योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-106, verse-35

उत्थायास्तरणं वस्त्रं तत्तदास्फोटितं मया ।
हस्तिचर्मद्वरेणेव संध्यानृत्यानुरागिणा ॥ ३५ ॥

utthāyāstaraṇaṃ vastraṃ tattadāsphoṭitaṃ mayā ,
hasticarmadvareṇeva saṃdhyānṛtyānurāgiṇā 35

35. utthāya āstaraṇam vastram tat tat āsphoṭitam mayā
hasticharman-dvareṇa iva sandhyā-nṛtya-anurāgiṇā

35. utthāya mayā tat tat āstaraṇam vastram
sandhyā-nṛtya-anurāgiṇā hasticharman-dvareṇa iva āsphoṭitam

35. After rising, I vigorously shook that covering cloth, just like one devoted to the evening dance (sandhyānṛtya) might shake the two pieces of an elephant hide.

35. קמתי וניערתי את בגד כסותי, בדיוק כפי שרוקד בין הערביים מנער את גלימת עור הפיל שלו.

Words meanings summery:

• उत्थाय (utthāya) - having risen, after rising, getting up

• आस्तरणम् (āstaraṇam) - the covering cloth (for sleeping) (covering, spreading, bedspread, carpet)

• वस्त्रम् (vastram) - the cloth, garment (cloth, garment, clothing)

• तत् (tat) - that (cloth) (that, those)

• तत् (tat) - that (cloth) (that, those)

• आस्फोटितम् (āsphoṭitam) - shaken, flapped, thrashed, struck

• मया (mayā) - by me

• हस्तिछर्मन्-द्वरेण (hasticharman-dvareṇa) - by the two elephant hides

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• सन्ध्या-नृत्य-अनुरागिणा (sandhyā-nṛtya-anurāgiṇā) - by one devoted to the evening dance (referring to Shiva) (by one devoted to the evening dance)

Words meanings and morphology

उत्थाय (utthāya) - having risen, after rising, getting up

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Derived from root sthā (to stand) with upasarga ud (up) and suffix -ya

Prefix: ud

Root: sthā (class 1)

आस्तरणम् (āstaraṇam) - the covering cloth (for sleeping) (covering, spreading, bedspread, carpet)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āstaraṇa

āstaraṇa - spreading, covering, bed-covering, mat, carpet

nomen actionis / instrumenti

Derived from root stṛ (to spread) with upasarga ā and suffix -ana

Prefix: ā

Root: stṛ (class 5)

Note: The form could also be nominative singular neuter. Context points to accusative here (object of 'shook').

वस्त्रम् (vastram) - the cloth, garment (cloth, garment, clothing)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vastra

vastra - cloth, garment, clothes

Note: Accusative singular, agreeing with `āstaraṇam`.

तत् (tat) - that (cloth) (that, those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Appears twice `tat tat` for emphasis, "that very (cloth)".

तत् (tat) - that (cloth) (that, those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Repeated for emphasis.

आस्फोटितम् (āsphoṭitam) - shaken, flapped, thrashed, struck

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āsphoṭita

āsphoṭita - shaken, flapped, struck, clapped

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sphuṭ (to burst, open) with upasarga ā and suffix -kta (passive participle)

Prefix: ā

Root: sphuṭ (class 6)

Note: Past passive participle, nominative singular neuter, acting as a predicate. "It was shaken".

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Agent in a passive construction.

हस्तिछर्मन्-द्वरेण (hasticharman-dvareṇa) - by the two elephant hides

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of hasticharmadvāra

hasticharmadvāra - two pieces of elephant hide

Compound type : dvandva (hasticharmā+dvāra)

• hasticharmā – elephant hide, elephant skin
  noun (neuter)
• dvāra – door, gate, opening, pair (often implies two)
  noun (neuter)

Note: Instrumental singular, indicating the means or manner. `dvāra` here means "two pieces" or "pair".

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

सन्ध्या-नृत्य-अनुरागिणा (sandhyā-nṛtya-anurāgiṇā) - by one devoted to the evening dance (referring to Shiva) (by one devoted to the evening dance)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sandhyānṛtyānurāgin

sandhyānṛtyānurāgin - one devoted to the evening dance

Compound ending in an adjectival suffix -in

Compound type : tatpurusha (sandhyā+nṛtya+anurāgin)

• sandhyā – twilight, evening, junction of day and night
  noun (feminine)
• nṛtya – dance
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root nṛt (to dance)
  Root: nṛt (class 4)
• anurāgin – attached to, devoted to, fond of
  adjective (masculine)
  From anurāga (attachment) + -in suffix
  Prefix: anu

Note: Agrees with `mayā` (implied `mayā` as masculine, the speaker).

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