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.

8. סבכי עצי המשאלות והערים השמיימיות של אִינְדְרַה והאלים נפלו מפסגות ההר האלוהי שרעד ברעש האדמה.

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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