योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-17, verse-37

भविष्यन्नगरोद्यानप्रसूवन्ध्यामलाङ्गिका ।
तस्या जिह्वोच्यमानोग्रकथार्थानुभवोपमा ॥ ३७ ॥

bhaviṣyannagarodyānaprasūvandhyāmalāṅgikā ,
tasyā jihvocyamānograkathārthānubhavopamā 37

37. bhaviṣyannagarodyānaprasūvandhyāmalāṅgikā
tasyāḥ jihvā ucyamāna-ugrakathārthānubhavopamā

37. sā bhaviṣyannagarodyānaprasūvandhyāmalāṅgikā ca
tasyāḥ jihvā ucyamāna-ugrakathārthānubhavopamā

37. She possesses the immaculate form (aṅgikā) of a barren woman who gives birth in a future city garden. She is also like the experience (anubhava) of the meaning (artha) of a fierce story, as it is articulated by her own tongue.

Words meanings summery:

• भविष्यन्नगरोद्यानप्रसूवन्ध्यामलाङ्गिका (bhaviṣyannagarodyānaprasūvandhyāmalāṅgikā) - having the immaculate form (aṅgikā) of a barren woman (vandhyā) giving birth (prasū) in a future (bhaviṣyat) city garden (nagara-udyāna)

• तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - her, of her

• जिह्वा (jihvā) - tongue

• उच्यमान-उग्रकथार्थानुभवोपमा (ucyamāna-ugrakathārthānubhavopamā) - like the experience (anubhava) of the meaning (artha) of a fierce story, as it is articulated by her tongue (comparable to the experience (anubhava) of the meaning (artha) of a fierce (ugra) story (kathā) spoken (ucyamāna))

Words meanings and morphology

भविष्यन्नगरोद्यानप्रसूवन्ध्यामलाङ्गिका (bhaviṣyannagarodyānaprasūvandhyāmalāṅgikā) - having the immaculate form (aṅgikā) of a barren woman (vandhyā) giving birth (prasū) in a future (bhaviṣyat) city garden (nagara-udyāna)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhaviṣyannagarodyānaprasūvandhyāmalāṅgikā

bhaviṣyannagarodyānaprasūvandhyāmalāṅgikā - one who has the spotless body of a barren woman giving birth in a future city garden (adjectival, feminine)

Feminine nominative singular Bahuvrīhi compound.

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (bhaviṣyannagarodyāna+prasūvandhyā+amala+aṅgikā)

• bhaviṣyannagarodyāna – future city garden
  noun (neuter)
  Tatpuruṣa compound.
• prasūvandhyā – a barren woman giving birth (a paradox)
  noun (feminine)
  Karmadhāraya compound describing a contradictory entity.
• amala – spotless, pure, immaculate
  adjective
  Negation (a-) of mala (impurity).
• aṅgikā – body, form
  noun (feminine)
  Feminine form derived from aṅga (limb, body).

तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - her, of her

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Refers to the implied feminine subject.

जिह्वा (jihvā) - tongue

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jihvā

jihvā - tongue

उच्यमान-उग्रकथार्थानुभवोपमा (ucyamāna-ugrakathārthānubhavopamā) - like the experience (anubhava) of the meaning (artha) of a fierce story, as it is articulated by her tongue (comparable to the experience (anubhava) of the meaning (artha) of a fierce (ugra) story (kathā) spoken (ucyamāna))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ucyamāna-ugrakathārthānubhavopamā

ucyamāna-ugrakathārthānubhavopamā - like the experience of the meaning of a fierce story being spoken (adjectival, feminine)

Feminine nominative singular compound ending in -upamā. The 'jihvā' from the verse is implied as the agent of 'ucyamāna'.

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (ucyamāna+ugrakathārthānubhava+-upamā)

• ucyamāna – being spoken, being said
  adjective
  Present Passive Participle
  Derived from the root √vac (to speak) in passive voice, Present Participle.
  Root: √vac (class 2)
• ugrakathārthānubhava – experience of the meaning of a fierce story
  noun (masculine)
  Tatpuruṣa compound.
• -upamā – comparison, resemblance, simile (suffix)
  suffix (feminine)
  Suffix upamā (comparison) makes the compound mean 'comparable to'. Here, it forms a feminine nominative singular adjective.

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