योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-113, verse-39

तरङ्गोत्पलमालेव कल्पनामात्रवर्णिता ।
मृणालीव बहुच्छिद्रा पङ्कप्रौढा जलात्मिका ॥ ३९ ॥

taraṅgotpalamāleva kalpanāmātravarṇitā ,
mṛṇālīva bahucchidrā paṅkaprauḍhā jalātmikā 39

39. taraṅgotpalamālā iva kalpanāmātravarṇitā
mṛṇālī iva bahucchidrā paṅkaprauḍhā jalātmakā

39. taraṅgotpalamālā iva kalpanāmātravarṇitā
mṛṇālī iva bahucchidrā paṅkaprauḍhā jalātmakā

39. It is like a garland of waves and lotuses, described merely by imagination. It is like a lotus stalk, full of many holes, fully grown in mud, and whose very nature is water.

39. כמו מחרוזת נילוסים המצוירת על גבי גלים וקיימת בדמיון בלבד, וכמו גבעול נילוס מלא נקובים הצומח מתוך הבוץ וכולו מים.

Words meanings summery:

• तरङ्गोत्पलमाला (taraṅgotpalamālā) - garland of waves and lotuses

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• कल्पनामात्रवर्णिता (kalpanāmātravarṇitā) - described merely by imagination

• मृणाली (mṛṇālī) - lotus stalk

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• बहुच्छिद्रा (bahucchidrā) - full of many holes

• पङ्कप्रौढा (paṅkaprauḍhā) - fully grown in mud

• जलात्मका (jalātmakā) - whose nature is water, composed of water

Words meanings and morphology

तरङ्गोत्पलमाला (taraṅgotpalamālā) - garland of waves and lotuses

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of taraṅgotpalamālā

taraṅgotpalamālā - garland of waves and lotuses

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (taraṅga+utpala+mālā)

• taraṅga – wave, surge
  noun (masculine)
  Root: taraṅg
• utpala – water-lily, lotus
  noun (neuter)
• mālā – garland, wreath
  noun (feminine)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

कल्पनामात्रवर्णिता (kalpanāmātravarṇitā) - described merely by imagination

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kalpanāmātravarṇita

kalpanāmātravarṇita - described merely by imagination

Past Passive Participle

Compound of kalpanāmātra (only by imagination) and varṇita (described).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kalpanā+mātra+varṇita)

• kalpanā – imagination, conception
  noun (feminine)
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• mātra – only, merely, solely
  indeclinable
• varṇita – described, depicted
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root varṇ (to describe, color)
  Root: varṇ

मृणाली (mṛṇālī) - lotus stalk

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛṇālī

mṛṇālī - lotus stalk, lotus fiber

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

बहुच्छिद्रा (bahucchidrā) - full of many holes

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bahucchidra

bahucchidra - full of many holes, having many defects

Compound of bahu (many) and chidra (hole, defect).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bahu+chidra)

• bahu – many, much
  adjective
• chidra – hole, opening, defect
  noun (neuter)
  Root: chid (class 7)

पङ्कप्रौढा (paṅkaprauḍhā) - fully grown in mud

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of paṅkaprauḍha

paṅkaprauḍha - grown up in mud, fully developed in mud

Compound of paṅka (mud) and prauḍha (fully grown, mature).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (paṅka+prauḍha)

• paṅka – mud, mire, dirt
  noun (masculine)
• prauḍha – grown up, mature, fully developed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from prefix pra and root ūh (to push, to guess)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: ūh (class 1)

जलात्मका (jalātmakā) - whose nature is water, composed of water

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jalātmaka

jalātmaka - having water as its nature, water-bodied, watery

Compound of jala (water) and ātmaka (having the nature of).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jala+ātmaka)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• ātmaka – having the nature of, consisting of, pertaining to
  adjective
  Derived from ātman + ka suffix.

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