योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-77, verse-5

भ्रमद्भस्माभ्रधूम्राभ्रं बृहत्कल्पाभ्रसंभ्रमम् ।
बाष्पाभ्रविभ्रमोद्भ्रान्तसीकरोग्राभ्रवृन्दवत् ॥ ५ ॥

bhramadbhasmābhradhūmrābhraṃ bṛhatkalpābhrasaṃbhramam ,
bāṣpābhravibhramodbhrāntasīkarogrābhravṛndavat 5

5. bhramadbhasmābhradhūmrābhram bṛhatkalpābhrasaṃbhramam
bāṣpābhrāvibhrāntasīkarogrābravṛndavat

5. bhramadbhasmābhradhūmrābhram bṛhatkalpābhrasaṃbhramam
bāṣpābhrāvibhrāntasīkarogrābravṛndavat

5. Like a multitude of terrible clouds, whirling up spray, agitated by the deceptive appearance of vaporous clouds; [it was also] a vast, tumultuous mass of cosmic dissolution clouds (kalpa-abhra), which were smoke-grey and mixed with whirling ashes.

Words meanings summery:

• भ्रमद्भस्माभ्रधूम्राभ्रम् (bhramadbhasmābhradhūmrābhram) - a smoke-grey cloud of whirling ash-clouds

• बृहत्कल्पाभ्रसंभ्रमम् (bṛhatkalpābhrasaṁbhramam) - a vast tumultuous agitation of cosmic clouds (during a kalpa)

• बाष्पाभ्राविभ्रान्तसीकरोग्राब्रवृन्दवत् (bāṣpābhrāvibhrāntasīkarogrābravṛndavat) - like a host of terrible clouds, agitated by illusory vapor clouds and spray

Words meanings and morphology

भ्रमद्भस्माभ्रधूम्राभ्रम् (bhramadbhasmābhradhūmrābhram) - a smoke-grey cloud of whirling ash-clouds

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhramadbhasmābhradhūmrābhra

bhramadbhasmābhradhūmrābhra - smoke-grey cloud of whirling ash-clouds

Compound type : Karmadhāraya/Tatpurusha (bhramat+bhasma+abhra+dhūmra+abhra)

• bhramat – whirling, moving
  participle
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from √bhram (to whirl) + śatṛ suffix.
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• bhasma – ashes
  noun (neuter)
• abhra – cloud
  noun (neuter)
• dhūmra – smoke-colored, grey
  adjective
• abhra – cloud, sky
  noun (neuter)

Note: This is a long descriptive compound, functioning as an accusative noun in the sentence.

बृहत्कल्पाभ्रसंभ्रमम् (bṛhatkalpābhrasaṁbhramam) - a vast tumultuous agitation of cosmic clouds (during a kalpa)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bṛhatkalpābhrasaṃbhrama

bṛhatkalpābhrasaṁbhrama - vast tumultuous agitation of cosmic clouds (during a kalpa)

Compound type : Karmadhāraya/Tatpurusha (bṛhat+kalpa+abhra+saṃbhrama)

• bṛhat – vast, great, huge
  adjective
• kalpa – cosmic age, aeon, dissolution
  noun (masculine)
• abhra – cloud, sky
  noun (neuter)
• saṃbhrama – agitation, tumult, confusion, hurry
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam

Note: This is a long descriptive compound, functioning as an accusative noun.

बाष्पाभ्राविभ्रान्तसीकरोग्राब्रवृन्दवत् (bāṣpābhrāvibhrāntasīkarogrābravṛndavat) - like a host of terrible clouds, agitated by illusory vapor clouds and spray

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bāṣpābhrāvibhrāntasīkarogrābravṛndavat

bāṣpābhrāvibhrāntasīkarogrābravṛndavat - like a host of terrible clouds, agitated by illusory vapor clouds and spray

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (bāṣpa+abhra+vibhrāma+udbhrānta+sīkara+ugra+abhra+vṛnda+vat)

• bāṣpa – vapor, steam, tears
  noun (masculine)
• abhra – cloud
  noun (neuter)
• vibhrāma – illusion, error, confusion
  noun (masculine)
• udbhrānta – whirled up, agitated
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √bhram (to whirl) with ud- prefix.
  Prefix: ud
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• sīkara – spray, mist, drop of water
  noun (masculine)
• ugra – terrible, fierce, dreadful
  adjective
• abhra – cloud
  noun (neuter)
• vṛnda – multitude, host, group
  noun (neuter)
• vat – like, as if
  indeclinable
  Suffix -vat indicating similarity or possession.

Note: A large descriptive compound ending in the comparative suffix -vat, meaning 'like'.