योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-16, verse-37

श्रीराज्ञ्युवाच ।
जय जन्मजराज्वालादाहदोषशशिप्रभे ।
जय हार्दान्धकारौघनिवारणरविप्रभे ॥ ३७ ॥

śrīrājñyuvāca ,
jaya janmajarājvālādāhadoṣaśaśiprabhe ,
jaya hārdāndhakāraughanivāraṇaraviprabhe 37

37. śrī rājñī uvāca jaya janmajarājvālādoṣaśaśiprabhe
jaya hārdāndhakāraughanivāraṇaraviprabhe

37. śrī rājñī uvāca jaya janmajarājvālādoṣaśaśiprabhe
jaya hārdāndhakāraughanivāraṇaraviprabhe

37. Śrī Rājñī said: "Hail! O You whose moon-like radiance consumes the scorching fault of the flames of birth and old age! Hail! O You whose sun-like radiance dispels the dense darkness of the heart!"

Words meanings summery:

• श्री (śrī) - glorious, revered

• राज्ञी (rājñī) - Queen

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• जय (jaya) - victory!, hail!

• जन्मजराज्वालादोषशशिप्रभे (janmajarājvālādoṣaśaśiprabhe) - O You whose moon-like radiance consumes the scorching fault of the flames of birth and old age

• जय (jaya) - victory!, hail!

• हार्दान्धकारौघनिवारणरविप्रभे (hārdāndhakāraughanivāraṇaraviprabhe) - O You whose sun-like radiance dispels the dense darkness of the heart

Words meanings and morphology

श्री (śrī) - glorious, revered

(indeclinable)

राज्ञी (rājñī) - Queen

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rājñī

rājñī - queen

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect past (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

जय (jaya) - victory!, hail!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of ji

Root: ji (class 1)

Note: Used as an interjection 'Hail!' or 'Victory!'

जन्मजराज्वालादोषशशिप्रभे (janmajarājvālādoṣaśaśiprabhe) - O You whose moon-like radiance consumes the scorching fault of the flames of birth and old age

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of janmajarājvālādoṣaśaśiprabhā

janmajarājvālādoṣaśaśiprabhā - One whose splendor, like the moon, is the dispeller/burner of the fault which is the burning of the flames of birth and old age

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (janmajarājvālādoṣa+śaśiprabhā)

• janmajarājvālādoṣa – the fault which is the burning of the flames of birth and old age
  noun (masculine)
• śaśiprabhā – moonlight, radiance like the moon
  noun (feminine)

Note: A very long descriptive compound addressed to the deity.

जय (jaya) - victory!, hail!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of ji

Root: ji (class 1)

Note: Used as an interjection 'Hail!' or 'Victory!'

हार्दान्धकारौघनिवारणरविप्रभे (hārdāndhakāraughanivāraṇaraviprabhe) - O You whose sun-like radiance dispels the dense darkness of the heart

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of hārdāndhakāraughanivāraṇaraviprabhā

hārdāndhakāraughanivāraṇaraviprabhā - One whose splendor, like the sun, removes the dense darkness of the heart

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hārdāndhakāraughanivāraṇa+raviprabhā)

• hārdāndhakāraughanivāraṇa – the dispelling of the mass of darkness of the heart
  noun (neuter)
• raviprabhā – sunlight, radiance like the sun
  noun (feminine)

Note: A very long descriptive compound addressed to the deity.

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