योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-17, verse-39

महीरुहनदीशैलपुरपत्तनमण्डितम् ।
नानानगरविन्यास जङ्गलग्रामसंकुलम् ॥ ३९ ॥

mahīruhanadīśailapurapattanamaṇḍitam ,
nānānagaravinyāsa jaṅgalagrāmasaṃkulam 39

39. mahīruhanadīśailapurapattanam maṇḍitam
nānānagaravinyāsa jaṅgalagrāmasaṃkulam

39. (tat) mahīruhanadīśailapurapattanam maṇḍitam,
nānānagaravinyāsa jaṅgalagrāmasaṃkulam (āsīt)

39. Adorned with trees, rivers, mountains, fortified cities, and commercial towns, it was teeming with diverse city settlements, forests, and villages.

Words meanings summery:

• महीरुहनदीशैलपुरपत्तनम् (mahīruhanadīśailapurapattanam) - with trees, rivers, mountains, fortified cities, and commercial towns

• मण्डितम् (maṇḍitam) - adorned, decorated, embellished

• नानानगरविन्यास (nānānagaravinyāsa) - various city arrangements, diverse city settlements

• जङ्गलग्रामसंकुलम् (jaṅgalagrāmasaṁkulam) - crowded with forests and villages, teeming with forests and villages

Words meanings and morphology

महीरुहनदीशैलपुरपत्तनम् (mahīruhanadīśailapurapattanam) - with trees, rivers, mountains, fortified cities, and commercial towns

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahīruhanadīśailapurapattana

mahīruhanadīśailapurapattana - a place consisting of/adorned with trees, rivers, mountains, fortified cities, and commercial towns

Compound type : dvandva (mahīruha+nadī+śaila+pura+pattana)

• mahīruha – tree
  noun (masculine)
  From mahī (earth) + ruha (growing)
  Root: ruh (class 1)
• nadī – river
  noun (feminine)
• śaila – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)
• pura – fortified city, town, citadel
  noun (neuter)
• pattana – commercial town, port city, metropolis
  noun (neuter)

Note: The -am ending suggests it's an accusative singular neuter, likely qualifying an implied object like 'kingdom' or 'region'.

मण्डितम् (maṇḍitam) - adorned, decorated, embellished

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of maṇḍita

maṇḍita - adorned, decorated, embellished

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root maṇḍ 'to adorn'.

Root: maṇḍ (class 10)

Note: This is an adjective in accusative singular neuter, agreeing with the implied subject (e.g., 'kingdom') that is adorned.

नानानगरविन्यास (nānānagaravinyāsa) - various city arrangements, diverse city settlements

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nānānagaravinyāsa

nānānagaravinyāsa - various city arrangements/settlements

Compound type : tatpurusha (nānā+nagara+vinyāsa)

• nānā – various, diverse
  indeclinable
• nagara – city, town
  noun (neuter)
• vinyāsa – arrangement, disposition, settlement, layout
  noun (masculine)
  From vi-ni-as
  Prefixes: vi+ni
  Root: as (class 4)

Note: Although morphologically 'vinyāsa' is masculine nominative, contextually it functions as an accusative singular neuter adjective, describing the implied kingdom (e.g., 'rājyam'), in parallel with 'maṇḍitam' and 'saṃkulam'. The final -m is omitted for poetic reasons.

जङ्गलग्रामसंकुलम् (jaṅgalagrāmasaṁkulam) - crowded with forests and villages, teeming with forests and villages

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jaṅgalagrāmasaṃkula

jaṅgalagrāmasaṁkula - crowded/teeming with forests and villages

Compound type : tatpurusha (jaṅgala+grāma+saṃkula)

• jaṅgala – forest, wilderness
  noun (neuter)
• grāma – village, community
  noun (masculine)
• saṃkula – crowded, filled, teeming, mixed
  adjective (neuter)
  From saṃ-kul (to accumulate, to crowd)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kul (class 1)

Note: Agrees with the implied object (e.g., 'kingdom') in accusative singular neuter.