmic dissolution, by the winds of the aeon

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kalpamāruta

kalpamāruta - wind of the aeon/cosmic dissolution

Compound type : Tatpurusha (kalpa+māruta)

• kalpa – aeon, cosmic period, period of dissolution (kalpa), rule, manner
  noun (masculine)
  From root kḷp (to be formed, to be fit).
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• māruta – wind, air, deity of wind (Marut)
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from marut (wind god) or root mṛ (to die, to move).

Note: Indicates the agent by which the whirling occurs.

तनुतूलवत् (tanutūlavat) - like light cotton tufts, like thin cotton

(indeclinable)

Formed by adding the secondary suffix 'vat' (like/as) to the compound 'tanutūla'.

Note: Adverbial usage, describing the manner of whirling.

स्वशक्त्यपचये (svaśaktyapacaye) - at the diminution of their own power, upon the decay of their own strength

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svaśaktyapacaya

svaśaktyapacaya - diminution/decay of one's own power/strength

Compound type : Tatpurusha (sva+śakti+apacaya)

• sva – own, one's own, self
  pronoun (masculine)
  Reflexive adjective/pronoun.
• śakti – power, strength, energy, faculty, divine energy (śakti), ability
  noun (feminine)
  From root śak (to be able, to be powerful).
  Root: śak (class 5)
• apacaya – diminution, decrease, decay, loss, decline
  noun (masculine)
  From prefix apa- + root ci (to gather, to collect).
  Prefix: apa
  Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Indicates the time or condition for the action of falling.

मूकाः (mūkāḥ) - mute, silent, dumb, speechless

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of mūka

mūka - dumb, mute, silent, speechless

Note: Qualifies 'siddhasaṃtatayaḥ'.

सिद्धसंततयः (siddhasaṁtatayaḥ) - lines/successions of perfected beings, lineages of siddhas

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of siddhasaṃtati

siddhasaṁtati - succession/lineage of perfected beings

Compound type : Tatpurusha (siddha+saṃtati)

• siddha – perfected, accomplished, a perfected being (siddha), semidivine being
  noun (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root sidh (to accomplish, to succeed).
  Root: sidh (class 1)
• saṃtati – continuous line, succession, progeny, series, extension
  noun (feminine)
  From prefix sam- + root tan (to extend, to stretch).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: tan (class 8)

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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