योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-78, verse-17

मृतामृतमहद्भूतमज्जनोन्मज्जनाकुलान् ।
तरंगमकरावर्तप्रतिबिम्बान्वितानिव ॥ १७ ॥

mṛtāmṛtamahadbhūtamajjanonmajjanākulān ,
taraṃgamakarāvartapratibimbānvitāniva 17

17. mṛtāmṛtamahadbhūtamajjanonmajjanākulān
taraṅgamakarāvartapratibimbānvitān iva

17. mṛtāmṛtamahadbhūtamajjanonmajjanākulān
taraṅgamakarāvartapratibimbānvitān iva

17. (They were) agitated by the immersion and emergence of great beings, both mortal and immortal, and (appeared) as if endowed with reflections of waves, sea-monsters (makara), and whirlpools.

Words meanings summery:

• मृतामृतमहद्भूतमज्जनोन्मज्जनाकुलान् (mṛtāmṛtamahadbhūtamajjanonmajjanākulān) - Describes creatures or objects tossed about by cosmic water. (agitated by the diving and rising of dead and immortal great beings.)

• तरङ्गमकरावर्तप्रतिबिम्बान्वितान् (taraṅgamakarāvartapratibimbānvitān) - Describes creatures or objects affected by cosmic water. (endowed with reflections of waves, sea-monsters (makara), and whirlpools.)

• इव (iva) - like, as if.

Words meanings and morphology

मृतामृतमहद्भूतमज्जनोन्मज्जनाकुलान् (mṛtāmṛtamahadbhūtamajjanonmajjanākulān) - Describes creatures or objects tossed about by cosmic water. (agitated by the diving and rising of dead and immortal great beings.)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mṛtāmṛtamahadbhūtamajjanonmajjanākula

mṛtāmṛtamahadbhūtamajjanonmajjanākula - Agitated by the immersion and emergence of great beings, both mortal and immortal.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛta+amṛta+mahat+bhūta+majjana+unmajjana+ākula)

• mṛta – dead, deceased
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  From root mṛ (to die), class 6.
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• amṛta – immortal, nectar, ambrosia
  adjective
• mahat – great, large, important
  adjective
• bhūta – being, creature, element
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bhū (to be, become), class 1.
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• majjana – plunging, immersing, diving
  noun (neuter)
• unmajjana – emerging, rising up
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: ud
• ākula – agitated, confused, distressed
  adjective

Note: Describes something in accusative plural.

तरङ्गमकरावर्तप्रतिबिम्बान्वितान् (taraṅgamakarāvartapratibimbānvitān) - Describes creatures or objects affected by cosmic water. (endowed with reflections of waves, sea-monsters (makara), and whirlpools.)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of taraṅgamakarāvartapratibimbānvita

taraṅgamakarāvartapratibimbānvita - Endowed with reflections of waves, sea-monsters (makara), and whirlpools.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (taraṅga+makara+āvarta+pratibimba+anvita)

• taraṅga – wave
  noun (masculine)
• makara – sea-monster, crocodile
  noun (masculine)
• āvarta – whirlpool, eddy
  noun (masculine)
• pratibimba – reflection, image
  noun (neuter)
• anvita – endowed with, accompanied by
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  From root i (to go) with prefix anu.
  Prefix: anu
  Root: i

इव (iva) - like, as if.

(indeclinable)

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