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.

16. ערי העולם נסדקו והתפוררו בקולות נפץ רמים, כשתמרות עשן סמיכות כמו סלעים עולות מן האדמה.

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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