योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-75, verse-3

वह्निलोकमिव व्योम्नि वडवाग्निमिवार्णवे ।
ततोऽपश्यमहं दीप्तं सूर्यं नैर्ऋतदिङ्मुखे ॥ ३ ॥

vahnilokamiva vyomni vaḍavāgnimivārṇave ,
tato'paśyamahaṃ dīptaṃ sūryaṃ nairṛtadiṅmukhe 3

3. vahnilokam iva vyomni vaḍavāgnim iva arṇave
tataḥ apaśyam aham dīptam sūryam nairṛtadiṅmukhe

3. (tat) vyomni vahnilokam iva arṇave vaḍavāgnim iva
(āsīt) tataḥ aham nairṛtadiṅmukhe dīptam sūryam apaśyam

3. (The second sun appeared) like a world of fire (vahnilokam iva) in the sky (vyomni), or like the submarine fire (vaḍavāgnim iva) in the ocean (arṇave). Then (tataḥ), I (aham) saw (apaśyam) a resplendent (dīptam) sun (sūryam) in the southwest (nairṛtadiṅmukhe).

Words meanings summery:

• वह्निलोकम् (vahnilokam) - world of fire, region of fire

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky, in space

• वडवाग्निम् (vaḍavāgnim) - submarine fire, mare's fire

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• अर्णवे (arṇave) - in the ocean, in the sea

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, afterwards (then, from there, afterwards)

• अपश्यम् (apaśyam) - I saw, I beheld

• अहम् (aham) - I

• दीप्तम् (dīptam) - blazing, shining, resplendent

• सूर्यम् (sūryam) - sun

• नैरृतदिङ्मुखे (nairṛtadiṅmukhe) - in the southwest direction, in the face of the Nairṛti quarter

Words meanings and morphology

वह्निलोकम् (vahnilokam) - world of fire, region of fire

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vahniloka

vahniloka - world of fire

Compound type : Tatpurusha (vahni+loka)

• vahni – fire
  noun (masculine)
• loka – world, region, sphere
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky, in space

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, heaven, atmosphere, space

वडवाग्निम् (vaḍavāgnim) - submarine fire, mare's fire

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vaḍavāgni

vaḍavāgni - submarine fire (mythological fire at the bottom of the ocean)

Compound type : Tatpurusha (vaḍavā+agni)

• vaḍavā – mare; female horse
  noun (feminine)
• agni – fire
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

अर्णवे (arṇave) - in the ocean, in the sea

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of arṇava

arṇava - ocean, sea

ततः (tataḥ) - then, afterwards (then, from there, afterwards)

(indeclinable)

अपश्यम् (apaśyam) - I saw, I beheld

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś

Note: The 'a' is an augment for imperfect tense.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I (first person singular pronoun)

दीप्तम् (dīptam) - blazing, shining, resplendent

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dīpta

dīpta - blazing, shining, bright, resplendent

Past Passive Participle

Root: dīp

Note: Agrees with sūryam.

सूर्यम् (sūryam) - sun

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sūrya

sūrya - sun, sun-god

नैरृतदिङ्मुखे (nairṛtadiṅmukhe) - in the southwest direction, in the face of the Nairṛti quarter

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of nairṛtadiṅmukha

nairṛtadiṅmukha - the southwest direction

Compound type : Tatpurusha (nairṛta+diś+mukha)

• nairṛta – belonging to or relating to Nairṛti (deity of decay/calamity), southwestern
  adjective
  Derived from Nairṛti.
• diś – direction, quarter
  noun (feminine)
• mukha – face, mouth, front; direction (as suffix in compounds)
  noun (neuter)

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