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योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-81, verse-55

मेरुर्नृत्यति लोलोच्चकुलाचलबृहद्भुजः ।
भ्रमदभ्रपटोपेतनमत्तनुतूनूरुहः ॥ ५५ ॥
merurnṛtyati loloccakulācalabṛhadbhujaḥ ,
bhramadabhrapaṭopetanamattanutūnūruhaḥ 55
55. meruḥ nṛtyati loloccakulācalabṛhadbhujaḥ
bhramadabhrapaṭopetanamattūnūruhaḥ
55. meruḥ loloccakulācalabṛhadbhujaḥ
bhramadabhrapaṭopetanamattūnūruhaḥ nṛtyati
55. Mount Meru dances, its vast, quivering arms being the lofty principal mountains, and its bending body-hairs (trees) enveloped by swirling cloud-garments.

Words meanings summery:

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  • मेरुः (meruḥ) - Mount Meru
  • नृत्यति (nṛtyati) - dances, is dancing
  • लोलोच्चकुलाचलबृहद्भुजः (loloccakulācalabṛhadbhujaḥ) - (Mount Meru's arms) (whose great arms are the quivering, lofty principal mountains)
  • भ्रमदभ्रपटोपेतनमत्तूनूरुहः (bhramadabhrapaṭopetanamattūnūruhaḥ) - (Mount Meru's body-hairs/trees) (whose bending body-hairs (trees) are covered with a whirling cloud-garment)

Words meanings and morphology

मेरुः (meruḥ) - Mount Meru
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of meru
meru - Mount Meru, a mythical mountain, abode of gods, central to Hindu cosmology
नृत्यति (nṛtyati) - dances, is dancing
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of nṛt
Present Indicative
3rd person singular, present tense, parasmaipada, root nṛt (class 4)
Root: nṛt (class 4)
लोलोच्चकुलाचलबृहद्भुजः (loloccakulācalabṛhadbhujaḥ) - (Mount Meru's arms) (whose great arms are the quivering, lofty principal mountains)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of loloccakulācalabṛhadbhuja
loloccakulācalabṛhadbhuja - whose great arms are the quivering, lofty principal mountains
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (lola+ucca+kula+acala+bṛhat+bhuja)
  • lola – quivering, trembling, moving, agitated
    adjective
  • ucca – high, lofty, tall
    adjective
  • kula – family, lineage, race; principal, chief (in compounds like kulācala)
    noun (neuter)
  • acala – mountain, immovable
    noun (masculine)
    From a- (not) + cala (moving)
    Prefix: a
    Root: cal (class 1)
  • bṛhat – great, large, vast, mighty
    adjective
  • bhuja – arm
    noun (masculine)
Note: This adjective describes 'Meru'.
भ्रमदभ्रपटोपेतनमत्तूनूरुहः (bhramadabhrapaṭopetanamattūnūruhaḥ) - (Mount Meru's body-hairs/trees) (whose bending body-hairs (trees) are covered with a whirling cloud-garment)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of bhramadabhrapaṭopetanamattūnūruha
bhramadabhrapaṭopetanamattūnūruha - having bending body-hairs (trees) covered with whirling cloud-garments
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhramat+abhrapaṭa+upeta+namat+tūnūruha)
  • bhramat – whirling, rotating, wandering, moving
    adjective
    Present Active Participle
    From root bhram (class 1, to whirl, move about)
    Root: bhram (class 1)
  • abhrapaṭa – cloud-garment, a piece of cloud
    noun (masculine)
  • upeta – covered with, endowed with, possessed of
    adjective
    Past Passive Participle
    From root i (to go) with prefix upa-
    Prefix: upa
    Root: i (class 2)
  • namat – bending, bowing, inclining
    adjective
    Present Active Participle
    From root nam (class 1, to bend, bow)
    Root: nam (class 1)
  • tūnūruha – hair (possibly like sprouts or related to quivers); here poetically referring to trees as body-hairs
    noun (masculine)
Note: This adjective describes 'Meru'.