योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-15, verse-29

अवदाततनुः पुण्या स्पर्शनाह्लादकारिणी
गङ्गेव गां गता देहवती हंसविलासिनी ॥ २९ ॥

avadātatanuḥ puṇyā sparśanāhlādakāriṇī
gaṅgeva gāṃ gatā dehavatī haṃsavilāsinī 29

29. avadāta-tanuḥ puṇyā sparśana-āhlāda-kāriṇī
gaṅgā iva gām gatā dehavatī haṃsa-vilāsinī

29. dehavatī avadāta-tanuḥ puṇyā sparśana-āhlāda-kāriṇī
haṃsa-vilāsinī gām gatā gaṅgā iva

29. Having an embodied form, she has a pure body, is sacred, causes delight by her touch, and moves gracefully like a swan, like the Gaṅgā river descended to earth.

29. גופה היה טהור ומבורך, משרה עונג למגע, כמו נהר הַגַנְגָּה שהגיע לאדמה בדמות בשר ודם, והיא נעה בחן של ברבור.

Words meanings summery:

• अवदात-तनुः (avadāta-tanuḥ) - having a pure body

• पुण्या (puṇyā) - sacred, virtuous, holy

• स्पर्शन-आह्लाद-कारिणी (sparśana-āhlāda-kāriṇī) - causing joy by touch

• गङ्गा (gaṅgā) - Ganges river

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• गाम् (gām) - earth, ground

• गता (gatā) - gone, arrived, reached

• देहवती (dehavatī) - embodied, having a body

• हंस-विलासिनी (haṁsa-vilāsinī) - playing like a swan, having swan-like grace

Words meanings and morphology

अवदात-तनुः (avadāta-tanuḥ) - having a pure body

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avadāta-tanuḥ

avadāta-tanuḥ - having a pure body; with a spotless form

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (avadāta+tanu)

• avadāta – pure, clean, white
  adjective
  Prefix: ava
• tanu – body, form, person
  noun (feminine)

पुण्या (puṇyā) - sacred, virtuous, holy

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of puṇyā

puṇya - sacred, virtuous, holy, auspicious

स्पर्शन-आह्लाद-कारिणी (sparśana-āhlāda-kāriṇī) - causing joy by touch

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sparśana-āhlāda-kāriṇī

sparśana-āhlāda-kāriṇī - causing joy by touch; bringing delight through contact

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sparśana+āhlāda+kāriṇī)

• sparśana – touch, contact
  noun (neuter)
  Root: spṛś (class 6)
• āhlāda – joy, delight, pleasure
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: hlād (class 1)
• kāriṇī – causing, making, doing
  adjective (feminine)
  agent noun
  feminine agent noun from root kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

गङ्गा (gaṅgā) - Ganges river

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gaṅgā

gaṅgā - the river Ganges

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

गाम् (gām) - earth, ground

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of go

go - cow, earth, ray, heaven

गता (gatā) - gone, arrived, reached

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gata

gata - gone, arrived, obtained

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle from root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

देहवती (dehavatī) - embodied, having a body

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dehavatī

dehavat - having a body, embodied

हंस-विलासिनी (haṁsa-vilāsinī) - playing like a swan, having swan-like grace

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of haṃsa-vilāsinī

haṁsa-vilāsinī - graceful like a swan; moving charmingly like a swan

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (haṃsa+vilāsinī)

• haṃsa – swan, goose
  noun (masculine)
• vilāsinī – playful, charming, graceful woman
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: las (class 1)

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