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.

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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