योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-92, verse-23

धूमाम्बुवाहरजसां महावर्तकृदम्भसाम् ।
द्युनदीवाहवार्योघनभोनीलोत्पलालिकः ॥ २३ ॥

dhūmāmbuvāharajasāṃ mahāvartakṛdambhasām ,
dyunadīvāhavāryoghanabhonīlotpalālikaḥ 23

23. dhūmāmbuvāharajasām mahāvartakṛt ambhasām
dyunadīvāhavāryoghanabhonīlotpalālikah

23. dhūmāmbuvāharajasām ambhasām mahāvartakṛt
dyunadīvāhavāryoghanabhonīlotpalālikah

23. He is the creator of great whirlwinds among the waters, and of the dust stirred up by smoke-clouds. He is the bee drawn to the blue lotus-like sky, which is the massive flow of the celestial river.

Words meanings summery:

• धूमाम्बुवाहरजसाम् (dhūmāmbuvāharajasām) - of the dust of smoke-clouds

• महावर्तकृत् (mahāvartakṛt) - creator of great whirlwinds

• अम्भसाम् (ambhasām) - of waters

• द्युनदीवाहवार्योघनभोनीलोत्पलालिकह् (dyunadīvāhavāryoghanabhonīlotpalālikah) - the bee to the blue lotus of the sky, which is the mass of water of the celestial river's flow

Words meanings and morphology

धूमाम्बुवाहरजसाम् (dhūmāmbuvāharajasām) - of the dust of smoke-clouds

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of dhūmāmbuvāharajas

dhūmāmbuvāharajas - dust of smoke-clouds

Tatpurusha compound

Compound type : Tatpurusha (dhūma+ambu-vāha+rajas)

• dhūma – smoke
  noun (masculine)
• ambu-vāha – cloud (lit. water-bearer)
  noun (masculine)
  Upapada Tatpurusha
  Root: vah (class 1)
• rajas – dust, impurity, pollen
  noun (neuter)

महावर्तकृत् (mahāvartakṛt) - creator of great whirlwinds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāvartakṛt

mahāvartakṛt - creator of great whirlwinds

Tatpurusha compound

Compound type : Tatpurusha (mahat+varta+kṛt)

• mahat – great, large
  adjective
• varta – whirlpool, eddy, whirlwind
  noun (masculine)
  from root vṛt
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• kṛt – maker, doer, creator
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun from root kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

अम्भसाम् (ambhasām) - of waters

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of ambhas

ambhas - water

द्युनदीवाहवार्योघनभोनीलोत्पलालिकह् (dyunadīvāhavāryoghanabhonīlotpalālikah) - the bee to the blue lotus of the sky, which is the mass of water of the celestial river's flow

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dyunadīvāhavāryoghanabhonīlotpalālika

dyunadīvāhavāryoghanabhonīlotpalālika - the bee to the blue lotus of the sky, which is the mass of water of the celestial river's flow

multiple Tatpurusha compound

Compound type : Tatpurusha (dyunadī+vāha+vāri-ogha+nabhas+nīlotpala+alika)

• dyunadī – celestial river (Gaṅgā)
  noun (feminine)
  Karmadhāraya compound: dyur eva nadī
• vāha – flow, current
  noun (masculine)
  from root vah
  Root: vah (class 1)
• vāri-ogha – mass/flood of water
  noun (masculine)
  Tatpurusha compound
• nabhas – sky, atmosphere
  noun (neuter)
• nīlotpala – blue lotus
  noun (neuter)
  Karmadhāraya compound
• alika – bee
  noun (masculine)

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