योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-75, verse-20

उत्तप्ताम्बूदराखिन्नजलेचरमहार्णवम् ।
सर्वदिक्कानलप्लोषक्षीणाक्रन्दपुरान्तरम् ॥ २० ॥

uttaptāmbūdarākhinnajalecaramahārṇavam ,
sarvadikkānalaploṣakṣīṇākrandapurāntaram 20

20. uttaptāmbūdarākhinnajalečaramahārṇavam
sarvadikkānalaploṣakṣīṇākrandapurāntaram

20. uttaptāmbūdarākhinnajalečaramahārṇavam
sarvadikkānalaploṣakṣīṇākrandapurāntaram

20. A great ocean where aquatic creatures are tormented by intensely heated water depths; and the interior of all cities [is filled with] cries weakened by the scorching of destructive fire (kānala) in every direction.

20. מי האוקיינוסים הגדולים התלהטו והביאו כליה על יצורי המים, ובערים בכל רוחות השמיים שרפה האש את הכל וזעקות התושבים הלכו ונאלמו.

Words meanings summery:

• उत्तप्ताम्बूदराखिन्नजलेčअरमहार्णवम् (uttaptāmbūdarākhinnajalečaramahārṇavam) - Describes a great ocean in a state of catastrophic destruction, where its depths are superheated and its aquatic creatures suffer intensely, as part of a larger description of universal dissolution. (A great ocean whose water-depths are intensely heated, tormenting aquatic creatures.)

• सर्वदिक्कानलप्लोषक्षीणाक्रन्दपुरान्तरम् (sarvadikkānalaploṣakṣīṇākrandapurāntaram) - Describes the state of cities across the world during a destructive event, experiencing widespread fire and suffering, as part of a larger description of universal dissolution. (The interior of cities everywhere filled with cries weakened by the scorching of destructive fire in all directions.)

Words meanings and morphology

उत्तप्ताम्बूदराखिन्नजलेčअरमहार्णवम् (uttaptāmbūdarākhinnajalečaramahārṇavam) - Describes a great ocean in a state of catastrophic destruction, where its depths are superheated and its aquatic creatures suffer intensely, as part of a larger description of universal dissolution. (A great ocean whose water-depths are intensely heated, tormenting aquatic creatures.)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uttaptāmbūdarākhinnajalečaramahārṇava

uttaptāmbūdarākhinnajalečaramahārṇava - that which is characterized by a great ocean whose water-depths are intensely heated and whose aquatic creatures are tormented

Bahuvrīhi compound describing a state of being.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (uttapta+ambūdara+ākhinna+jalečara+mahārṇava)

• uttapta – intensely heated, scorched, inflamed
  past passive participle
  Past Passive Participle
  Formed from prefix 'ut-' and root '√tap' (to heat, to suffer).
  Prefix: ut
  Root: tap (class 1)
• ambūdara – water-belly, depths of water
  noun (neuter)
  Tatpuruṣa compound of 'ambu' (water) and 'udara' (belly, interior, depths).
• ākhinna – distressed, tormented, wearied
  past passive participle
  Past Passive Participle
  From prefix 'ā-' and root '√khid' (to press, distress).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: khid (class 7)
• jalečara – water-dwelling, aquatic creature
  noun (masculine)
  Tatpuruṣa compound of 'jala' (water) and 'čara' (moving, dwelling).
  Root: čar (class 1)
• mahārṇava – great ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
  Karmadhāraya compound of 'mahā' (great) and 'arṇava' (ocean).

Note: This entire compound describes an implicit object in the accusative case, likely referring to the 'world' or 'cosmos' during dissolution.

सर्वदिक्कानलप्लोषक्षीणाक्रन्दपुरान्तरम् (sarvadikkānalaploṣakṣīṇākrandapurāntaram) - Describes the state of cities across the world during a destructive event, experiencing widespread fire and suffering, as part of a larger description of universal dissolution. (The interior of cities everywhere filled with cries weakened by the scorching of destructive fire in all directions.)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarvadikkānalaploṣakṣīṇākrandapurāntara

sarvadikkānalaploṣakṣīṇākrandapurāntara - that whose cities' interiors are filled with weakened cries due to the scorching of destructive fire in all directions

Bahuvrīhi compound describing a state of being.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sarvadik+kānala+ploṣa+kṣīṇa+ākranda+pura+antara)

• sarvadik – all directions, everywhere
  adjective
  Compound of 'sarva' (all) and 'diś' (direction). The final 'ś' of 'diś' becomes 'k' due to sandhi before a hard consonant 'k' (in kānala).
• kānala – destructive fire, a bad fire
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of 'ka' (pejorative prefix, bad, destructive) and 'anala' (fire).
• ploṣa – burning, scorching, charring
  noun (masculine)
  From root '√pluṣ' (to burn, scorch).
  Root: pluṣ (class 1)
• kṣīṇa – diminished, weakened, exhausted, wasted
  past passive participle
  Past Passive Participle
  From root '√kṣi' (to waste away, diminish).
  Root: kṣi (class 1)
• ākranda – cry, lamentation, wailing
  noun (masculine)
  From prefix 'ā-' and root '√krand' (to cry out).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: krand (class 1)
• pura – city, town, fortress
  noun (neuter)
• antara – interior, inside, within
  noun (neuter)

Note: This entire compound describes an implicit object in the accusative case, complementing the description of universal dissolution.

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