योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-105, verse-19

अथातिसंभ्रमाश्चर्यखिन्नास्मृतिमुखो बभौ ।
आसन्नमृत्युरालोक्य राहुमिन्दुरिवाम्बरे ॥ १९ ॥

athātisaṃbhramāścaryakhinnāsmṛtimukho babhau ,
āsannamṛtyurālokya rāhumindurivāmbare 19

19. atha atisaṃbhramāścaryakhinnāsmṛtimukhaḥ babhau
āsannamṛtyuḥ ālokya rāhum induḥ iva ambare

19. atha āsannamṛtyuḥ induḥ iva ambare rāhum ālokya
atisaṃbhramāścaryakhinnāsmṛtimukhaḥ babhau

19. Then he appeared with a face characterized by extreme agitation, astonishment, distress, and a loss of memory, like the moon in the sky, whose death is imminent, upon seeing Rāhu.

19. אולם על פניו עדיין ניכרו בלבול, תדהמה ושיכחה, בדומה לירח בשמים הרואה את רָאהוּ מתקרב וחל עליו פחד כליון.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon (then, now, thereupon, therefore)

• अतिसंभ्रमाश्चर्यखिन्नास्मृतिमुखः (atisaṁbhramāścaryakhinnāsmṛtimukhaḥ) - having a face characterized by extreme agitation, astonishment, distress, and a loss of memory (having a face characterized by great agitation, astonishment, distress, and loss of memory)

• बभौ (babhau) - appeared (shone, appeared, became visible)

• आसन्नमृत्युः (āsannamṛtyuḥ) - whose death is imminent (whose death is near, approaching death)

• आलोक्य (ālokya) - upon seeing (having seen, having perceived, after seeing)

• राहुम् (rāhum) - Rāhu (Rāhu (the mythical planet causing eclipses))

• इन्दुः (induḥ) - the moon (moon, drop, Soma)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as if, as it were)

• अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky (in the sky, in a garment, in a cloth)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon (then, now, thereupon, therefore)

(indeclinable)

अतिसंभ्रमाश्चर्यखिन्नास्मृतिमुखः (atisaṁbhramāścaryakhinnāsmṛtimukhaḥ) - having a face characterized by extreme agitation, astonishment, distress, and a loss of memory (having a face characterized by great agitation, astonishment, distress, and loss of memory)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of atisaṃbhramāścaryakhinnāsmṛtimukha

atisaṁbhramāścaryakhinnāsmṛtimukha - one whose face shows extreme agitation, astonishment, distress, and loss of memory

Compound type : bahuvrihi (atisaṃbhrama+āścarya+khinna+asmṛti+mukha)

• atisaṃbhrama – great agitation, extreme confusion
  noun (masculine)
  Prefixes: ati+sam
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• āścarya – wonder, astonishment, surprise
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: car (class 1)
• khinna – distressed, weary, sad
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'khid' (to be distressed)
  Root: khid (class 7)
• asmṛti – loss of memory, forgetfulness
  noun (feminine)
  Negative prefix 'a-' + 'smṛti' (memory)
  Root: smṛ (class 1)
• mukha – face, mouth, front
  noun (neuter)

बभौ (babhau) - appeared (shone, appeared, became visible)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of babhau

perfect tense

Root 'bhā' (class 2) in perfect active 3rd person singular.

Root: bhā (class 2)

आसन्नमृत्युः (āsannamṛtyuḥ) - whose death is imminent (whose death is near, approaching death)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āsannamṛtyu

āsannamṛtyu - one whose death is near, having approaching death

Compound of 'āsanna' (near, approaching) and 'mṛtyu' (death).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (āsanna+mṛtyu)

• āsanna – near, proximate, arrived, present
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'as' (to sit, to be near) with prefix 'ā'.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: as (class 2)
• mṛtyu – death, Yama (god of death)
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'mṛ' (to die).
  Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Refers to the moon (induḥ) in the simile.

आलोक्य (ālokya) - upon seeing (having seen, having perceived, after seeing)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Absolutive (gerund) form from root 'lok' (to see) with prefix 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: lok (class 10)

राहुम् (rāhum) - Rāhu (Rāhu (the mythical planet causing eclipses))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāhu

rāhu - Rāhu (a mythical daimon believed to cause solar and lunar eclipses)

Note: Object of 'ālokya'.

इन्दुः (induḥ) - the moon (moon, drop, Soma)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of indu

indu - moon, drop, Soma (Vedic ritual drink)

Root: in (class 2)

Note: Subject of the simile.

इव (iva) - like (like, as if, as it were)

(indeclinable)

अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky (in the sky, in a garment, in a cloth)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere, garment, cloth

Note: Location of the moon.

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