योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-92, verse-49

असंख्यैर्व्योममातङ्गैश्चन्द्रार्कचलचामरैः ।
उदुम्बरान्तर्मशकैरिव मद्धृदये स्थितम् ॥ ४९ ॥

asaṃkhyairvyomamātaṅgaiścandrārkacalacāmaraiḥ ,
udumbarāntarmaśakairiva maddhṛdaye sthitam 49

49. asaṅkhyaiḥ vyomamātaṅgaiḥ candrārkacalacāmaraiḥ
udumbarāntarmaśakaiḥ iva madhṛdaye sthitam

49. asaṅkhyaiḥ vyomamātaṅgaiḥ candrārkacalacāmaraiḥ [yuktam
jagat] udumbarāntarmaśakaiḥ iva madhṛdaye sthitam

49. The universe, characterized by innumerable sky-elephants with the moon and sun serving as their waving whisks, was situated in my heart as if it were mosquitoes inside an udumbara fruit.

49. פיליי הרקיע האינסופיים, שהשמש והירח היו להם למניפות, שכנו בתוך לבי כמו יתושים בתוך פרי התאנה.

Words meanings summery:

• असङ्ख्यैः (asaṅkhyaiḥ) - by innumerable, by countless

• व्योममातङ्गैः (vyomamātaṅgaiḥ) - by sky-elephants, by elephants of the sky

• चन्द्रार्कचलचामरैः (candrārkacalacāmaraiḥ) - by those whose moving whisks are the moon and the sun

• उदुम्बरान्तर्मशकैः (udumbarāntarmaśakaiḥ) - by mosquitoes inside an udumbara fruit

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• मधृदये (madhṛdaye) - in my heart

• स्थितम् (sthitam) - the universe, everything (situated, placed, standing, existing)

Words meanings and morphology

असङ्ख्यैः (asaṅkhyaiḥ) - by innumerable, by countless

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of asaṅkhya

asaṅkhya - innumerable, countless, incalculable

a (not) + saṅkhyā (number)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+saṅkhyā)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• saṅkhyā – number, calculation, enumeration
  noun (feminine)
  sam + khyā (to count, reckon)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: khyā (class 2)

व्योममातङ्गैः (vyomamātaṅgaiḥ) - by sky-elephants, by elephants of the sky

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vyomamātaṅga

vyomamātaṅga - sky-elephant, celestial elephant

vyoma (sky) + mātaṅga (elephant)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vyoma+mātaṅga)

• vyoma – sky, atmosphere, space
  noun (neuter)
• mātaṅga – elephant, a man of the lowest caste
  noun (masculine)

चन्द्रार्कचलचामरैः (candrārkacalacāmaraiḥ) - by those whose moving whisks are the moon and the sun

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of candrārkacalacāmara

candrārkacalacāmara - having the moon and sun as moving whisks

Bahuvrīhi compound: candraḥ ca arkaḥ ca = candrārkau (moon and sun), candrārkau eva calacāmarāṇi yeṣām taiḥ (by those for whom the moon and sun are indeed the moving whisks).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (candra+arka+cala+cāmara)

• candra – moon
  noun (masculine)
• arka – sun, ray, praise
  noun (masculine)
  Root: arc (class 1)
• cala – moving, trembling, unsteady, quick
  adjective (masculine)
  from root cal (to move)
  Root: cal (class 1)
• cāmara – yak-tail whisk, fan, fly-whisk
  noun (masculine/neuter)

उदुम्बरान्तर्मशकैः (udumbarāntarmaśakaiḥ) - by mosquitoes inside an udumbara fruit

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of udumbarāntarmaśaka

udumbarāntarmaśaka - mosquitoes inside an udumbara fruit

udumbara (fig) + antar (inside) + maśaka (mosquito). Compound indicating 'mosquitoes within an udumbara'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (udumbara+antar+maśaka)

• udumbara – a species of fig tree or its fruit (Ficus glomerata)
  noun (masculine/neuter)
• antar – inside, within, in the middle of
  indeclinable
• maśaka – mosquito, gnat
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

मधृदये (madhṛdaye) - in my heart

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of madhṛdaya

madhṛdaya - my heart

mad (my) + hṛdaya (heart)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mad+hṛdaya)

• mad – my, me (genitive form mama for possession)
  pronoun
  First person pronoun stem.
• hṛdaya – heart, mind, core, essence
  noun (neuter)

स्थितम् (sthitam) - the universe, everything (situated, placed, standing, existing)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthita

sthita - situated, placed, standing, existing, firm, steady

Past Passive Participle

from root sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

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