योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-77, verse-2

तापिच्छविपिनोड्डीतिनिभभस्माभ्रभासुरम् ।
महार्णवमहावर्तवृत्ति धूमविवर्तनम् ॥ २ ॥

tāpicchavipinoḍḍītinibhabhasmābhrabhāsuram ,
mahārṇavamahāvartavṛtti dhūmavivartanam 2

2. tāpiccha-vipina-uḍḍīti-nibha-bhasma-abhra-bhāsuram
mahārṇava-mahāvarta-vṛtti dhūma-vivartanam

2. tāpiccha-vipina-uḍḍīti-nibha-bhasma-abhra-bhāsuram
mahārṇava-mahāvarta-vṛtti dhūma-vivartanam

2. (The three worlds were) glistening with ash-clouds that resembled the soaring up of a dark tāpiccha (tāpiccha) forest, and were a churning swirl of smoke behaving like the mighty whirlpools of a great ocean.

Words meanings summery:

• तापिच्छ-विपिन-उड्डीति-निभ-भस्म-अभ्र-भासुरम् (tāpiccha-vipina-uḍḍīti-nibha-bhasma-abhra-bhāsuram) - Describing the appearance of the three worlds during dissolution as ominously glowing with dark, turbulent ash clouds. (shining with ash-clouds resembling the soaring up of a tāpiccha forest)

• महार्णव-महावर्त-वृत्ति (mahārṇava-mahāvarta-vṛtti) - Describes the turbulent, swirling nature of the smoke, comparing it to massive oceanic whirlpools during cosmic destruction. (having the nature/movement of great whirlpools in a great ocean)

• धूम-विवर्तनम् (dhūma-vivartanam) - The actual phenomenon of smoke whirling during the cosmic dissolution. (a swirling of smoke, rotation of smoke)

Words meanings and morphology

तापिच्छ-विपिन-उड्डीति-निभ-भस्म-अभ्र-भासुरम् (tāpiccha-vipina-uḍḍīti-nibha-bhasma-abhra-bhāsuram) - Describing the appearance of the three worlds during dissolution as ominously glowing with dark, turbulent ash clouds. (shining with ash-clouds resembling the soaring up of a tāpiccha forest)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of tāpiccha-vipina-uḍḍīti-nibha-bhasma-abhra-bhāsura

tāpiccha-vipina-uḍḍīti-nibha-bhasma-abhra-bhāsura - (something) shining with ash-clouds resembling the rising/flying up of a tāpiccha forest

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tāpiccha-vipina-uḍḍīti-nibha+bhasma-abhra+bhāsura)

• tāpiccha – tāpiccha tree (a tree with dark bark and flowers, *Garcinia xanthochymus*)
  noun (masculine)
• vipina – forest, grove, wood
  noun (neuter)
• uḍḍīti – flying up, soaring, upward flight
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from `ud` (upward) + `ḍī` (to fly) + `ktin` suffix.
  Prefix: ud
  Root: ḍī (class 4)
• nibha – like, resembling, similar to
  adjective (masculine)
• bhasma – ash, cinder, calcined powder
  noun (neuter)
• abhra – cloud, sky
  noun (neuter)
• bhāsura – shining, radiant, brilliant, glittering
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root `bhās` (to shine).
  Root: bhās (class 1)

Note: Describes `jagat-trayam` from the previous verse.

महार्णव-महावर्त-वृत्ति (mahārṇava-mahāvarta-vṛtti) - Describes the turbulent, swirling nature of the smoke, comparing it to massive oceanic whirlpools during cosmic destruction. (having the nature/movement of great whirlpools in a great ocean)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of mahārṇava-mahāvarta-vṛtti

mahārṇava-mahāvarta-vṛtti - (that which has) the movement/nature of great whirlpools in a great ocean

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahārṇava+mahāvarta+vṛtti)

• mahārṇava – great ocean, vast sea
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of `mahā` (great) + `arṇava` (ocean).
• mahāvarta – great whirlpool, huge eddy
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of `mahā` (great) + `āvarta` (whirlpool).
  Prefix: ā
• vṛtti – state, condition, mode of being, movement, course, action
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root `vṛt` (to be, to exist, to turn) + `ktin` suffix.
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Describes the characteristic of the smoke's swirling.

धूम-विवर्तनम् (dhūma-vivartanam) - The actual phenomenon of smoke whirling during the cosmic dissolution. (a swirling of smoke, rotation of smoke)

(noun)

neuter, singular of dhūma-vivartana

dhūma-vivartana - swirling of smoke, smoke-whirl

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dhūma+vivartana)

• dhūma – smoke, vapor
  noun (masculine)
• vivartana – whirling, revolving, turning round, transformation
  noun (neuter)
  verbal noun
  Derived from `vi-` + `vṛt` (to turn) + `ana` suffix.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Forms the second descriptive phrase for `jagat-trayam`.