योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-18, verse-15

सर्वेन्द्रियखगाधारः सुजानुस्तम्भ उन्नतः ।
सरसच्छायया युक्तः कामपान्थनिषेवितः ॥ १५ ॥

sarvendriyakhagādhāraḥ sujānustambha unnataḥ ,
sarasacchāyayā yuktaḥ kāmapānthaniṣevitaḥ 15

15. sarvendriyakhagādhāraḥ sujānustambhaḥ unnataḥ
sarasacchāyayā yuktaḥ kāmapānthaniṣevitaḥ

15. It is the support for all the birds of the senses, elevated, with strong knee-like pillars, endowed with delightful shade, and frequented by the wayfarers of desire (kāma).

15. הוא מעמיד גזע זקוף הנסמך על ברכיים כעמודים, משמש מקלט לציפורי החושים ומניח צל רענן עבור הולך-הרגל של התשוקה.

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वेन्द्रियखगाधारः (sarvendriyakhagādhāraḥ) - the support for all the birds of the senses; whose support is for all sense-birds

• सुजानुस्तम्भः (sujānustambhaḥ) - having good knee-pillars; whose knee-pillars are strong

• उन्नतः (unnataḥ) - elevated, high, lofty, tall

• सरसच्छायया (sarasacchāyayā) - by or with delightful shade; with juicy or tasteful shade/splendor

• युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - endowed with, joined with, connected, possessed of

• कामपान्थनिषेवितः (kāmapānthaniṣevitaḥ) - frequented by wayfarers of desire (kāma); served by travelers of desire

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वेन्द्रियखगाधारः (sarvendriyakhagādhāraḥ) - the support for all the birds of the senses; whose support is for all sense-birds

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarvendriyakhagādhāra

sarvendriyakhagādhāra - support for all sense-birds

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sarva+indriya+khaga+ādhāra)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun (masculine)
• indriya – sense organ, faculty of sense
  noun (neuter)
• khaga – bird (lit. moving in the sky)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• ādhāra – support, basis, receptacle, substratum
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Bahuvrihi compound functioning as an adjective.

सुजानुस्तम्भः (sujānustambhaḥ) - having good knee-pillars; whose knee-pillars are strong

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sujānustambha

sujānustambha - having good knee-pillars

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+jānu+stambha)

• su – good, excellent, well
  indeclinable
• jānu – knee
  noun (neuter)
• stambha – pillar, post, trunk (of a tree)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: stambh (class 5)

Note: Bahuvrihi compound functioning as an adjective.

उन्नतः (unnataḥ) - elevated, high, lofty, tall

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of unnata

unnata - elevated, high, lofty, tall

Past Passive Participle

From root nam (to bend) with upasarga ud (up)

Prefix: ud

Root: nam (class 1)

सरसच्छायया (sarasacchāyayā) - by or with delightful shade; with juicy or tasteful shade/splendor

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of sarasacchāyā

sarasacchāyā - delightful shade/splendor

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarasā+cchāyā)

• sarasā – juicy, succulent, delightful, charming
  adjective (feminine)
  Feminine form of sarasa (with rasa)
• cchāyā – shade, shadow, splendor, beauty
  noun (feminine)

युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - endowed with, joined with, connected, possessed of

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, united, endowed with, engaged in

Past Passive Participle

From root yuj (to join, to yoke)

Root: yuj (class 7)

कामपान्थनिषेवितः (kāmapānthaniṣevitaḥ) - frequented by wayfarers of desire (kāma); served by travelers of desire

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāmapānthaniṣevita

kāmapānthaniṣevita - frequented by wayfarers of desire

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kāma+pāntha+niṣevita)

• kāma – desire, wish, love, sensual pleasure
  noun (masculine)
• pāntha – traveler, wayfarer
  noun (masculine)
• niṣevita – frequented, served, resorted to
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root sev (to serve) with upasarga ni (down, in)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: sev (class 1)

Note: Bahuvrihi compound functioning as an adjective.

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