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7,78

योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-78, verse-9

काष्ठवत्प्रोह्यमाणोग्रसुरासुरजनोत्करः ।
शनैः क्रमोच्छूनतया लिहन्नादित्यमण्डलम् ॥ ९ ॥
kāṣṭhavatprohyamāṇograsurāsurajanotkaraḥ ,
śanaiḥ kramocchūnatayā lihannādityamaṇḍalam 9
9. kāṣṭhavatprohyamāṇograsurāsurajanotkaraḥ
śanaiḥ kramocchūnatayā lihannādityamaṇḍalam
9. kāṣṭhavatprohyamāṇograsurāsurajanotkaraḥ
śanaiḥ kramocchūnatayā lihannādityamaṇḍalam
9. It is a multitude of fierce gods, demons, and people being swept away like logs of wood; slowly, by its gradual swelling, it licks the orb of the sun.

Words meanings summery:

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  • काष्ठवत्प्रोह्यमाणोग्रसुरासुरजनोत्करः (kāṣṭhavatprohyamāṇograsurāsurajanotkaraḥ) - describing the massive deluge sweeping away all beings, from gods to humans, as if they were mere debris (a multitude of fierce gods, demons, and people being swept away like logs of wood)
  • शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gradually
  • क्रमोच्छूनतया (kramocchūnatayā) - by the gradual increase in its size (referring to the deluge) (by gradual swelling/growth)
  • लिहन्नादित्यमण्डलम् (lihannādityamaṇḍalam) - the deluge expands so much it reaches and 'licks' or touches the solar disk (licking the orb of the sun)

Words meanings and morphology

काष्ठवत्प्रोह्यमाणोग्रसुरासुरजनोत्करः (kāṣṭhavatprohyamāṇograsurāsurajanotkaraḥ) - describing the massive deluge sweeping away all beings, from gods to humans, as if they were mere debris (a multitude of fierce gods, demons, and people being swept away like logs of wood)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kāṣṭhavatprohyamāṇograsurāsurajanotkara
kāṣṭhavatprohyamāṇograsurāsurajanotkara - one who is a multitude of fierce gods, demons, and people being swept away like logs of wood
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kāṣṭhavat+prohyamāṇa+ugra+sura+asura+jana+utkara)
  • kāṣṭhavat – like wood, like a log
    indeclinable
    Suffix 'vat' indicating similarity.
  • prohyamāṇa – being swept away, being carried forward
    participle (masculine)
    Present Passive Participle
    Derived from root 'vah' (to carry) with upasarga 'pra' and passive participle suffix 'śānac'.
    Prefix: pra
    Root: vah (class 1)
  • ugra – fierce, terrible, violent
    adjective (masculine)
  • sura – god, deity
    noun (masculine)
  • asura – demon, titan, anti-god
    noun (masculine)
  • jana – person, people, human
    noun (masculine)
  • utkara – multitude, heap, mass
    noun (masculine)
शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gradually
(indeclinable)
क्रमोच्छूनतया (kramocchūnatayā) - by the gradual increase in its size (referring to the deluge) (by gradual swelling/growth)
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, singular of kramocchūnatā
kramocchūnatā - gradual swelling/growth, progressive increase
Derived from 'krama' (succession) and 'ucchūnatā' (swelling).
Compound type : tatpurusha (krama+ucchūnatā)
  • krama – step, course, order, succession, gradualness
    noun (masculine)
    Root: kram (class 1)
  • ucchūnatā – swelling, rising, exuberance
    noun (feminine)
    Derived from 'ucchūna' (swollen) with suffix 'tā'.
लिहन्नादित्यमण्डलम् (lihannādityamaṇḍalam) - the deluge expands so much it reaches and 'licks' or touches the solar disk (licking the orb of the sun)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of lihannādityamaṇḍala
lihannādityamaṇḍala - one who is licking the orb of the sun
Compound type : tatpurusha (lihan+ādityamaṇḍala)
  • lihan – licking
    participle (masculine)
    Present Active Participle
    Derived from root 'lih' (to lick) with present active participle suffix.
    Root: lih (class 2)
  • ādityamaṇḍala – orb of the sun, solar disk
    noun (neuter)
    Compound of 'āditya' (sun) and 'maṇḍala' (orb/disk).
Note: Acts as an adjective for the implicit subject (the deluge).