योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-75, verse-22

पतत्पर्वतनिष्पिष्टप्लुष्टपत्तनमण्डलम् ।
पचत्पचपचाशब्दशब्दिताद्रीन्द्रकुञ्जरम् ॥ २२ ॥

patatparvataniṣpiṣṭapluṣṭapattanamaṇḍalam ,
pacatpacapacāśabdaśabditādrīndrakuñjaram 22

22. patatparvataniṣpiṣṭapluṣṭapattnamaṇḍalam
pačatpačapačāśabdaśabditādrīndrakuñjaram

22. patatparvataniṣpiṣṭapluṣṭapattnamaṇḍalam
pačatpačapačāśabdaśabditādrīndrakuñjaram

22. A world where regions of cities are scorched and crushed by falling mountains; and where great mountains and elephants reverberate with the sizzling, crackling sound ("pacapaca") of burning.

Words meanings summery:

• पतत्पर्वतनिष्पिष्टप्लुष्टपत्त्नमण्डलम् (patatparvataniṣpiṣṭapluṣṭapattnamaṇḍalam) - Describes a scene of widespread urban destruction caused by geological upheaval and fire, as part of a larger description of universal dissolution. (Regions of cities scorched and crushed by falling mountains.)

• पčअत्पčअपčआशब्दशब्दिताद्रीन्द्रकुञ्जरम् (pačatpačapačāśabdaśabditādrīndrakuñjaram) - Describes the auditory aspect of the universal destruction, where the loud, sizzling sounds of fire fill the environment, affecting even the largest entities like mountains and elephants. (Great mountains and elephants reverberating with the sizzling, crackling sound ('pacapaca') of burning.)

Words meanings and morphology

पतत्पर्वतनिष्पिष्टप्लुष्टपत्त्नमण्डलम् (patatparvataniṣpiṣṭapluṣṭapattnamaṇḍalam) - Describes a scene of widespread urban destruction caused by geological upheaval and fire, as part of a larger description of universal dissolution. (Regions of cities scorched and crushed by falling mountains.)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of patatparvataniṣpiṣṭapluṣṭapattnamaṇḍala

patatparvataniṣpiṣṭapluṣṭapattnamaṇḍala - that which has regions of cities scorched and crushed by falling mountains

Bahuvrīhi compound describing a state of being.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (patat+parvata+niṣpiṣṭa+pluṣṭa+pattana+maṇḍala)

• patat – falling, dropping, flying
  present active participle
  Present Active Participle
  From root '√pat' (to fall, fly).
  Root: pat (class 1)
• parvata – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
• niṣpiṣṭa – crushed, pounded, pulverized
  past passive participle
  Past Passive Participle
  From prefix 'nis-' and root '√piṣ' (to grind, crush).
  Prefix: nis
  Root: piṣ (class 7)
• pluṣṭa – scorched, burnt, singed
  past passive participle
  Past Passive Participle
  From root '√pluṣ' (to burn, scorch).
  Root: pluṣ (class 1)
• pattana – city, town, market town
  noun (neuter)
• maṇḍala – region, territory, circle, group
  noun (neuter)

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

पčअत्पčअपčआशब्दशब्दिताद्रीन्द्रकुञ्जरम् (pačatpačapačāśabdaśabditādrīndrakuñjaram) - Describes the auditory aspect of the universal destruction, where the loud, sizzling sounds of fire fill the environment, affecting even the largest entities like mountains and elephants. (Great mountains and elephants reverberating with the sizzling, crackling sound ('pacapaca') of burning.)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pačatpačapačāśabdaśabditādrīndrakuñjara

pačatpačapačāśabdaśabditādrīndrakuñjara - that which has great mountains and elephants reverberating with the sizzling sound ('pacapaca') of burning

Bahuvrīhi compound describing a state of being.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pačat+pačapačāśabda+śabdita+adrīndrakuñjara)

• pačat – burning, cooking, ripening, sizzling
  present active participle
  Present Active Participle
  From root '√pač' (to cook, ripen, burn).
  Root: pač (class 1)
• pačapačāśabda – sizzling sound, 'pacapaca' sound (onomatopoeia)
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of 'pačapačā' (onomatopoeic sound for sizzling) and 'śabda' (sound).
• śabdita – made to sound, caused to sound, echoed, reverberated
  past passive participle
  Past Passive Participle
  From the causative of root '√śabd' (to sound), or from the noun 'śabda' (sound).
  Root: śabd (class 10)
• adrīndrakuñjara – great mountains and elephants (or great mountain-like elephants)
  noun (masculine)
  Dvanda compound of 'adrīndra' (great mountain, mountain chief) and 'kuñjara' (elephant). Adrīndra itself is a Tatpuruṣa of 'adri' (mountain) and 'indra' (chief).

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

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