योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-77, verse-8

नभःस्तम्भनिभाबन्धधारानीरन्ध्रवर्षणैः ।
कर्षणैः कल्पवह्नीनां छमच्छमघनध्वनि ॥ ८ ॥

nabhaḥstambhanibhābandhadhārānīrandhravarṣaṇaiḥ ,
karṣaṇaiḥ kalpavahnīnāṃ chamacchamaghanadhvani 8

8. nabhaḥstambhanibhābandhadhārānīrandhravarṣaṇaiḥ
karṣaṇaiḥ kalpavahnīnām chamacchamaghanadhvani

8. nabhaḥstambhanibhābandhadhārānīrandhravarṣaṇaiḥ
kalpavahnīnām karṣaṇaiḥ chamacchamaghanadhvani

8. By dense, continuous showers (varṣaṇa) that resembled streams binding the pillars of the sky, and by the attractions of the cosmic dissolution fires (kalpavahni), there was a dense, splashing (chamacchama) sound.

Words meanings summery:

• नभःस्तम्भनिभाबन्धधारानीरन्ध्रवर्षणैः (nabhaḥstambhanibhābandhadhārānīrandhravarṣaṇaiḥ) - by showers resembling dense streams that bind the sky-pillars

• कर्षणैः (karṣaṇaiḥ) - by the attractions, by the pullings, by the drawing

• कल्पवह्नीनाम् (kalpavahnīnām) - of the fires of cosmic dissolution

• छमच्छमघनध्वनि (chamacchamaghanadhvani) - a dense, splashing (chamacchama) sound

Words meanings and morphology

नभःस्तम्भनिभाबन्धधारानीरन्ध्रवर्षणैः (nabhaḥstambhanibhābandhadhārānīrandhravarṣaṇaiḥ) - by showers resembling dense streams that bind the sky-pillars

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nabhaḥstambhanibhābandhadhārānīrandhravarṣaṇa

nabhaḥstambhanibhābandhadhārānīrandhravarṣaṇa - showers resembling dense streams that bind the sky-pillars

Compound type : Bahuvrihi/Tatpurusha (nabhaḥ+stambha+nibhā+bandha+dhārā+nīrandhra+varṣaṇa)

• nabhaḥ – sky, atmosphere
  noun (neuter)
• stambha – pillar, column
  noun (masculine)
• nibhā – resemblance, likeness
  noun (feminine)
• bandha – binding, tie, bond
  noun (masculine)
• dhārā – stream, current, continuous flow
  noun (feminine)
• nīrandhra – dense, compact, continuous
  adjective
• varṣaṇa – raining, shower, downpour
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  Derived from √vṛṣ (to rain).
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Instrumental plural, indicating the means or agency.

कर्षणैः (karṣaṇaiḥ) - by the attractions, by the pullings, by the drawing

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of karṣaṇa

karṣaṇa - pulling, drawing, attraction, harrowing

action noun

Derived from √kṛṣ (to pull, draw).

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Instrumental plural, indicating the means or agency.

कल्पवह्नीनाम् (kalpavahnīnām) - of the fires of cosmic dissolution

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kalpavahni

kalpavahni - fire of cosmic dissolution, doomsday fire

Compound type : Tatpurusha (kalpa+vahni)

• kalpa – cosmic age, aeon, dissolution
  noun (masculine)
• vahni – fire, Agni
  noun (masculine)

Note: Genitive plural, indicating possession or source.

छमच्छमघनध्वनि (chamacchamaghanadhvani) - a dense, splashing (chamacchama) sound

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of chamacchamaghanadhvani

chamacchamaghanadhvani - a dense, splashing sound

Compound type : Karmadhāraya/Tatpurusha (chamacchama+ghana+dhvani)

• chamacchama – splashing, thudding sound (onomatopoeic)
  indeclinable
• ghana – dense, thick, heavy
  adjective
• dhvani – sound, noise
  noun (masculine)

Note: This is likely the subject or predicate nominative of an implied verb 'was'.

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