योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-106, verse-14

कचन्मरुमरीच्यम्बुपुरःप्लुतककुम्मुखम् ।
आसूर्यास्तं दिनं तत्र प्रक्रान्तं सीदता मया ॥ १४ ॥

kacanmarumarīcyambupuraḥplutakakummukham ,
āsūryāstaṃ dinaṃ tatra prakrāntaṃ sīdatā mayā 14

14. kacat-maru-marīci-ambu-puraḥ-pluta-kakum-mukham
ā-sūrya-astam dinam tatra prakrāntam sīdatā mayā

14. mayā sīdatā tatra kacat-maru-marīci-ambu-puraḥ-pluta-kakum-mukham
ā-sūrya-astam dinam prakrāntam

14. There, where the horizons seemed to gleam, shimmering with mirage-water that appeared to float ahead, I, suffering, spent the day until sunset.

14. בעוד מראה תעתועי שרב מציף את האופק מול עיניי, עבר עליי היום בייסורים קשים עד לשקיעת החמה.

Words meanings summery:

• कचत्-मरु-मरीचि-अम्बु-पुरः-प्लुत-ककुम्-मुखम् (kacat-maru-marīci-ambu-puraḥ-pluta-kakum-mukham) - describes the visual effect of the desert, where horizons seem submerged in gleaming mirage-water (gleaming with desert mirage-water appearing in front of the horizons/directions)

• आ-सूर्य-अस्तम् (ā-sūrya-astam) - until sunset

• दिनम् (dinam) - day

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• प्रक्रान्तम् (prakrāntam) - passed (the day) (passed, begun, accomplished)

• सीदता (sīdatā) - by me, who was suffering (by one who is suffering/languishing)

• मया (mayā) - by me

Words meanings and morphology

कचत्-मरु-मरीचि-अम्बु-पुरः-प्लुत-ककुम्-मुखम् (kacat-maru-marīci-ambu-puraḥ-pluta-kakum-mukham) - describes the visual effect of the desert, where horizons seem submerged in gleaming mirage-water (gleaming with desert mirage-water appearing in front of the horizons/directions)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kacat-maru-marīci-ambu-puraḥ-pluta-kakum-mukha

kacat-maru-marīci-ambu-puraḥ-pluta-kakum-mukha - whose directional faces (horizons) are seemingly submerged in the gleaming water of desert mirages

Bahuvrihi compound. Describes the place (implied 'tat' or 'araṇyam').

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kacat+maru+marīci+ambu+puraḥ+pluta+kakubh+mukha)

• kacat – gleaming, shining, glittering, sparkling
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root 'kac' (to shine, glitter).
  Root: kac (class 1)
• maru – desert, sandy waste, wilderness
  noun (masculine)
• marīci – ray of light, mirage, illusion
  noun (masculine)
• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)
• puraḥ – in front, before, eastward
  indeclinable
• pluta – floated, submerged, bathed, leaped
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'plu' (to float, swim, leap).
  Root: plu (class 1)
• kakubh – direction, quarter of the sky, cardinal point
  noun (feminine)
• mukha – face, mouth, entrance, front
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with an implicit neuter subject, e.g., 'tat' (that place).

आ-सूर्य-अस्तम् (ā-sūrya-astam) - until sunset

(indeclinable)

Indeclinable compound: 'ā' (until, up to) + 'sūrya' (sun) + 'asta' (setting).

Compound type : avyayībhāva (ā+sūrya+asta)

• ā – until, up to, towards
  prefix
• sūrya – sun, solar deity
  noun (masculine)
• asta – setting (of the sun), western mountain, home
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'as' (to throw, cast, be, exist).
  Root: as (class 2)

दिनम् (dinam) - day

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dina

dina - day, daylight, time

Note: Object of the verb 'prakrāntam'.

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

प्रक्रान्तम् (prakrāntam) - passed (the day) (passed, begun, accomplished)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prakrānta

prakrānta - begun, started, accomplished, passed, undertaken

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'kram' (to step, go) with prefix 'pra' (forward, forth).

Prefix: pra

Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'dinam' (day) and implies 'was passed'.

सीदता (sīdatā) - by me, who was suffering (by one who is suffering/languishing)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sīdat

sīdat - sinking, languishing, suffering, being depressed, declining

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'sad' (to sink, languish, suffer).

Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'mayā'.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: The speaker's gender is not explicitly stated by this pronoun form, but context in such texts often implies a masculine speaker.

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