योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-17, verse-52

पर्यन्तेषु प्रतीहारास्तस्थुर्धवलवाससः ।
ऋष्यमूकार्कतापार्तमेघमाला इवाद्रिषु ॥ ५२ ॥

paryanteṣu pratīhārāstasthurdhavalavāsasaḥ ,
ṛṣyamūkārkatāpārtameghamālā ivādriṣu 52

52. paryanteṣu pratīhārāḥ tasthuḥ dhavalavāsasaḥ
ṛṣyamūkārkatāpārtameghamālā iva adriṣu

52. pratīhārāḥ dhavalavāsasaḥ paryanteṣu tasthuḥ
iva ṛṣyamūkārkatāpārtameghamālā adriṣu

52. At the borders, the white-robed doorkeepers stood, resembling a cloud bank on mountains, afflicted by the sun's intense heat over the Ṛṣyamūka range.

52. בשולי האולם עמדו שומרי הסף עטויים בבגדים לבנים צחורים, כעננים הנחים על ההרים.

Words meanings summery:

• पर्यन्तेषु (paryanteṣu) - on the borders; at the ends; in the extremities

• प्रतीहाराः (pratīhārāḥ) - doorkeepers, guards

• तस्थुः (tasthuḥ) - stood

• धवलवाससः (dhavalavāsasaḥ) - white-robed, wearing white garments

• ऋष्यमूकार्कतापार्तमेघमाला (ṛṣyamūkārkatāpārtameghamālā) - a row of clouds afflicted by the sun's heat of (Mount) Ṛṣyamūka

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• अद्रिषु (adriṣu) - on the mountains

Words meanings and morphology

पर्यन्तेषु (paryanteṣu) - on the borders; at the ends; in the extremities

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of paryanta

paryanta - border, extremity, end

प्रतीहाराः (pratīhārāḥ) - doorkeepers, guards

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pratīhāra

pratīhāra - doorkeeper, guard

तस्थुः (tasthuḥ) - stood

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of √sthā

Perfect

Root verb, class 1 (P), perfect tense, 3rd person, plural

Root: sthā (class 1)

धवलवाससः (dhavalavāsasaḥ) - white-robed, wearing white garments

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dhavalavāsas

dhavalavāsas - white-robed, having white garments

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (dhavala+vāsas)

• dhavala – white, clean
  adjective
• vāsas – garment, clothing
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies 'pratīhārāḥ'

ऋष्यमूकार्कतापार्तमेघमाला (ṛṣyamūkārkatāpārtameghamālā) - a row of clouds afflicted by the sun's heat of (Mount) Ṛṣyamūka

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ṛṣyamūkārkatāpārtameghamālā

ṛṣyamūkārkatāpārtameghamālā - a row of clouds afflicted by the sun's heat of (Mount) Ṛṣyamūka

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa / Karmadhāraya (ṛṣyamūka+arkatāpa+ārta+meghamālā)

• ṛṣyamūka – Mount Ṛṣyamūka (a specific mountain mentioned in Rāmāyaṇa)
  proper noun (masculine)
• arkatāpa – sun's heat
  noun (masculine)
• ārta – afflicted, distressed, tormented
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From √ṛ (to suffer, oppress)
  Root: ṛ (class 3)
• meghamālā – row of clouds, cloud-bank
  noun (feminine)

Note: Object of comparison with 'pratīhārāḥ'

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

अद्रिषु (adriṣu) - on the mountains

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of adri

adri - mountain, rock

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