योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-75, verse-31

सरः सरस्यः सरितो देवासुरनरोरगाः ।
आशाः शनशनाशब्दैः पुरुषैश्च शिवार्चिषाम् ॥ ३१ ॥

saraḥ sarasyaḥ sarito devāsuranaroragāḥ ,
āśāḥ śanaśanāśabdaiḥ puruṣaiśca śivārciṣām 31

31. saraḥ sarasyaḥ saritaḥ deva-asura-nara-uragāḥ
āśāḥ śanaśanā-śabdaiḥ puruṣaiḥ ca śiva-arciṣām

31. saraḥ sarasyaḥ saritaḥ deva-asura-nara-uragāḥ
āśāḥ śanaśanā-śabdaiḥ ca śiva-arciṣām puruṣaiḥ

31. Lakes, pools, rivers, gods, demons, humans, and serpents, the directions [were all affected], amidst rustling sounds, and by the beings (puruṣa) of auspicious flames.

31. אגמים, בריכות, נהרות, אלים, אָסוּרִים (שדים), בני אדם, נחשים וכל הרוחות נמלאו בקולות שריקה וצורות דמויות אדם מלהבותיו של שִׁיוַה.

Words meanings summery:

• सरः (saraḥ) - lake, pond

• सरस्यः (sarasyaḥ) - pools, ponds

• सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers

• देव-असुर-नर-उरगाः (deva-asura-nara-uragāḥ) - gods, demons, humans, and serpents

• आशाः (āśāḥ) - directions, quarters

• शनशना-शब्दैः (śanaśanā-śabdaiḥ) - with rustling sounds, with crackling sounds

• पुरुषैः (puruṣaiḥ) - by the cosmic beings (puruṣa) associated with the destructive flames (by beings, by persons, by cosmic persons)

• च (ca) - and, also

• शिव-अर्चिषाम् (śiva-arciṣām) - of auspicious flames, of Shiva's flames

Words meanings and morphology

सरः (saraḥ) - lake, pond

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saras

saras - lake, pond, pool

सरस्यः (sarasyaḥ) - pools, ponds

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarasī

sarasī - large pond, lake, pool

सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarit

sarit - river, stream

देव-असुर-नर-उरगाः (deva-asura-nara-uragāḥ) - gods, demons, humans, and serpents

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deva-asura-nara-uraga

deva-asura-nara-uraga - gods, demons, humans, and serpents (collectively)

Compound type : Dvandva (deva+asura+nara+uraga)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• asura – demon, anti-god
  noun (masculine)
• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• uraga – serpent, snake (lit. moving on the breast)
  noun (masculine)

आशाः (āśāḥ) - directions, quarters

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of āśā

āśā - direction, quarter of the sky, hope

शनशना-शब्दैः (śanaśanā-śabdaiḥ) - with rustling sounds, with crackling sounds

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śanaśanā-śabda

śanaśanā-śabda - sound of rustling or crackling

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (śanaśanā+śabda)

• śanaśanā – rustling, crackling (onomatopoeic)
  indeclinable
• śabda – sound, noise, word
  noun (masculine)

पुरुषैः (puruṣaiḥ) - by the cosmic beings (puruṣa) associated with the destructive flames (by beings, by persons, by cosmic persons)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, human being, person, spirit, the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

शिव-अर्चिषाम् (śiva-arciṣām) - of auspicious flames, of Shiva's flames

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of śiva-arcis

śiva-arcis - auspicious flame, Shiva's flame

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (śiva+arcis)

• śiva – auspicious, benevolent, Shiva (proper noun)
  adjective (masculine)
• arcis – flame, ray of light
  noun (neuter)

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