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

नभःस्तम्भवृहद्धानोत्तालभास्करपुष्करः ।
धाराजालमहाम्भोदविलीननलिनीदलः ॥ ७ ॥

nabhaḥstambhavṛhaddhānottālabhāskarapuṣkaraḥ ,
dhārājālamahāmbhodavilīnanalinīdalaḥ 7

7. nabhaḥ-stambha-bṛhat-dhanu-uttāla-bhāskara-puṣkaraḥ
dhārā-jāla-mahā-ambhoda-vilīna-nalinī-dalaḥ

7. nabhaḥ-stambha-bṛhat-dhanu-uttāla-bhāskara-puṣkaraḥ
dhārā-jāla-mahā-ambhoda-vilīna-nalinī-dalaḥ

7. The deluge was one whose sky-pillar, great and bow-shaped, contained tremendous sun-like waters, and whose lotus leaves were completely dissolved into the great clouds of its networks of torrents.

Words meanings summery:

• नभः-स्तम्भ-बृहत्-धनु-उत्ताल-भास्कर-पुष्करः (nabhaḥ-stambha-bṛhat-dhanu-uttāla-bhāskara-puṣkaraḥ) - whose sky-pillar, great and bow-shaped, contained tremendous sun-like waters

• धारा-जाल-महा-अम्भोद-विलीन-नलिनी-दलः (dhārā-jāla-mahā-ambhoda-vilīna-nalinī-dalaḥ) - whose lotus leaves were completely dissolved into the great clouds of its networks of torrents

Words meanings and morphology

नभः-स्तम्भ-बृहत्-धनु-उत्ताल-भास्कर-पुष्करः (nabhaḥ-stambha-bṛhat-dhanu-uttāla-bhāskara-puṣkaraḥ) - whose sky-pillar, great and bow-shaped, contained tremendous sun-like waters

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nabhaḥ-stambha-bṛhat-dhanu-uttāla-bhāskara-puṣkara

nabhaḥ-stambha-bṛhat-dhanu-uttāla-bhāskara-puṣkara - having tremendous sun-like waters, (which formed) a great bow-shaped sky-pillar

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nabhaḥ-stambha+bṛhat+dhanu+uttāla+bhāskara-puṣkara)

• nabhaḥ-stambha – sky-pillar, pillar reaching the sky
  compound noun (masculine)
• bṛhat – great, vast, large
  adjective
• dhanu – bow, arch, rainbow
  noun (neuter)
• uttāla – tremendous, formidable, fierce
  adjective
  Prefix: ud
  Root: tal (class 1)
• bhāskara-puṣkara – sun-like water / sun-lotus / sun in the sky
  compound noun (neuter)

धारा-जाल-महा-अम्भोद-विलीन-नलिनी-दलः (dhārā-jāla-mahā-ambhoda-vilīna-nalinī-dalaḥ) - whose lotus leaves were completely dissolved into the great clouds of its networks of torrents

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhārā-jāla-mahā-ambhoda-vilīna-nalinī-dala

dhārā-jāla-mahā-ambhoda-vilīna-nalinī-dala - having lotus leaves dissolved into great clouds from networks of torrents

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dhārā-jāla+mahā-ambhoda+vilīna+nalinī-dala)

• dhārā-jāla – network/multitude of torrents/streams
  compound noun (neuter)
• mahā-ambhoda – great cloud
  compound noun (masculine)
• vilīna – dissolved, merged, hidden
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of vi-lī
  Prefix: vi
  Root: lī (class 4)
• nalinī-dala – lotus leaf
  compound noun (neuter)

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