योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-4, verse-16

पौरुषेणैव यत्नेन ललनावलिताकृतिः ।
शरीरी कश्चिदेवेह गतश्चन्द्रार्धचूडताम् ॥ १६ ॥

pauruṣeṇaiva yatnena lalanāvalitākṛtiḥ ,
śarīrī kaścideveha gataścandrārdhacūḍatām 16

16. pauruṣeṇa eva yatnena lalanāvalitākṛtiḥ
śarīrī kaścid eva iha gataḥ candrārdhacūḍatām

16. iha kaścid śarīrī lalanāvalitākṛtiḥ
pauruṣeṇa eva yatnena candrārdhacūḍatām gataḥ

16. Indeed, here, some embodied being, whose form is entwined with a woman (Ardhanarishvara), attained the state of having the crescent moon as a crest (referring to Shiva) through human effort (paurusha) alone.

Words meanings summery:

• पौरुषेण (pauruṣeṇa) - by human effort (paurusha) (by valor, by manliness, by human effort)

• एव (eva) - alone, indeed (alone, only, indeed, certainly)

• यत्नेन (yatnena) - by effort (by effort, by exertion, by endeavor)

• ललनावलिताकृतिः (lalanāvalitākṛtiḥ) - whose form is entwined with a woman (referring to Ardhanarishvara) (whose form is entwined with a woman)

• शरीरी (śarīrī) - an embodied being (an embodied being, possessing a body)

• कश्चिद् (kaścid) - some (referring to a specific, but unnamed entity, Shiva) (someone, some, any)

• एव (eva) - alone, indeed (alone, only, indeed, certainly)

• इह (iha) - here, in this world (here, in this world, in this case)

• गतः (gataḥ) - attained (gone, attained, reached)

• चन्द्रार्धचूडताम् (candrārdhacūḍatām) - the state of having the crescent moon as a crest (an epithet of Shiva) (the state of having the crescent moon as a crest)

Words meanings and morphology

पौरुषेण (pauruṣeṇa) - by human effort (paurusha) (by valor, by manliness, by human effort)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of pauruṣa

pauruṣa - human effort, manliness, valor, strength, individual soul

derived from puruṣa

एव (eva) - alone, indeed (alone, only, indeed, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the preceding word.

यत्नेन (yatnena) - by effort (by effort, by exertion, by endeavor)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yatna

yatna - effort, exertion, endeavor, attempt

from root yat (to strive)

Root: yat (class 1)

ललनावलिताकृतिः (lalanāvalitākṛtiḥ) - whose form is entwined with a woman (referring to Ardhanarishvara) (whose form is entwined with a woman)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lalanāvalitākṛti

lalanāvalitākṛti - one whose form is entwined with a woman

Bahuvrihi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (lalanā+valita+ākṛti)

• lalanā – woman, beautiful woman
  noun (feminine)
• valita – entwined, surrounded, embraced
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root val (to cover, surround)
  Root: val (class 1)
• ākṛti – form, shape, appearance
  noun (feminine)
  from ā-kṛ
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: It qualifies 'śarīrī kaścid'.

शरीरी (śarīrī) - an embodied being (an embodied being, possessing a body)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śarīrin

śarīrin - embodied, having a body, an embodied being

from śarīra + -in suffix

कश्चिद् (kaścid) - some (referring to a specific, but unnamed entity, Shiva) (someone, some, any)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścit

kaścit - someone, some, any

indefinite pronoun from kim + cit

Note: Sandhi form of kaścit.

एव (eva) - alone, indeed (alone, only, indeed, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the preceding word.

इह (iha) - here, in this world (here, in this world, in this case)

(indeclinable)

गतः (gataḥ) - attained (gone, attained, reached)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, passed, obtained, attained, reached

Past Passive Participle

from root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'śarīrī kaścid'.

चन्द्रार्धचूडताम् (candrārdhacūḍatām) - the state of having the crescent moon as a crest (an epithet of Shiva) (the state of having the crescent moon as a crest)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of candrārdhacūḍatā

candrārdhacūḍatā - the state of having the crescent moon as a crest

Noun formed with -tā suffix from candrārdhacūḍa (one whose crest is the half-moon)

Note: Object of 'gataḥ'.

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