योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-75, verse-16

स्फुरत्कटकटाटोपचटत्पत्तनमण्डलम् ।
विदधद्भूतलोद्भूतधूमदण्डैः शिलाघनैः ॥ १६ ॥

sphuratkaṭakaṭāṭopacaṭatpattanamaṇḍalam ,
vidadhadbhūtalodbhūtadhūmadaṇḍaiḥ śilāghanaiḥ 16

16. sphuratkaṭakaṭāṭopacaṭatpattanam_aṇḍalam
vidadhat bhūtalodbhūtadhūmadaṇḍaiḥ śilāghanaiḥ

16. sphuratkaṭakaṭāṭopacaṭatpattanam_aṇḍalam
vidadhat bhūtalodbhūtadhūmadaṇḍaiḥ śilāghanaiḥ

16. Creating a scene where the regions of cities flash and crackle with tumultuous sounds, by means of dense rocks and columns of smoke rising from the earth.

Words meanings summery:

• स्फुरत्कटकटाटोपचटत्पत्तनम्_अण्डलम् (sphuratkaṭakaṭāṭopacaṭatpattanam_aṇḍalam) - having regions of cities crackling and flashing with tumultuous sounds

• विदधत् (vidadhat) - creating, making, causing

• भूतलोद्भूतधूमदण्डैः (bhūtalodbhūtadhūmadaṇḍaiḥ) - by columns of smoke arisen from the earth's surface

• शिलाघनैः (śilāghanaiḥ) - by dense rocks; by massive rocks

Words meanings and morphology

स्फुरत्कटकटाटोपचटत्पत्तनम्_अण्डलम् (sphuratkaṭakaṭāṭopacaṭatpattanam_aṇḍalam) - having regions of cities crackling and flashing with tumultuous sounds

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sphuratkaṭakaṭāṭopacaṭatpattanam_aṇḍala

sphuratkaṭakaṭāṭopacaṭatpattanam_aṇḍala - having regions of cities crackling and flashing with tumultuous sounds

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sphurat+kaṭakaṭāṭopa+caṭat+pattanam_aṇḍala)

• sphurat – flashing, throbbing, trembling, vibrating
  verbal derivative
  Present Active Participle
  From root 'sphur' (to throb, flash, vibrate)
  Root: sphur (class 6)
• kaṭakaṭāṭopa – tumultuous sound 'kaṭakaṭa'; a great din
  noun (masculine)
  Onomatopoeic 'kaṭakaṭa' (crashing sound) + 'āṭopa' (pomp, display, tumult)
• caṭat – crackling, snapping, bursting
  verbal derivative
  Present Active Participle
  From root 'caṭ' (to crackle, snap, burst)
  Root: caṭ (class 1)
• pattanam_aṇḍala – region of cities; circle of cities
  noun (neuter)
  'pattana' (city) + 'maṇḍala' (circle, region)

विदधत् (vidadhat) - creating, making, causing

(verbal derivative)

Note: Used here adjectivally to describe the agent of creation.

भूतलोद्भूतधूमदण्डैः (bhūtalodbhūtadhūmadaṇḍaiḥ) - by columns of smoke arisen from the earth's surface

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhūtalodbhūtadhūmadaṇḍa

bhūtalodbhūtadhūmadaṇḍa - columns of smoke arisen from the earth's surface

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūtala+udbhūta+dhūmadaṇḍa)

• bhūtala – earth's surface; the ground
  noun (neuter)
  'bhū' (earth) + 'tala' (surface)
• udbhūta – arisen, produced, manifested
  verbal derivative
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of 'ud-bhū' (to arise, originate)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• dhūmadaṇḍa – column of smoke
  noun (masculine)
  'dhūma' (smoke) + 'daṇḍa' (stick, staff, column)

शिलाघनैः (śilāghanaiḥ) - by dense rocks; by massive rocks

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śilāghana

śilāghana - dense rock; massive rock

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śilā+ghana)

• śilā – rock, stone
  noun (feminine)
• ghana – dense, thick, massive; cloud
  adjective (masculine)

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