योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-78, verse-6

अर्धदग्धद्रुमवनव्यूहशैवलसंकटः ।
त्रैलोक्यभस्मसंसृष्ट आसीत्कर्दमकुत्सितः ॥ ६ ॥

ardhadagdhadrumavanavyūhaśaivalasaṃkaṭaḥ ,
trailokyabhasmasaṃsṛṣṭa āsītkardamakutsitaḥ 6

6. ardha-dagdha-druma-vana-vyūha-śaivala-saṅkaṭaḥ
trailokya-bhasma-saṃsṛṣṭaḥ āsīt kardama-kutsitaḥ

6. ardha-dagdha-druma-vana-vyūha-śaivala-saṅkaṭaḥ
trailokya-bhasma-saṃsṛṣṭaḥ kardama-kutsitaḥ āsīt

6. The deluge was one dense with masses of half-burnt forest trees and algae, and mingled with the ashes of the three worlds. It was abominable due to mud.

6. המים היו מלאים ביערות עצים חצי שרופים שנראו כאצות, והיו מעורבבים באפר של שלושת העולמות, וכך הפכו לבוץ מגעיל ומכוער.

Words meanings summery:

• अर्ध-दग्ध-द्रुम-वन-व्यूह-शैवल-सङ्कटः (ardha-dagdha-druma-vana-vyūha-śaivala-saṅkaṭaḥ) - dense with masses of half-burnt forest trees and algae

• त्रैलोक्य-भस्म-संसृष्टः (trailokya-bhasma-saṁsṛṣṭaḥ) - mingled with the ashes of the three worlds

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was

• कर्दम-कुत्सितः (kardama-kutsitaḥ) - abominable due to mud

Words meanings and morphology

अर्ध-दग्ध-द्रुम-वन-व्यूह-शैवल-सङ्कटः (ardha-dagdha-druma-vana-vyūha-śaivala-saṅkaṭaḥ) - dense with masses of half-burnt forest trees and algae

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ardha-dagdha-druma-vana-vyūha-śaivala-saṅkaṭa

ardha-dagdha-druma-vana-vyūha-śaivala-saṅkaṭa - having masses of half-burnt forest trees and algae that are dense/distressed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ardha+dagdha+druma-vana+vyūha+śaivala+saṅkaṭa)

• ardha – half, part
  indeclinable
• dagdha – burnt, consumed by fire
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root dah
  Root: dah (class 1)
• druma-vana – forest of trees
  compound noun (neuter)
• vyūha – mass, multitude, array, formation
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: ūh (class 1)
• śaivala – algae, moss, water-plant
  noun (neuter)
• saṅkaṭa – dense, full of, difficult, distressed
  adjective
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kaṭ (class 1)

त्रैलोक्य-भस्म-संसृष्टः (trailokya-bhasma-saṁsṛṣṭaḥ) - mingled with the ashes of the three worlds

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of trailokya-bhasma-saṃsṛṣṭa

trailokya-bhasma-saṁsṛṣṭa - mingled with the ashes of the three worlds

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (trailokya+bhasma+saṃsṛṣṭa)

• trailokya – the three worlds (heaven, earth, and netherworld)
  noun (neuter)
• bhasma – ash, dust
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bhas
• saṃsṛṣṭa – mixed, mingled with, joined
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of sam-sṛj
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛj (class 6)

आसीत् (āsīt) - was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

कर्दम-कुत्सितः (kardama-kutsitaḥ) - abominable due to mud

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kardama-kutsita

kardama-kutsita - abominable with mud, vile due to mud

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kardama+kutsita)

• kardama – mud, mire, dirt
  noun (masculine)
• kutsita – despised, abominable, vile, dirty
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root kuts
  Root: kuts (class 1)

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