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.

7. גלגלי השמש הנעלים נראו כפרחי נילוף בתוך ענני המבול הכבדים, והקשת בענן הגדולה נמתחה ברקיע כמו עמוד.

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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