योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-25, verse-24

अत्रैव कुण्डले लोले चन्द्रार्कौ गण्डमण्डले ।
लोकालोकाचलश्रेणी सर्वतः कटिमेखला ॥ २४ ॥

atraiva kuṇḍale lole candrārkau gaṇḍamaṇḍale ,
lokālokācalaśreṇī sarvataḥ kaṭimekhalā 24

24. atra eva kuṇḍale lole candrārkau gaṇḍamaṇḍale
lokālokācalaśreṇī sarvataḥ kaṭimekhalā

24. atra eva gaṇḍamaṇḍale candrārkau lole kuṇḍale;
lokālokācalaśreṇī sarvataḥ kaṭimekhalā

24. Here itself, the Moon and the Sun are the two swaying earrings on his cheek-regions. All around (him), the Lokāloka mountain range serves as his waist-belt.

Words meanings summery:

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• कुण्डले (kuṇḍale) - two earrings

• लोले (lole) - swaying, trembling, moving

• चन्द्रार्कौ (candrārkau) - the Moon and the Sun

• गण्डमण्डले (gaṇḍamaṇḍale) - on his cheek-regions (on the cheek-regions)

• लोकालोकाचलश्रेणी (lokālokācalaśreṇī) - the range of Lokāloka mountain

• सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - all around, on all sides, everywhere

• कटिमेखला (kaṭimekhalā) - waist-belt

Words meanings and morphology

अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

From idam (this) + tral suffix.

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

कुण्डले (kuṇḍale) - two earrings

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of kuṇḍala

kuṇḍala - earring, ring, coil, bracelet

Note: Predicate nominative for candrārkau.

लोले (lole) - swaying, trembling, moving

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, dual of lola

lola - shaking, trembling, unsteady, swaying

From root lul (to shake, move to and fro).

Root: lul (class 10)

Note: Describes the earrings.

चन्द्रार्कौ (candrārkau) - the Moon and the Sun

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of candrārka

candrārka - Moon and Sun

candra (moon) + arka (sun).

Compound type : dvandva (candra+arka)

• candra – moon
  noun (masculine)
• arka – sun, ray, fire
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the first clause.

गण्डमण्डले (gaṇḍamaṇḍale) - on his cheek-regions (on the cheek-regions)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, dual of gaṇḍamaṇḍala

gaṇḍamaṇḍala - cheek-region, circle of the cheek

gaṇḍa (cheek) + maṇḍala (region, circle).

Compound type : tatpurusha (gaṇḍa+maṇḍala)

• gaṇḍa – cheek, temple
  noun (masculine)
• maṇḍala – region, circle, orb
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to the location of the earrings.

लोकालोकाचलश्रेणी (lokālokācalaśreṇī) - the range of Lokāloka mountain

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of lokālokācalaśreṇī

lokālokācalaśreṇī - the range/series of the Lokāloka mountain

lokāloka (Lokāloka mountain) + acala (mountain) + śreṇī (range).

Compound type : tatpurusha (lokāloka+acala+śreṇī)

• lokāloka – Lokāloka (mythical mountain separating visible world from darkness)
  proper noun (masculine)
  loka (world) + aloka (non-world).
• acala – mountain, unmoving
  noun (masculine)
  a (not) + cala (moving).
  Prefix: a
  Root: cal (class 1)
• śreṇī – range, series, row, line
  noun (feminine)
  From root śri (to join, to serve).
  Root: śri (class 1)

Note: Subject of the second clause.

सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - all around, on all sides, everywhere

(indeclinable)

From sarva (all) + tasil suffix.

Note: Describes the position of the waist-belt.

कटिमेखला (kaṭimekhalā) - waist-belt

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kaṭimekhalā

kaṭimekhalā - waist-belt, girdle

kaṭi (waist) + mekhalā (belt).

Compound type : tatpurusha (kaṭi+mekhalā)

• kaṭi – waist, hip
  noun (feminine)
• mekhalā – girdle, belt
  noun (feminine)
  From root mikh (to encompass).
  Root: mikh (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative for lokālokācalaśreṇī.

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