योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-77, verse-33

आवर्तघर्घरारावा मिथो विदलनोद्यताः ।
जुघूर्णुरर्णवाकीर्णपर्णवत्प्रौढपर्वताः ॥ ३३ ॥

āvartaghargharārāvā mitho vidalanodyatāḥ ,
jughūrṇurarṇavākīrṇaparṇavatprauḍhaparvatāḥ 33

33. āvarta-ghargharā-rāvāḥ mithaḥ vidalana-udyatāḥ
juguhūrṇuḥ arṇava-ākīrṇa-parṇavat prauḍha-parvatāḥ

33. prauḍha-parvatāḥ āvarta-ghargharā-rāvāḥ mithaḥ
vidalana-udyatāḥ arṇava-ākīrṇa-parṇavat juguhūrṇuḥ

33. The mighty mountains, whose roars resembled the gurgling sound of whirlpools, intent on tearing each other apart, reeled like leaves scattered by the ocean.

33. כששאגות סחרור בוקעות ממורדותיהם והם מתנגשים זה בזה, ההרים הכבירים התנדנדו כמו עלים בודדים הנסחפים בים.

Words meanings summery:

• आवर्त-घर्घरा-रावाः (āvarta-ghargharā-rāvāḥ) - refers to the sound of the mountains (having roars like the gurgling of whirlpools)

• मिथः (mithaḥ) - mutually (between the mountains) (mutually, with each other, secretly, by turns)

• विदलन-उद्यताः (vidalana-udyatāḥ) - refers to the mountains striving to crush each other (intent on tearing apart, ready to split)

• जुगुहूर्णुः (juguhūrṇuḥ) - the mountains reeled (they reeled, they trembled, they shook)

• अर्णव-आकीर्ण-पर्णवत् (arṇava-ākīrṇa-parṇavat) - describes how the mountains reeled (like leaves scattered by the ocean)

• प्रौढ-पर्वताः (prauḍha-parvatāḥ) - the main subject of the verse, mountains undergoing destruction (mighty mountains, immense mountains)

Words meanings and morphology

आवर्त-घर्घरा-रावाः (āvarta-ghargharā-rāvāḥ) - refers to the sound of the mountains (having roars like the gurgling of whirlpools)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āvarta-ghargharā-rāva

āvarta-ghargharā-rāva - having the sound of gurgling whirlpools

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (āvarta+ghargharā+rāva)

• āvarta – whirlpool, eddy, turning, revolution
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• ghargharā – gurgling sound, rattling sound
  noun (feminine)
• rāva – roar, cry, sound
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root `ru` (to roar).
  Root: ru (class 2)

Note: Agrees with `prauḍha-parvatāḥ`.

मिथः (mithaḥ) - mutually (between the mountains) (mutually, with each other, secretly, by turns)

(indeclinable)

विदलन-उद्यताः (vidalana-udyatāḥ) - refers to the mountains striving to crush each other (intent on tearing apart, ready to split)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vidalana-udyata

vidalana-udyata - intent on splitting or tearing apart

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vidalana+udyata)

• vidalana – tearing apart, splitting, bursting
  noun (neuter)
  Action noun
  From root `dal` (to split, burst) with prefix `vi`.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: dal (class 1)
• udyata – ready, prepared, striving, intent
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `yam` (to restrain, hold) with prefix `ud`.
  Prefix: ud
  Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `prauḍha-parvatāḥ`.

जुगुहूर्णुः (juguhūrṇuḥ) - the mountains reeled (they reeled, they trembled, they shook)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (Lit) of ghūrṇ

Perfect Active

Reduplicated past tense, 3rd person plural.

Root: ghūrṇ (class 1)

अर्णव-आकीर्ण-पर्णवत् (arṇava-ākīrṇa-parṇavat) - describes how the mountains reeled (like leaves scattered by the ocean)

(indeclinable)

Compound ending in `vat` (like, similar to).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (arṇava+ākīrṇa+parṇa+vat)

• arṇava – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• ākīrṇa – scattered, spread, dispersed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `kṛ` (to scatter) with prefix `ā`.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 6)
• parṇa – leaf
  noun (neuter)
• vat – like, as, similar to (suffix forming adverbs)
  indeclinable
  Secondary suffix.

Note: Adverbial usage.

प्रौढ-पर्वताः (prauḍha-parvatāḥ) - the main subject of the verse, mountains undergoing destruction (mighty mountains, immense mountains)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prauḍha-parvata

prauḍha-parvata - mighty mountain

Compound type : karmadhāraya (prauḍha+parvata)

• prauḍha – mighty, large, mature, prominent
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `vah` (to carry) with prefixes `pra` and `ūḍha` (from `vah`). The root undergoes a specific sandhi (pra+ūḍha=prauḍha).
  Prefix: pra
  Root: vah (class 1)
• parvata – mountain
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the verb `juguhūrṇuḥ`.

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