योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-80, verse-4

तत एकार्णवापूरो विरिञ्चनगरान्तरम् ।
रात्रौ भुवमिव ध्वान्तं पूरयामास सूर्मिमान् ॥ ४ ॥

tata ekārṇavāpūro viriñcanagarāntaram ,
rātrau bhuvamiva dhvāntaṃ pūrayāmāsa sūrmimān 4

4. tataḥ eka-arṇava-āpūraḥ virañca-nagara-antaram
rātrau bhuvam iva dhvāntam pūrayāmāsa su-ūrmi-mān

4. tataḥ,
su-ūrmi-mān eka-arṇava-āpūraḥ,
rātrau dhvāntam bhuvam iva,
virañca-nagara-antaram pūrayāmāsa.

4. Then, a surging flood from the primal ocean (ekārṇava) filled the interior of Brahmā's city, just as darkness fills the earth at night.

4. לאחר מכן, הציף נחשול האוקיינוס הקוסמי היחיד את פנים עירו של וִירַנְצִ'י בגלים כבירים, כשם שהחושך ממלא את הארץ בלילה.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• एक-अर्णव-आपूरः (eka-arṇava-āpūraḥ) - a flood of the primal ocean

• विरञ्च-नगर-अन्तरम् (virañca-nagara-antaram) - the interior of Brahmā's city

• रात्रौ (rātrau) - at night

• भुवम् (bhuvam) - the earth, world

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• ध्वान्तम् (dhvāntam) - darkness

• पूरयामास (pūrayāmāsa) - he filled, it filled

• सु-ऊर्मि-मान् (su-ūrmi-mān) - having good waves, surging

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

एक-अर्णव-आपूरः (eka-arṇava-āpūraḥ) - a flood of the primal ocean

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ekārṇavāpūra

ekārṇavāpūra - a flood or overflow of the single ocean (primal ocean)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (eka+arṇava+āpūra)

• eka – one, single, sole
  adjective (masculine)
• arṇava – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• āpūra – flood, overflow, fullness
  noun (masculine)
  From prefix 'ā' + root 'pṛ' (to fill).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: pṛ (class 3)

विरञ्च-नगर-अन्तरम् (virañca-nagara-antaram) - the interior of Brahmā's city

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of virañcanagarāntara

virañcanagarāntara - the interior or inner part of Brahmā's city

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (virañci+nagara+antara)

• virañci – Viriñca, a name for Brahmā
  proper noun (masculine)
• nagara – city, town
  noun (neuter)
• antara – interior, inside, interval, space
  noun (neuter)

रात्रौ (rātrau) - at night

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of rātri

rātri - night

भुवम् (bhuvam) - the earth, world

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhū

bhū - earth, ground, place, world

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

ध्वान्तम् (dhvāntam) - darkness

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhvānta

dhvānta - darkness, gloom

From root 'dhvan' (to sound, to darken).

Root: dhvan (class 1)

पूरयामास (pūrayāmāsa) - he filled, it filled

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of pūr

causative, perfect

Causative stem 'pūrayati' from root 'pṛ' (to fill), perfect form.

Root: pṛ (class 3)

सु-ऊर्मि-मान् (su-ūrmi-mān) - having good waves, surging

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūrmimat

sūrmimat - having good waves, well-waved, surging

Compound of 'su' (good), 'ūrmi' (wave), and suffix '-mat' (possessive).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+ūrmi+mat)

• su – good, well, excellent
  prefix
• ūrmi – wave, billow, current
  noun (masculine)
• mat – possessing, having, endowed with
  suffix (masculine)
  Possessive suffix forming adjectives.

Note: Agrees with 'ekārṇavāpūraḥ'.

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