योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-93, verse-16

स पपात ततो ध्यानी जलोत्पीड इवाम्बुदात् ।
खादिवानिलनुन्नोऽब्द इन्दुबिम्बमिव क्षये ॥ १६ ॥

sa papāta tato dhyānī jalotpīḍa ivāmbudāt ,
khādivānilanunno'bda indubimbamiva kṣaye 16

16. saḥ papāta tataḥ dhyānī jala-utpīḍaḥ iva ambudāt
khāt iva anila-nunnaḥ abdaḥ indu-bimbam iva kṣaye

16. tataḥ saḥ dhyānī papāta ambudāt jala-utpīḍaḥ iva
khāt anila-nunnaḥ abdaḥ iva kṣaye indu-bimbam iva

16. Then that meditator (dhyānī) fell, like a gush of water (jalotpīḍa) from a cloud, or like a cloud driven by the wind (anilanunna) from the sky, or like the moon's orb (indubimba) at its waning.

16. אז נפל היוגי המודט כמו שפך מים מענן, כמו ענן המונע ברוח בשמיים, או כמו גלגל הירח בזמן חורבן העולם.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• पपात (papāta) - fell down

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there

• ध्यानी (dhyānī) - meditator, one who meditates (dhyāna)

• जल-उत्पीडः (jala-utpīḍaḥ) - gush of water, torrent of water

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अम्बुदात् (ambudāt) - from a cloud

• खात् (khāt) - from the sky, from space

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अनिल-नुन्नः (anila-nunnaḥ) - pushed by the wind, driven by the wind

• अब्दः (abdaḥ) - cloud (cloud, year)

• इन्दु-बिम्बम् (indu-bimbam) - moon's orb, lunar disk

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• क्षये (kṣaye) - at the waning, at the destruction, at the decline

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Note: Demonstrative pronoun.

पपात (papāta) - fell down

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of pat

Root: pat (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there

(indeclinable)

ध्यानी (dhyānī) - meditator, one who meditates (dhyāna)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhyānin

dhyānin - meditator, contemplative, one who performs dhyāna

Derived from 'dhyāna' with the agentive suffix '-in'.

जल-उत्पीडः (jala-utpīḍaḥ) - gush of water, torrent of water

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jalotpīḍa

jalotpīḍa - a gush of water, torrent

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jala+utpīḍa)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• utpīḍa – a gush, stream, pressure
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'pīḍ' with prefix 'ud'.
  Prefix: ud
  Root: pīḍ (class 10)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अम्बुदात् (ambudāt) - from a cloud

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ambuda

ambuda - cloud (giver of water)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ambus+da)

• ambus – water
  noun (neuter)
• da – giving, bestowing
  adjective
  Derived from root 'dā' with suffix '-a'.
  Root: dā (class 3)

खात् (khāt) - from the sky, from space

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - sky, space, ether

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अनिल-नुन्नः (anila-nunnaḥ) - pushed by the wind, driven by the wind

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anilanunna

anilanunna - wind-driven, pushed by the wind

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (anila+nunna)

• anila – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
• nunna – pushed, driven, impelled
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'nud' with past passive participle suffix 'kta'.
  Root: nud (class 6)

अब्दः (abdaḥ) - cloud (cloud, year)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abda

abda - cloud, year

इन्दु-बिम्बम् (indu-bimbam) - moon's orb, lunar disk

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of indubimba

indubimba - moon's disk, lunar orb

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (indu+bimba)

• indu – moon, drop
  noun (masculine)
• bimba – disk, orb, reflection
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

क्षये (kṣaye) - at the waning, at the destruction, at the decline

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kṣaya

kṣaya - loss, destruction, decline, end

Derived from root 'kṣi' (to waste, destroy).

Root: kṣi (class 1)

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