योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-72, verse-8

संकल्पद्रुमजालानि सेन्द्रादिनगराणि च ।
पेतुर्भूकम्पलोलस्य शिरांस्यमरभूभृतः ॥ ८ ॥

saṃkalpadrumajālāni sendrādinagarāṇi ca ,
peturbhūkampalolasya śirāṃsyamarabhūbhṛtaḥ 8

8. saṅkalpadrumajālāni sendrādīnagarāṇi ca
petuḥ bhūkampalolasya śirāṃsi amarabhūbhṛtaḥ

8. saṅkalpadrumajālāni sendrādīnagarāṇi ca
bhūkampalolasya amarabhūbhṛtaḥ śirāṃsi petuḥ

8. The networks of wish-fulfilling trees and cities, including Indra's, fell down. These were the peaks (or structures) of the immortal mountain, which was trembling due to an earthquake.

Words meanings summery:

• सङ्कल्पद्रुमजालानि (saṅkalpadrumajālāni) - networks of wish-fulfilling trees

• सेन्द्रादीनगराणि (sendrādīnagarāṇi) - cities headed by Indra, cities like Indra's

• च (ca) - and, also

• पेतुः (petuḥ) - they fell

• भूकम्पलोलस्य (bhūkampalolasya) - of the one trembling from an earthquake, of the earth-shaking one

• शिरांसि (śirāṁsi) - heads, peaks, tops

• अमरभूभृतः (amarabhūbhṛtaḥ) - of Mount Meru or a similar divine mountain (of the immortal mountain)

Words meanings and morphology

सङ्कल्पद्रुमजालानि (saṅkalpadrumajālāni) - networks of wish-fulfilling trees

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of saṅkalpadrumajāla

saṅkalpadrumajāla - network of wish-fulfilling trees

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṅkalpa+druma+jāla)

• saṅkalpa – intention, resolve, mental formation (saṅkalpa)
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• druma – tree
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dru
• jāla – net, network, collection
  noun (neuter)

सेन्द्रादीनगराणि (sendrādīnagarāṇi) - cities headed by Indra, cities like Indra's

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sendrādīnagara

sendrādīnagara - cities headed by Indra, cities like Indra's

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+indra+ādi+nagara)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
• indra – Indra (Vedic deity)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning with, and so on
  indeclinable
• nagara – city, town
  noun (neuter)

Note: From *sa-indra-ādi-nagara*.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

पेतुः (petuḥ) - they fell

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of pat

Perfect tense

Third person plural perfect active of √pat

Root: pat (class 1)

भूकम्पलोलस्य (bhūkampalolasya) - of the one trembling from an earthquake, of the earth-shaking one

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhūkampalola

bhūkampalola - trembling due to an earthquake

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūkampa+lola)

• bhūkampa – earthquake
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kamp (class 1)
• lola – trembling, unsteady, agitated
  adjective (masculine)
  From √lul 'to shake'
  Root: lul

Note: Modifies 'amarabhūbhṛtaḥ'.

शिरांसि (śirāṁsi) - heads, peaks, tops

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śiras

śiras - head, peak, summit

Note: Subject of 'petuḥ'.

अमरभूभृतः (amarabhūbhṛtaḥ) - of Mount Meru or a similar divine mountain (of the immortal mountain)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of amarabhūbhṛt

amarabhūbhṛt - immortal mountain, divine mountain (epithet for Meru)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (amara+bhūbhṛt)

• amara – immortal, undying, deity
  adjective (masculine)
  A-mara 'not dying'
  Prefix: a
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• bhūbhṛt – mountain, king (earth-bearer)
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √bhṛ 'to bear' + bhū 'earth'
  Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: Possession, 'of the immortal mountain'.

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