योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-81, verse-71

मेरवः पर्णवद्व्यूढा मलयाः पल्लवा इव ।
हिमाद्रयो हिमकणा इवौर्व्योऽब्जलता इव ॥ ७१ ॥

meravaḥ parṇavadvyūḍhā malayāḥ pallavā iva ,
himādrayo himakaṇā ivaurvyo'bjalatā iva 71

71. meravaḥ parṇavat vyūḍhāḥ malayāḥ pallavāḥ iva
himādrayaḥ himakaṇāḥ iva aurvyaḥ abjalatāḥ iva

71. meravaḥ parṇavat vyūḍhāḥ malayāḥ pallavāḥ iva
himādrayaḥ himakaṇāḥ iva aurvyaḥ abjalatāḥ iva

71. The Mount Meru mountains are dispersed like leaves, the Malaya mountains like young shoots, the Himalayas like snowflakes, and the vast lands like lotus creepers.

Words meanings summery:

• मेरवः (meravaḥ) - Mount Meru mountains (Mount Merus)

• पर्णवत् (parṇavat) - like leaves (like a leaf, leaf-like)

• व्यूढाः (vyūḍhāḥ) - dispersed (arranged, extended, scattered, dispersed)

• मलयाः (malayāḥ) - Malaya mountains (Malaya mountains (plural))

• पल्लवाः (pallavāḥ) - young shoots (sprouts, young leaves, tendrils)

• इव (iva) - like (as if, like, similar to)

• हिमाद्रयः (himādrayaḥ) - Himalayas (Himalayan mountains)

• हिमकणाः (himakaṇāḥ) - snowflakes (snowflakes, ice particles, drops of dew)

• इव (iva) - like (as if, like, similar to)

• और्व्यः (aurvyaḥ) - vast lands (earthly regions, vast lands, continents)

• अब्जलताः (abjalatāḥ) - lotus creepers (lotus creepers, lotus vines)

• इव (iva) - like (as if, like, similar to)

Words meanings and morphology

मेरवः (meravaḥ) - Mount Meru mountains (Mount Merus)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of meru

meru - Mount Meru (mythical golden mountain), a mountain

पर्णवत् (parṇavat) - like leaves (like a leaf, leaf-like)

(indeclinable)

Formed with suffix -vat (like)

व्यूढाः (vyūḍhāḥ) - dispersed (arranged, extended, scattered, dispersed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vyūḍha

vyūḍha - arranged, extended, spread out, scattered, massive

Past Passive Participle

From root `vah` (to carry) with prefix `vi` and `ud`

Prefixes: vi+ud

Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `meravaḥ`.

मलयाः (malayāḥ) - Malaya mountains (Malaya mountains (plural))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of malaya

malaya - Malaya mountain range (in South India), a mountain range

पल्लवाः (pallavāḥ) - young shoots (sprouts, young leaves, tendrils)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pallava

pallava - sprout, young leaf, foliage, shoot, tendril

इव (iva) - like (as if, like, similar to)

(indeclinable)

हिमाद्रयः (himādrayaḥ) - Himalayas (Himalayan mountains)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of himādri

himādri - Himalayan mountains, snowy mountain

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hima+adri)

• hima – snow, frost, cold
  noun (masculine)
• adri – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)

हिमकणाः (himakaṇāḥ) - snowflakes (snowflakes, ice particles, drops of dew)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of himakaṇa

himakaṇa - snowflake, ice particle, drop of dew

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hima+kaṇa)

• hima – snow, frost, cold
  noun (masculine)
• kaṇa – small particle, grain, drop
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like (as if, like, similar to)

(indeclinable)

और्व्यः (aurvyaḥ) - vast lands (earthly regions, vast lands, continents)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of aurvī

aurvī - earth, earthly region, vast land

Derived from `urvī` (earth) or `uru` (great, vast). Here used in plural for vast regions.

अब्जलताः (abjalatāḥ) - lotus creepers (lotus creepers, lotus vines)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of abjalatā

abjalatā - lotus creeper, lotus vine

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (abja+latā)

• abja – lotus (born from water)
  noun (neuter)
  Compound of `ap` (water) and `ja` (born from)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• latā – creeper, vine
  noun (feminine)

इव (iva) - like (as if, like, similar to)

(indeclinable)