योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-75, verse-21

विदलद्दग्धदिग्दन्तिदन्तोत्तम्भितभूधरम् ।
धराधरदरीरन्ध्रधूममण्डलकुण्डलम् ॥ २१ ॥

vidaladdagdhadigdantidantottambhitabhūdharam ,
dharādharadarīrandhradhūmamaṇḍalakuṇḍalam 21

21. vidaladdagdhādigdantidantottambhitabhūdharam
dharādharadarīrandhradūmakuṇḍalam

21. vidaladdagdhādigdantidantottambhitabhūdharam
dharādharadarīrandhradūmakuṇḍalam

21. A world where mountains are propped up by the tusks of directional elephants (digdanti) that are themselves cracking and burnt; and which is characterized by coiling masses of smoke issuing from the crevices of mountain caves.

21. ההרים נתמכו בחטיהם הנשרפים של פילי הרוחות, והכפות ומערות ההרים פלטו טבעות עשן מסתחררות.

Words meanings summery:

• विदलद्दग्धादिग्दन्तिदन्तोत्तम्भितभूधरम् (vidaladdagdhādigdantidantottambhitabhūdharam) - Describes a scene of cosmic destruction where even the directional elephants (digdanti) are suffering and breaking, impacting the mountains, as part of a larger description of universal dissolution. (Mountains propped up by the tusks of burnt and cracking directional elephants.)

• धराधरदरीरन्ध्रदूमकुण्डलम् (dharādharadarīrandhradūmakuṇḍalam) - Describes the visual effect of smoke rising during a fiery dissolution, indicating widespread destruction and the transformation of mountains, as part of a larger description of universal dissolution. (Coiling masses of smoke issuing from the openings of mountain caves.)

Words meanings and morphology

विदलद्दग्धादिग्दन्तिदन्तोत्तम्भितभूधरम् (vidaladdagdhādigdantidantottambhitabhūdharam) - Describes a scene of cosmic destruction where even the directional elephants (digdanti) are suffering and breaking, impacting the mountains, as part of a larger description of universal dissolution. (Mountains propped up by the tusks of burnt and cracking directional elephants.)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vidaladdagdhādigdantidantottambhitabhūdhara

vidaladdagdhādigdantidantottambhitabhūdhara - that which has mountains propped up by the tusks of directional elephants that are cracking and burnt

Bahuvrīhi compound describing a state of being.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vidalat+dagdha+digdanti+danta+uttambhita+bhūdhara)

• vidalat – bursting, splitting, cracking, breaking open
  present active participle
  Present Active Participle
  From prefix 'vi-' and root '√dṛ' (to split, burst), in its present active participle form.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: dṛ (class 1)
• dagdha – burnt, consumed by fire, scorched
  past passive participle
  Past Passive Participle
  From root '√dah' (to burn).
  Root: dah (class 1)
• digdanti – directional elephant, elephant of the quarters
  noun (masculine)
  Tatpuruṣa compound of 'diś' (direction, quarter) and 'dantin' (elephant). Sandhi 'ś' -> 'g' before 'd'.
• danta – tusk, tooth
  noun (masculine)
• uttambhita – propped up, supported, uplifted
  past passive participle
  Past Passive Participle
  From prefix 'ut-' and root '√stambh' (to prop, support).
  Prefix: ut
  Root: stambh (class 5)
• bhūdhara – mountain (earth-bearer)
  noun (masculine)
  Tatpuruṣa compound of 'bhū' (earth) and 'dhara' (bearing, holding).
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

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

धराधरदरीरन्ध्रदूमकुण्डलम् (dharādharadarīrandhradūmakuṇḍalam) - Describes the visual effect of smoke rising during a fiery dissolution, indicating widespread destruction and the transformation of mountains, as part of a larger description of universal dissolution. (Coiling masses of smoke issuing from the openings of mountain caves.)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dharādharadarīrandhradūmakuṇḍala

dharādharadarīrandhradūmakuṇḍala - that which has coiling masses of smoke from the openings of mountain caves

Bahuvrīhi compound describing a state of being.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dharādhara+darī+randhra+dhūma+maṇḍala+kuṇḍala)

• dharādhara – mountain (earth-bearer)
  noun (masculine)
  Tatpuruṣa compound of 'dharā' (earth) and 'dhara' (bearing, holding).
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• darī – cave, cavern, grotto
  noun (feminine)
• randhra – opening, hole, fissure, cavity
  noun (neuter)
• dhūma – smoke, fume
  noun (masculine)
• maṇḍala – circle, disc, region, mass, cloud
  noun (neuter)
• kuṇḍala – coiling, circular; an earring (often circular); coil
  noun (neuter)

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

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