योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-81, verse-73

द्वीपान्यपि तृणानीव समुदा वलया इव ।
सुरलोकालयः पद्मा आसंस्तद्देहवारिणि ॥ ७३ ॥

dvīpānyapi tṛṇānīva samudā valayā iva ,
suralokālayaḥ padmā āsaṃstaddehavāriṇi 73

73. dvīpāni api tṛṇāni iva samudrāḥ valayāḥ iva
suralokālayāḥ padmāḥ āsan tat dehavāriṇi

73. Even the islands were like blades of grass, and the oceans like bracelets. The abodes of the gods were lotuses within the water of her body.

Words meanings summery:

• द्वीपानि (dvīpāni) - islands

• अपि (api) - even, also

• तृणानि (tṛṇāni) - blades of grass, straws

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• समुद्राः (samudrāḥ) - oceans

• वलयाः (valayāḥ) - bracelets, rings

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• सुरलोकालयाः (suralokālayāḥ) - abodes of gods

• पद्माः (padmāḥ) - lotuses

• आसन् (āsan) - were, became

• तत् (tat) - Referring to the cosmic being whose body is being described (her (adjective, modifying body-water))

• देहवारिणि (dehavāriṇi) - in the body-water

Words meanings and morphology

द्वीपानि (dvīpāni) - islands

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of dvīpa

dvīpa - island, continent, division of the earth

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

तृणानि (tṛṇāni) - blades of grass, straws

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tṛṇa

tṛṇa - blade of grass, straw, any grass

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

समुद्राः (samudrāḥ) - oceans

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samudra

samudra - ocean, sea

वलयाः (valayāḥ) - bracelets, rings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of valaya

valaya - bracelet, armlet, ring, circle, enclosure

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

सुरलोकालयाः (suralokālayāḥ) - abodes of gods

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of suralokālaya

suralokālaya - abode of the gods, divine realm

Compound type : tatpurusha (suraloka+ālaya)

• suraloka – world of gods, heaven
  noun (masculine)
• ālaya – abode, dwelling, house
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: lī (class 4)

पद्माः (padmāḥ) - lotuses

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of padmā

padmā - lotus flower, particularly a red or white lotus

आसन् (āsan) - were, became

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Imperfect tense, 3rd person plural

Root 'as' (to be) in Laṅ (imperfect) tense

Root: as (class 2)

तत् (tat) - Referring to the cosmic being whose body is being described (her (adjective, modifying body-water))

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, this; his, her, its

Note: Used here as a demonstrative adjective for 'dehavāriṇi', implicitly referring to the cosmic being.

देहवारिणि (dehavāriṇi) - in the body-water

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of dehavārin

dehavārin - body-water, water of the body

Compound type : tatpurusha (deha+vārin)

• deha – body, physical form
  noun (masculine)
• vārin – water
  noun (neuter)