योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-24, verse-41

क्वचिद्धिमाभ्रधवलं क्वचिद्वर्षत्पयोधरम् ।
क्वचित्स्थल इवाकाश एव विश्रान्तलोकपम् ॥ ४१ ॥

kvaciddhimābhradhavalaṃ kvacidvarṣatpayodharam ,
kvacitsthala ivākāśa eva viśrāntalokapam 41

41. kvacit hima-abhra-dhavalam kvacit varṣat payodharam
kvacit sthala iva ākāśa eva viśrānta-lokapam

41. kvacit hima-abhra-dhavalam kvacit varṣat payodharam
kvacit sthala iva ākāśa eva viśrānta-lokapam

41. Somewhere, it is white as snow-clouds; somewhere, rain-bearing clouds are showering. Somewhere, the guardians of the world (lokapas) rest in the sky as if on land.

41. במקום אחד המרחב צחור כענני שלג, במקום אחר עננים ממטירים גשמים; ובמקום אחר בשמיים, כאילו היו אדמה מוצקה, נחים שומרי העולם (לוֹכָּפָאָלָה).

Words meanings summery:

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, somewhere, in some place

• हिम-अभ्र-धवलम् (hima-abhra-dhavalam) - white as snow-clouds

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, somewhere, in some place

• वर्षत् (varṣat) - raining, showering

• पयोधरम् (payodharam) - cloud, water-bearer

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, somewhere, in some place

• स्थल (sthala) - on land (land, ground, dry ground)

• इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

• आकाश (ākāśa) - in the sky (sky, space, ether)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• विश्रान्त-लोकपम् (viśrānta-lokapam) - where world-guardians are resting

Words meanings and morphology

क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, somewhere, in some place

(indeclinable)

हिम-अभ्र-धवलम् (hima-abhra-dhavalam) - white as snow-clouds

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hima-abhra-dhavala

hima-abhra-dhavala - white as snow-clouds

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hima+abhra+dhavala)

• hima – snow, frost, cold
  noun (neuter)
• abhra – cloud, sky
  noun (neuter)
• dhavala – white, clean, bright
  adjective

क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, somewhere, in some place

(indeclinable)

वर्षत् (varṣat) - raining, showering

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of varṣat

varṣat - raining, showering

Present Active Participle

From root 'vṛṣ' (to rain)

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'payodharam'.

पयोधरम् (payodharam) - cloud, water-bearer

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of payodhara

payodhara - cloud, water-bearer

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (payas+dhara)

• payas – water
  noun (neuter)
• dhara – bearing, holding, maintaining
  adjective
  From root 'dhṛ' (to hold, bear)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, somewhere, in some place

(indeclinable)

स्थल (sthala) - on land (land, ground, dry ground)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthala

sthala - land, ground, place

इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

(indeclinable)

आकाश (ākāśa) - in the sky (sky, space, ether)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, space, ether

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

विश्रान्त-लोकपम् (viśrānta-lokapam) - where world-guardians are resting

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of viśrānta-lokapa

viśrānta-lokapa - one whose guardians of the world are rested, or a place where they are rested

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (viśrānta+lokapa)

• viśrānta – rested, calmed, ceased
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'śram' (to be weary) with prefix 'vi'
  Prefix: vi
  Root: śram (class 4)
• lokapa – guardian of the world, ruler, king
  noun (masculine)

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