योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-97, verse-34

नागजालमृणालानि मग्नानि धरणीतले ।
नगानामिव मूलानि जडानीव स्थितान्यलम् ॥ ३४ ॥

nāgajālamṛṇālāni magnāni dharaṇītale ,
nagānāmiva mūlāni jaḍānīva sthitānyalam 34

34. nāgajalamṛṇālāni magnāni dharaṇītale
nagānām iva mūlāni jaḍāni iva sthitāni alam

34. nāgajalamṛṇālāni dharaṇītale magnāni
nagānām mūlāni iva jaḍāni iva alam sthitāni

34. The entangled root systems (nāgajalamṛṇāla) are submerged in the earth's surface, like the roots of mountains, and they remain as if utterly inert and firmly established.

Words meanings summery:

• नागजलमृणालानि (nāgajalamṛṇālāni) - lotus stalks of a snake-net, entangled root systems

• मग्नानि (magnāni) - submerged, sunk, immersed

• धरणीतले (dharaṇītale) - on the earth's surface

• नगानाम् (nagānām) - of mountains

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• मूलानि (mūlāni) - roots

• जडानि (jaḍāni) - inert, lifeless, dull, stupid

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• स्थितानि (sthitāni) - situated, standing, existing, established

• अलम् (alam) - sufficiently, very much, indeed, enough

Words meanings and morphology

नागजलमृणालानि (nāgajalamṛṇālāni) - lotus stalks of a snake-net, entangled root systems

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of nāgajalamṛṇāla

nāgajalamṛṇāla - lotus stalks of a snake-net, entangled root systems

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nāga+jāla+mṛṇāla)

• nāga – snake, serpent, elephant
  noun (masculine)
• jāla – net, web, entanglement, multitude
  noun (neuter)
• mṛṇāla – lotus stalk, fibrous root
  noun (neuter)

मग्नानि (magnāni) - submerged, sunk, immersed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of magna

magna - submerged, sunk, immersed

Past Passive Participle

From root majj (to sink, plunge) + suffix kta

Root: majj (class 6)

धरणीतले (dharaṇītale) - on the earth's surface

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of dharaṇītala

dharaṇītala - earth's surface, ground

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharaṇī+tala)

• dharaṇī – earth
  noun (feminine)
• tala – surface, level, flat part
  noun (neuter)

नगानाम् (nagānām) - of mountains

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of naga

naga - mountain (lit. 'that which does not move')

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (na+ga)

• na – not
  indeclinable
• ga – going, moving (from root gam)
  adjective
  From root gam
  Root: gam (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

मूलानि (mūlāni) - roots

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of mūla

mūla - root, basis, origin

जडानि (jaḍāni) - inert, lifeless, dull, stupid

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of jaḍa

jaḍa - inert, lifeless, cold, stupid, dull

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

स्थितानि (sthitāni) - situated, standing, existing, established

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, existing, established

Past Passive Participle

From root sthā (to stand) + suffix kta

Root: sthā (class 1)

अलम् (alam) - sufficiently, very much, indeed, enough

(indeclinable)