योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-24, verse-8

अलाबुवीणामधुरः शरद्व्योमलसच्छविः ।
देवः किल महाकालो लीलाकोकिलबालकः ॥ ८ ॥

alābuvīṇāmadhuraḥ śaradvyomalasacchaviḥ ,
devaḥ kila mahākālo līlākokilabālakaḥ 8

8. alābuvīṇāmadhuraḥ śaradvkyomalasacchaviḥ
devaḥ kila mahākālaḥ līlākokilabālakaḥ

8. devaḥ mahākālaḥ kila alābuvīṇāmadhuraḥ
śaradvkyomalasacchaviḥ līlākokilabālakaḥ

8. The god (devaḥ) Mahākāla, indeed, is sweet like a gourd-lute, with a splendor that shines like the autumn sky, and is a playful young cuckoo.

Words meanings summery:

• अलाबुवीणामधुरः (alābuvīṇāmadhuraḥ) - sweet like a gourd-lute

• शरद्व्क्योमलसच्छविः (śaradvkyomalasacchaviḥ) - whose splendor shines like the autumn sky

• देवः (devaḥ) - god, deity

• किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, as if

• महाकालः (mahākālaḥ) - Mahākāla (Great Time, an aspect of Shiva)

• लीलाकोकिलबालकः (līlākokilabālakaḥ) - a playful young cuckoo

Words meanings and morphology

अलाबुवीणामधुरः (alābuvīṇāmadhuraḥ) - sweet like a gourd-lute

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of alābuvīṇāmadhura

alābuvīṇāmadhura - sweet (sounding) like a gourd-vīṇā

Bahuvrihi compound comparing sweetness to that of an alābuvīṇā

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (alābuvīṇā+madhura)

• alābuvīṇā – a vīṇā (lute) made from a gourd
  noun (feminine)
  Tatpurusha compound: alābu (gourd) + vīṇā (lute)
• madhura – sweet, pleasant, charming
  adjective (masculine)

शरद्व्क्योमलसच्छविः (śaradvkyomalasacchaviḥ) - whose splendor shines like the autumn sky

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śaradvkyomalasacchavi

śaradvkyomalasacchavi - having splendor that shines brightly like the autumn sky

Bahuvrihi compound: śaradvkyoma (autumn sky) + lasat (shining) + chavi (splendor)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śarad+vyoma+lasat+chavi)

• śarad – autumn
  noun (feminine)
• vyoma – sky, atmosphere, space
  noun (neuter)
• lasat – shining, glittering, sparkling
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from √las (to shine, glitter)
  Root: las (class 1)
• chavi – splendor, beauty, light, color
  noun (feminine)

देवः (devaḥ) - god, deity

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

Root: div (class 4)

किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, as if

(indeclinable)

Emphatic or hearsay particle

महाकालः (mahākālaḥ) - Mahākāla (Great Time, an aspect of Shiva)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahākāla

mahākāla - Great Time, Mahākāla (a fierce manifestation of Śiva, representing time as destroyer)

Karma-Dhāraya compound: mahā (great) + kāla (time/death)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+kāla)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• kāla – time, death, fate, black
  noun (masculine)

लीलाकोकिलबालकः (līlākokilabālakaḥ) - a playful young cuckoo

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of līlākokilabālaka

līlākokilabālaka - a young cuckoo for sport/play, a playful young cuckoo

Tatpurusha compound (līlā-kokila: cuckoo of play) and then descriptive adjective (bālaka: young one)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (līlā+kokila+bālaka)

• līlā – play, sport, amusement, grace
  noun (feminine)
• kokila – cuckoo
  noun (masculine)
• bālaka – boy, child, young one
  noun (masculine)

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