योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-78, verse-5

मेरुमन्दरकैलासविन्ध्यसह्यजलेचरः ।
गलितावनिपङ्कान्तर्लीनव्यालमृणालकः ॥ ५ ॥

merumandarakailāsavindhyasahyajalecaraḥ ,
galitāvanipaṅkāntarlīnavyālamṛṇālakaḥ 5

5. meru-mandara-kailāsa-vindhya-sahya-jala-caraḥ
galita-avani-paṅka-antar-līna-vyāla-mṛṇālakaḥ

5. meru-mandara-kailāsa-vindhya-sahya-jala-caraḥ
galita-avani-paṅka-antar-līna-vyāla-mṛṇālakaḥ

5. The deluge was one whose aquatic dwellers were the Meru, Mandara, Kailasa, Vindhya, and Sahya mountains, and within whose decayed earth-mud were hidden snakes and lotus stems.

5. ההרים הגדולים מֵרוּ, מַנְדַרַה, קַאילָאָשָׁה, וִנְדְהְיַה וְסַהְיַה שטו במים כמו יצורים ימיים, והנחשים נקברו בבוץ שנמס מהאדמה כמו שורשי נילוף.

Words meanings summery:

• मेरु-मन्दर-कैलास-विन्ध्य-सह्य-जल-चरः (meru-mandara-kailāsa-vindhya-sahya-jala-caraḥ) - whose aquatic dwellers were the Meru, Mandara, Kailasa, Vindhya, and Sahya mountains

• गलित-अवनि-पङ्क-अन्तर्-लीन-व्याल-मृणालकः (galita-avani-paṅka-antar-līna-vyāla-mṛṇālakaḥ) - within whose decayed earth-mud were hidden snakes and lotus stems

Words meanings and morphology

मेरु-मन्दर-कैलास-विन्ध्य-सह्य-जल-चरः (meru-mandara-kailāsa-vindhya-sahya-jala-caraḥ) - whose aquatic dwellers were the Meru, Mandara, Kailasa, Vindhya, and Sahya mountains

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of meru-mandara-kailāsa-vindhya-sahya-jala-cara

meru-mandara-kailāsa-vindhya-sahya-jala-cara - having Meru, Mandara, Kailasa, Vindhya, Sahya as its aquatic creatures

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (meru+mandara+kailāsa+vindhya+sahya+jala-cara)

• meru – Mount Meru (mythical mountain)
  proper noun (masculine)
• mandara – Mount Mandara (mythical mountain)
  proper noun (masculine)
• kailāsa – Mount Kailasa (sacred mountain)
  proper noun (masculine)
• vindhya – Vindhya mountains (mountain range in India)
  proper noun (masculine)
• sahya – Sahya mountains (Western Ghats in India)
  proper noun (masculine)
• jala-cara – moving in water, aquatic (creature)
  compound noun (masculine)

गलित-अवनि-पङ्क-अन्तर्-लीन-व्याल-मृणालकः (galita-avani-paṅka-antar-līna-vyāla-mṛṇālakaḥ) - within whose decayed earth-mud were hidden snakes and lotus stems

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of galita-avani-paṅka-antar-līna-vyāla-mṛṇālaka

galita-avani-paṅka-antar-līna-vyāla-mṛṇālaka - having snakes and lotus stems hidden within its decayed earth-mud

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (galita+avani-paṅka+antar+līna+vyāla+mṛṇālaka)

• galita – decayed, fallen, melted
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root gal
  Root: gal (class 1)
• avani-paṅka – earth-mud, mire of the earth
  compound noun (masculine)
• antar – within, inside, amidst
  indeclinable
• līna – hidden, merged, dissolved
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root lī
  Root: lī (class 4)
• vyāla – snake, serpent, vicious animal
  noun (masculine)
• mṛṇālaka – lotus stem, lotus fiber
  noun (neuter)

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