योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-76, verse-26

उष्ट्रसैन्यमिवालक्ष्य गतिमन्निकटं नभः ।
आययावञ्जनश्यामः कल्पाम्बुदगणः क्वणन् ॥ २६ ॥

uṣṭrasainyamivālakṣya gatimannikaṭaṃ nabhaḥ ,
āyayāvañjanaśyāmaḥ kalpāmbudagaṇaḥ kvaṇan 26

26. uṣṭrasainyam iva ālakṣya gatimat nikaṭam nabhaḥ
āyayau añjanaśyāmaḥ kalpāmbudagaṇaḥ kvaṇan

26. añjanaśyāmaḥ kvaṇan kalpāmbudagaṇaḥ uṣṭrasainyam
iva ālakṣya gatimat nikaṭam nabhaḥ āyayau

26. Like a camel army (uṣṭra-sainya), perceivable near the moving, nearby sky (nabhaḥ), a host of cosmic dissolution (kalpa) clouds (ambuda), dark as collyrium (añjana) and thundering, arrived.

Words meanings summery:

• उष्ट्रसैन्यम् (uṣṭrasainyam) - camel army

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• आलक्ष्य (ālakṣya) - perceivable, appearing (perceivable, visible; having perceived)

• गतिमत् (gatimat) - moving, having motion

• निकटम् (nikaṭam) - nearby, close

• नभः (nabhaḥ) - sky (sky, atmosphere, cloud, space)

• आययौ (āyayau) - arrived, came

• अञ्जनश्यामः (añjanaśyāmaḥ) - dark as collyrium

• कल्पाम्बुदगणः (kalpāmbudagaṇaḥ) - host of cosmic dissolution clouds

• क्वणन् (kvaṇan) - thundering, roaring, making noise

Words meanings and morphology

उष्ट्रसैन्यम् (uṣṭrasainyam) - camel army

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of uṣṭrasainya

uṣṭrasainya - camel army

Compound type : Tatpurusha (uṣṭra+sainya)

• uṣṭra – camel
  noun (masculine)
• sainya – army, host, multitude
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

आलक्ष्य (ālakṣya) - perceivable, appearing (perceivable, visible; having perceived)

(indeclinable)

Gerundive/Absolutive

Can function as a gerundive (to be seen) or an absolutive (having seen/perceived). Here used adverbially.

Prefix: ā

Root: lakṣ (class 10)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'visibly' or 'appearing as'.

गतिमत् (gatimat) - moving, having motion

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gatimat

gatimat - moving, having motion, agile

Possessive suffix -mat added to gati (motion).

Note: Agrees with nabhaḥ.

निकटम् (nikaṭam) - nearby, close

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nikaṭa

nikaṭa - near, close, adjacent, proximity

Note: Agrees with nabhaḥ.

नभः (nabhaḥ) - sky (sky, atmosphere, cloud, space)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nabhas

nabhas - sky, atmosphere, cloud, ether, space

आययौ (āyayau) - arrived, came

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of ā-yā

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

अञ्जनश्यामः (añjanaśyāmaḥ) - dark as collyrium

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of añjanaśyāma

añjanaśyāma - dark as collyrium (añjana), dark blue-black

Compound type : Tatpurusha (añjana+śyāma)

• añjana – collyrium, antimony (used as eyeliner); black pigment
  noun (neuter)
• śyāma – dark, blackish, dark blue
  adjective (masculine)

कल्पाम्बुदगणः (kalpāmbudagaṇaḥ) - host of cosmic dissolution clouds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kalpāmbudagaṇa

kalpāmbudagaṇa - host of cosmic dissolution (kalpa) clouds

Compound type : Tatpurusha (kalpa+ambuda+gaṇa)

• kalpa – aeon, cosmic cycle, dissolution
  noun (masculine)
• ambuda – cloud (lit. water-giver)
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of ambu (water) and da (giver).
• gaṇa – host, multitude, collection, group
  noun (masculine)

क्वणन् (kvaṇan) - thundering, roaring, making noise

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kvaṇat

kvaṇat - thundering, roaring, sounding, buzzing

Present Active Participle

From root kvaṇ (to sound).

Root: kvaṇ (class 1)

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