योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-77, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
अथावनिपयस्तेजःपवनानां युगक्षये ।
जाते परमसंक्षोभे बभूवास्मिञ्जगत्त्रयम् ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
athāvanipayastejaḥpavanānāṃ yugakṣaye ,
jāte paramasaṃkṣobhe babhūvāsmiñjagattrayam 1

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca atha avani-payas-tejaḥ-pavanānām
yugakṣaye jāte paramasaṃkṣobhe babhūva asmin jagat-trayam

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca atha yugakṣaye avani-payas-tejaḥ-pavanānām
jāte paramasaṃkṣobhe asmin jagat-trayam babhūva

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Then, at the dissolution of the age (yugakṣaya), when a supreme agitation of earth, water, fire, and wind had arisen, these three worlds existed in that state of great turmoil.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - The revered sage Vasiṣṭha, who is narrating the Yoga Vasiṣṭha. (Śrī Vasiṣṭha (a revered sage))

• उवाच (uvāca) - Declared or stated by Śrī Vasiṣṭha. (said, spoke)

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

• अवनि-पयस्-तेजः-पवनानाम् (avani-payas-tejaḥ-pavanānām) - Referring to the primary material elements of the universe. (of earth, water, fire, and wind)

• युगक्षये (yugakṣaye) - Referring to the cosmic dissolution (pralaya) when a yuga (age) comes to its end. (at the dissolution of the age, at the end of an eon)

• जाते (jāte) - Referring to the supreme agitation having manifested or come into being. (having arisen, having occurred, being born)

• परमसंक्षोभे (paramasaṁkṣobhe) - Referring to the immense cosmic upheaval or disturbance during dissolution. (in the supreme agitation, in the great disturbance)

• बभूव (babhūva) - The state in which the three worlds found themselves during the dissolution. (became, existed, happened)

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - Referring to the specific state or condition described by the preceding phrase. (in this, here)

• जगत्-त्रयम् (jagat-trayam) - The three traditional realms (heaven, earth, and netherworld) of Hindu cosmology. (the three worlds)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - The revered sage Vasiṣṭha, who is narrating the Yoga Vasiṣṭha. (Śrī Vasiṣṭha (a revered sage))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - The revered sage Vasiṣṭha, a prominent figure in Hindu mythology.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – reverence, prosperity, fortune, beauty
  noun (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – most excellent, best; name of a celebrated Vedic sage
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - Declared or stated by Śrī Vasiṣṭha. (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect past (lit) of vac

perfect tense form

Root `vac` (2nd class), perfect active 3rd person singular. Formed irregularly.

Root: vac (class 2)

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

(indeclinable)

अवनि-पयस्-तेजः-पवनानाम् (avani-payas-tejaḥ-pavanānām) - Referring to the primary material elements of the universe. (of earth, water, fire, and wind)

(noun)

Genitive, plural of avani-payas-tejas-pavana

avani-payas-tejas-pavana - Earth, water, fire, and wind (the four primary elements)

Compound type : dvandva (avani+payas+tejas+pavana)

• avani – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• payas – water, milk
  noun (neuter)
• tejas – fire, light, energy, brilliance
  noun (neuter)
• pavana – wind, air; purificatory
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from the root 'pū' (to purify, to blow).
  Root: pū (class 1)

Note: Denotes possession or relation; here, indicating the entities undergoing the agitation.

युगक्षये (yugakṣaye) - Referring to the cosmic dissolution (pralaya) when a yuga (age) comes to its end. (at the dissolution of the age, at the end of an eon)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yugakṣaya

yugakṣaya - dissolution of an age, end of a cosmic cycle (yuga)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yuga+kṣaya)

• yuga – age, epoch, eon, period
  noun (masculine)
• kṣaya – dissolution, destruction, loss, end
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṣi (class 5)

Note: Indicates the time when the event occurs.

जाते (jāte) - Referring to the supreme agitation having manifested or come into being. (having arisen, having occurred, being born)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, occurred, become

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `jan` (to be born, produce), 4th class, P. `janyate`. Past participle.

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction (`jāte paramasaṃkṣobhe`).

परमसंक्षोभे (paramasaṁkṣobhe) - Referring to the immense cosmic upheaval or disturbance during dissolution. (in the supreme agitation, in the great disturbance)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of paramasaṃkṣobha

paramasaṁkṣobha - supreme agitation, great disturbance, extreme commotion

Compound type : karmadhāraya (parama+saṃkṣobha)

• parama – supreme, highest, ultimate, greatest
  adjective (masculine)
• saṃkṣobha – agitation, disturbance, commotion, perturbation
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from `sam-` + `kṣubh` + `a` (Ghañ pratyaya).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kṣubh (class 1)

Note: Governed by `jāte` in the locative absolute.

बभूव (babhūva) - The state in which the three worlds found themselves during the dissolution. (became, existed, happened)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect past (lit) of bhū

perfect tense form

Root `bhū` (1st class), perfect active 3rd person singular.

Root: bhū (class 1)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - Referring to the specific state or condition described by the preceding phrase. (in this, here)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: The locative `asmin` refers to the state of affairs or the environment.

जगत्-त्रयम् (jagat-trayam) - The three traditional realms (heaven, earth, and netherworld) of Hindu cosmology. (the three worlds)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat-traya

jagat-traya - the three worlds (earth, atmosphere/heaven, and netherworld)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jagat+traya)

• jagat – world, universe, moving, living beings
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root `gam` with reduplication and `at` suffix.
  Root: gam (class 1)
• traya – group of three, triad
  noun (neuter)
  From `tri` (three).

Note: Subject of `babhūva`.