योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-108, verse-26

नीलपत्रलताशङ्कापीतधूमघनच्छवि ।
भ्रमद्गृध्रनिगीर्णोग्रनभोभ्रान्तोल्मुकामिषम् ॥ २६ ॥

nīlapatralatāśaṅkāpītadhūmaghanacchavi ,
bhramadgṛdhranigīrṇogranabhobhrāntolmukāmiṣam 26

26. nīlapatralatāśaṅkāpītadhūmaghanacchavi
bhramadgṛdhranigīrṇogranabhobhrāntolmukāmiṣam

26. nīlapatralatāśaṅkāpītadhūmaghanacchavi
bhramadgṛdhranigīrṇogranabhobhrāntolmukāmiṣam

26. A place with a dense, yellow smoky appearance resembling blue-leafed creepers, and where terrible, whirling vultures devour firebrands as if they were prey swirling in the sky.

26. העשן הצהבהב והסמיך נחשב בטעות לזמורות ועלעלים כהים, ונשרים חגים בלעו בשמיים גחלים לוחשות שחשבו לפיסות בשר.

Words meanings summery:

• नीलपत्रलताशङ्कापीतधूमघनच्छवि (nīlapatralatāśaṅkāpītadhūmaghanacchavi) - describing the strange and ominous visual characteristics of the smoke in a devastated area (having a dense, yellow smoky appearance resembling blue-leafed creepers)

• भ्रमद्गृध्रनिगीर्णोग्रनभोभ्रान्तोल्मुकामिषम् (bhramadgṛdhranigīrṇogranabhobhrāntolmukāmiṣam) - depicting a scene of scavengers consuming burning debris after a major conflagration (terrible, whirling vultures devouring firebrands as if they were prey swirling in the sky)

Words meanings and morphology

नीलपत्रलताशङ्कापीतधूमघनच्छवि (nīlapatralatāśaṅkāpītadhūmaghanacchavi) - describing the strange and ominous visual characteristics of the smoke in a devastated area (having a dense, yellow smoky appearance resembling blue-leafed creepers)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nīlapatralatāśaṅkāpītadhūmaghanacchavi

nīlapatralatāśaṅkāpītadhūmaghanacchavi - appearance dense with yellow smoke resembling blue-leafed creepers

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi-Tatpuruṣa (nīlapatralatāśaṅkā+pītadhūmaghanacchavi)

• chavi – color, hue, splendor, appearance, beauty
  noun (feminine)
• ghana – dense, thick, compact
  adjective
• dhūma – smoke
  noun (masculine)
• pīta – yellow, pale
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √pī (to be yellow) or √pā (to drink). Here referring to color.
  Root: pī (class 4)
• śaṅkā – resemblance, doubt, apprehension, belief
  noun (feminine)
  Root: śaṅk (class 1)
• latā – creeper, vine
  noun (feminine)
• patra – leaf, foliage
  noun (neuter)
• nīla – blue, dark blue, black
  adjective

Note: Can be nominative or accusative, here likely an adjective modifying an implied noun like 'sthānam' (place).

भ्रमद्गृध्रनिगीर्णोग्रनभोभ्रान्तोल्मुकामिषम् (bhramadgṛdhranigīrṇogranabhobhrāntolmukāmiṣam) - depicting a scene of scavengers consuming burning debris after a major conflagration (terrible, whirling vultures devouring firebrands as if they were prey swirling in the sky)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhramadgṛdhranigīrṇogranabhobhrāntolmukāmiṣa

bhramadgṛdhranigīrṇogranabhobhrāntolmukāmiṣa - fierce whirling vultures devouring firebrands as prey whirling in the sky

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi-Tatpuruṣa (bhramadgṛdhranigīrṇogra+nabhobhrānta+ulmuka+āmiṣa)

• āmiṣa – prey, meat, flesh, food
  noun (neuter)
• ulmuka – firebrand, blazing torch
  noun (masculine)
• bhrānta – whirled, wandered, strayed, moved
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √bhram (to wander, whirl).
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• nabha – sky, atmosphere, cloud
  noun (neuter)
• ugra – terrible, fierce, formidable, cruel
  adjective
• nigīrṇa – swallowed, devoured, consumed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from ni-√gṛ (to swallow down).
  Prefix: ni
  Root: gṛ (class 6)
• gṛdhra – vulture, greedy bird
  noun (masculine)
• bhramat – whirling, wandering, moving
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from √bhram (to wander, whirl).
  Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: Can be nominative or accusative, here likely an adjective modifying an implied noun like 'sthānam' (place).

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