योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-76, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
अथ कल्पान्तमरुति वहत्यवधुताचले ।
बलेनाम्भोधिकल्लोलैर्नभस्यावर्तकारिणि ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
atha kalpāntamaruti vahatyavadhutācale ,
balenāmbhodhikallolairnabhasyāvartakāriṇi 1

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca atha kalpāntamaruti vahati avadhūtācale
balena ambhodhikallolaiḥ nabhasi āvartakāriṇi

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca atha kalpāntamaruti vahati balena
avadhūtācale ambhodhikallolaiḥ nabhasi āvartakāriṇi

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Then, when the wind of the end of the cosmic cycle (kalpa) was blowing, shaking the mountains and, with the ocean waves, creating whirlpools in the sky...

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - The sage Vasiṣṭha, speaker of these verses (The venerable Vasiṣṭha)

• उवाच (uvāca) - Vasiṣṭha narrated (said, spoke)

• अथ (atha) - Introduces the next point in the narrative (then, now, thereupon)

• कल्पान्तमरुति (kalpāntamaruti) - Refers to the powerful destructive wind at the conclusion of a cosmic age (kalpa) (in the wind of the end of the kalpa (cosmic age))

• वहति (vahati) - When the wind was blowing (blowing, carrying, flowing)

• अवधूताचले (avadhūtācale) - The wind was violently shaking mountains (shaking the mountains)

• बलेन (balena) - The wind acts with great power (with force, by strength)

• अम्भोधिकल्लोलैः (ambhodhikallolaiḥ) - The wind is accompanied by or causes huge ocean waves (by the waves of the oceans)

• नभसि (nabhasi) - The wind causes phenomena in the sky (in the sky, in the atmosphere)

• आवर्त-कारिणि (āvarta-kāriṇi) - The wind generates turbulent whirlpools in the sky (creating whirlpools, making eddies)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - The sage Vasiṣṭha, speaker of these verses (The venerable Vasiṣṭha)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - venerable Vasiṣṭha (proper noun)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – prosperity, glory, beauty, venerable
  adjective (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – best, most excellent; name of a celebrated Vedic sage
  proper noun (masculine)
  Superlative form of vasu (good)
  Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Speaker

उवाच (uvāca) - Vasiṣṭha narrated (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Past Tense (Perfect)

3rd person singular, active voice

Root: vac (class 2)

अथ (atha) - Introduces the next point in the narrative (then, now, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

कल्पान्तमरुति (kalpāntamaruti) - Refers to the powerful destructive wind at the conclusion of a cosmic age (kalpa) (in the wind of the end of the kalpa (cosmic age))

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kalpāntamarut

kalpāntamarut - the wind (marut) at the end (anta) of a kalpa (cosmic age)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kalpa+anta+marut)

• kalpa – a cosmic age, a day of Brahmā (4.32 billion years); rule, sacred precept
  noun (masculine)
  From √kḷp (to be arranged, be fit)
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• anta – end, limit, conclusion
  noun (masculine)
• marut – wind, air; god of wind
  noun (masculine)
  From √mṛ (to die) or √mṛ (to move)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction

वहति (vahati) - When the wind was blowing (blowing, carrying, flowing)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of vahat

vahat - blowing, carrying, moving

Present Active Participle

From √vah (to carry, bear, flow). Or from √vā (to blow). In locative singular for maruti

Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Agrees with kalpāntamaruti

अवधूताचले (avadhūtācale) - The wind was violently shaking mountains (shaking the mountains)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of avadhūtācala

avadhūtācala - having mountains (acala) shaken (avadhūta)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (avadhūta+acala)

• avadhūta – shaken, agitated, dispelled
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From ava-√dhū (to shake off, dispel)
  Prefix: ava
  Root: dhū (class 5)
• acala – mountain, immovable
  noun (masculine)
  a + cala (not moving)
  Prefix: a
  Root: cal (class 1)

Note: Agrees with kalpāntamaruti

बलेन (balena) - The wind acts with great power (with force, by strength)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force

Root: bal (class 1)

Note: Adverbial use

अम्भोधिकल्लोलैः (ambhodhikallolaiḥ) - The wind is accompanied by or causes huge ocean waves (by the waves of the oceans)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of ambhodhikallola

ambhodhikallola - waves (kallola) of the oceans (ambhodhi)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ambhodhi+kallola)

• ambhodhi – ocean, sea (ambhas + dhā, holding water)
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of ambhas (water) and dhi (holding)
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• kallola – wave, billow
  noun (masculine)
  From √kall (to sound, make a noise)
  Root: kall (class 1)

Note: Describes the means or accompaniment

नभसि (nabhasi) - The wind causes phenomena in the sky (in the sky, in the atmosphere)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of nabhas

nabhas - sky, atmosphere, ether

From √nabh (to burst, tear, or from na-bha no light)

Root: nabhas

Note: Indicates location

आवर्त-कारिणि (āvarta-kāriṇi) - The wind generates turbulent whirlpools in the sky (creating whirlpools, making eddies)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of āvartakārin

āvartakārin - creator of whirlpools (āvarta)

Agent Noun suffix (-in)

From āvarta (whirlpool) + kārin (maker)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āvarta+kārin)

• āvarta – whirlpool, eddy, whirl
  noun (masculine)
  From ā-√vṛt (to turn around)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• kārin – making, doing, causing, effecting
  adjective
  Agent Noun (-in)
  From √kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with kalpāntamaruti

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