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

इतश्चेतश्च गच्छन्ती विद्युद्वलयकर्णिका ।
अनिलान्दोलिता भाति नीरदांशुकपट्टिका ॥ २५ ॥

itaścetaśca gacchantī vidyudvalayakarṇikā ,
anilāndolitā bhāti nīradāṃśukapaṭṭikā 25

25. itaḥ ca cetaḥ ca gacchantī vidyutvalayakarṇikā
anilāndolitā bhāti nīradāṃśukapaṭṭikā

25. vidyutvalayakarṇikā gacchantī itaḥ ca cetaḥ
ca anilāndolitā nīradāṃśukapaṭṭikā bhāti

25. The ear-ornament, a circular flash of lightning, moving hither and thither, swayed by the wind, shines like a sash made of cloud-fabric.

Words meanings summery:

• इतः (itaḥ) - from here, hither

• च (ca) - and

• चेतः (cetaḥ) - from there, thither

• च (ca) - and

• गच्छन्ती (gacchantī) - going, moving

• विद्युत्वलयकर्णिका (vidyutvalayakarṇikā) - an ear-ornament which is a lightning-ring

• अनिलान्दोलिता (anilāndolitā) - swayed by the wind

• भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears

• नीरदांशुकपट्टिका (nīradāṁśukapaṭṭikā) - a sash made of cloud-garment

Words meanings and morphology

इतः (itaḥ) - from here, hither

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

चेतः (cetaḥ) - from there, thither

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

गच्छन्ती (gacchantī) - going, moving

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gacchat

gacchat - going, moving, walking

Present Active Participle

from root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

विद्युत्वलयकर्णिका (vidyutvalayakarṇikā) - an ear-ornament which is a lightning-ring

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vidyutvalayakarṇikā

vidyutvalayakarṇikā - ear-ornament of a lightning-ring

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vidyut+valaya+karṇikā)

• vidyut – lightning, flash of light
  noun (feminine)
• valaya – ring, circle, bracelet
  noun (masculine)
• karṇikā – ear-ring, small ear-ornament, pericarp
  noun (feminine)

अनिलान्दोलिता (anilāndolitā) - swayed by the wind

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anilāndolitā

anilāndolitā - swayed or agitated by the wind

Compound type : tṛtīyā-tatpuruṣa (anila+āndolitā)

• anila – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
• āndolitā – swayed, agitated, swung
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root dol with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: dol

भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhā

Root: bhā (class 2)

नीरदांशुकपट्टिका (nīradāṁśukapaṭṭikā) - a sash made of cloud-garment

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nīradāṃśukapaṭṭikā

nīradāṁśukapaṭṭikā - a strip or sash of cloud-like cloth

Compound type : karmadhāraya (nīrada+aṃśuka+paṭṭikā)

• nīrada – cloud (lit. water-giver)
  noun (masculine)
• aṃśuka – fine cloth, garment, piece of cloth
  noun (neuter)
• paṭṭikā – strip, band, sash, ribbon
  noun (feminine)

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