योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-75, verse-46

वीचीकरतलाघातांश्चक्रुरर्कमुखे मुखे ।
अन्योन्यवेल्लितोल्लोलभूतलाकारपर्वतम् ॥ ४६ ॥

vīcīkaratalāghātāṃścakrurarkamukhe mukhe ,
anyonyavellitollolabhūtalākāraparvatam 46

46. vīcīkaratalāghātān cakruḥ arkamukhe mukhe
anyonyavellitollolabhūtalākāraparvatam

46. arkamukhe mukhe vīcīkaratalāghātān cakruḥ
anyonyavellitollolabhūtalākāraparvatam

46. With their wave-like hands, they (the oceans) struck blows repeatedly towards the sun's face, making mountain-like formations that resembled mutually surging and agitated surfaces of the earth.

46. כפות ידי הגלים הטיחו מכות בפני כל אחת מן השמשות, בעוד הרים והאדמה כולה התגלגלו ונעו זה מול זה בגלי ענק.

Words meanings summery:

• वीचीकरतलाघातान् (vīcīkaratalāghātān) - blows from the palms of waves

• चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - they made, they did

• अर्कमुखे (arkamukhe) - in the sun's face, towards the sun

• मुखे (mukhe) - repeatedly, directly (towards the sun) (in the face, repeatedly, each face)

• अन्योन्यवेल्लितोल्लोलभूतलाकारपर्वतम् (anyonyavellitollolabhūtalākāraparvatam) - a mountain-like formation resembling mutually tossed and surging earth-surfaces

Words meanings and morphology

वीचीकरतलाघातान् (vīcīkaratalāghātān) - blows from the palms of waves

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vīcīkaratalāghāta

vīcīkaratalāghāta - blows from wave-palms

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vīcī+karatala+āghāta)

• vīcī – wave, ripple
  noun (feminine)
• karatala – palm of the hand
  noun (neuter)
• āghāta – blow, stroke, shock, impact
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: han (class 2)

चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - they made, they did

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (lit) of kṛ

Perfect

3rd person plural, active voice

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अर्कमुखे (arkamukhe) - in the sun's face, towards the sun

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of arkamukha

arkamukha - sun's face, facing the sun

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (arka+mukha)

• arka – sun, ray, praise
  noun (masculine)
  Root: arc (class 1)
• mukha – face, mouth, front, opening
  noun (neuter)

मुखे (mukhe) - repeatedly, directly (towards the sun) (in the face, repeatedly, each face)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mukha

mukha - face, mouth, front, opening, direction

Note: Used here adverbially, often duplicated for emphasis like 'dvāre dvāre' (door to door).

अन्योन्यवेल्लितोल्लोलभूतलाकारपर्वतम् (anyonyavellitollolabhūtalākāraparvatam) - a mountain-like formation resembling mutually tossed and surging earth-surfaces

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anyonyavellitollolabhūtalākāraparvata

anyonyavellitollolabhūtalākāraparvata - mountain having the form of a mutually tossed and violently surging earth-surface

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (anyonya+vellita+ullola+bhūtala+ākāra+parvata)

• anyonya – mutual, reciprocal, each other
  indeclinable
• vellita – tossed, shaken, rolled
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'vel' (to shake, tremble, surge)
  Root: vel (class 1)
• ullola – surging, violently agitated, a large wave, commotion
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root 'lul' with 'ud' prefix (to roll, agitate)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: lul (class 10)
• bhūtala – surface of the earth, ground
  noun (neuter)
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance, resemblance
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• parvata – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)

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