योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-107, verse-10

यौकाकीर्णजरत्क्लिन्नगन्धिकौपीनवाससा ।
आश्वस्य धवलीकानां तले नीता घनाः समाः ॥ १० ॥

yaukākīrṇajaratklinnagandhikaupīnavāsasā ,
āśvasya dhavalīkānāṃ tale nītā ghanāḥ samāḥ 10

10. yūkākīrṇajaratklinnagandhikaupīnavāsasā
āśvasya dhavalīkānām tale nītāḥ ghanāḥ samāḥ

10. yūkākīrṇajaratklinnagandhikaupīnavāsasā āśvasya,
dhavalīkānām tale घनाः समाः nītāḥ

10. Wearing a loincloth (kaupīnavāsas) that was old, decaying, foul-smelling, and infested with leeches, he spent many long years (samāḥ) taking comfort under the dhāvalīka trees.

10. לבוש באזור חלציים ישן, רטוב ומסריח, השורץ כינים, נאנחתי והעברתי שנים רבות וקשות בצילם של עצי הדַהוַולִי.

Words meanings summery:

• यूकाकीर्णजरत्क्लिन्नगन्धिकौपीनवाससा (yūkākīrṇajaratklinnagandhikaupīnavāsasā) - by one whose loincloth was infested with leeches, old, decaying, and foul-smelling

• आश्वस्य (āśvasya) - having rested, having taken comfort

• धवलीकानाम् (dhavalīkānām) - of the dhāvalīka trees/plants

• तले (tale) - under, at the base of

• नीताः (nītāḥ) - were spent, were passed (time)

• घनाः (ghanāḥ) - dense, abundant, many

• समाः (samāḥ) - years, seasons

Words meanings and morphology

यूकाकीर्णजरत्क्लिन्नगन्धिकौपीनवाससा (yūkākīrṇajaratklinnagandhikaupīnavāsasā) - by one whose loincloth was infested with leeches, old, decaying, and foul-smelling

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yūkākīrṇajaratklinnagandhikaupīnavāsas

yūkākīrṇajaratklinnagandhikaupīnavāsas - having a loincloth infested with leeches, old, decaying, and foul-smelling

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (yūkākīrṇa+jarat+klinna+gandhi+kaupīnavāsas)

• yūkākīrṇa – infested with lice/leeches
  adjective (neuter)
• jarat – old, decaying, decrepit
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  From root jṛ.
  Root: jṛ (class 1)
• klinna – wet, moist, decaying
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root klid.
  Root: klid (class 4)
• gandhi – smelling (of), fragrant, foul-smelling
  adjective (masculine)
• kaupīnavāsas – loincloth, strip of cloth covering the genitals
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to the implied agent (the person).

आश्वस्य (āśvasya) - having rested, having taken comfort

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root 'śvas' with prefix 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: śvas (class 2)

धवलीकानाम् (dhavalīkānām) - of the dhāvalīka trees/plants

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dhavalīka

dhavalīka - a type of tree (Acacia catechu or similar)

तले (tale) - under, at the base of

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tala

tala - surface, base, bottom, palm (of hand), sole (of foot)

नीताः (nītāḥ) - were spent, were passed (time)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nīta

nīta - led, carried, spent (time)

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'nī'.

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'samāḥ'.

घनाः (ghanāḥ) - dense, abundant, many

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ghana

ghana - dense, thick, abundant, many

Note: Agrees with 'samāḥ'.

समाः (samāḥ) - years, seasons

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of samā

samā - year, season

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