योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-25, verse-8

जम्बूद्वीप इति ख्यातां विपुलां तत्र कर्णिकाम् ।
सरित्केसरिकानाला नगरग्रामकेसराम् ॥ ८ ॥

jambūdvīpa iti khyātāṃ vipulāṃ tatra karṇikām ,
saritkesarikānālā nagaragrāmakesarām 8

8. jambūdvīpa iti khyātām vipulām tatra karṇikām
sarit-kesarikā-nālā nagara-grāma-kesarām

8. tatra vipulām karṇikām jambūdvīpa iti khyātām
sarit-kesarikā-nālā nagara-grāma-kesarām

8. There, the vast pericarp (karṇikā) known as Jambudvipa, whose stalk is formed by river-filaments, and whose filaments are cities and villages.

8. במרכז הלוטוס הזה שוכנת עלי המזלג הענקית הידועה בשם גַמְבּוּדְוִיפָה (יבשת הגַמְבּוּ), שבה הנהרות הם הצינורות והאבקנים, והערים והכפרים הם גרגרי האבקנים שלה.

Words meanings summery:

• जम्बूद्वीप (jambūdvīpa) - Jambudvipa (the continent of the rose-apple tree)

• इति (iti) - known as (thus, so, as, named, called)

• ख्याताम् (khyātām) - known as (known, famed, celebrated)

• विपुलाम् (vipulām) - vast, broad, extensive, great

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• कर्णिकाम् (karṇikām) - pericarp (referring to the central part of a lotus, here symbolizing a landmass) (pericarp (of a lotus), seed vessel, ear-ornament, little ear)

• सरित्-केसरिका-नाला (sarit-kesarikā-nālā) - whose stalk is composed of river-filaments

• नगर-ग्राम-केसराम् (nagara-grāma-kesarām) - whose filaments are cities and villages

Words meanings and morphology

जम्बूद्वीप (jambūdvīpa) - Jambudvipa (the continent of the rose-apple tree)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jambūdvīpa

jambūdvīpa - Jambudvipa (one of the seven continents in Hindu cosmology)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jambū+dvīpa)

• jambū – rose apple tree (Syzygium jambos), rose apple fruit
  noun (feminine)
• dvīpa – island, continent, land between two waters
  noun (masculine)

Note: Part of the adverbial phrase 'jambūdvīpa iti' (as Jambudvipa)

इति (iti) - known as (thus, so, as, named, called)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used to introduce a quotation or to denote a name/identification

ख्याताम् (khyātām) - known as (known, famed, celebrated)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of khyāta

khyāta - known, celebrated, famous

Past Passive Participle

from root khyā (to be known, to tell)

Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'karṇikām'

विपुलाम् (vipulām) - vast, broad, extensive, great

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vipulā

vipulā - vast, broad, extensive, great

Note: Modifies 'karṇikām'

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

कर्णिकाम् (karṇikām) - pericarp (referring to the central part of a lotus, here symbolizing a landmass) (pericarp (of a lotus), seed vessel, ear-ornament, little ear)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of karṇikā

karṇikā - pericarp, seed-vessel (of a lotus), ear-ornament, small ear

Note: The main object being described in these verses.

सरित्-केसरिका-नाला (sarit-kesarikā-nālā) - whose stalk is composed of river-filaments

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sarit-kesarikā-nālā

sarit-kesarikā-nālā - having a stalk (nāla) made of river-filaments (sarit-kesarikā)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sarit+kesarikā+nālā)

• sarit – river, stream
  noun (feminine)
• kesarikā – filament (of a lotus), stamen, saffron
  noun (feminine)
  diminutive of kesara
• nālā – stalk, stem, tube
  noun (feminine)

Note: Modifies 'karṇikām'

नगर-ग्राम-केसराम् (nagara-grāma-kesarām) - whose filaments are cities and villages

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nagara-grāma-kesarā

nagara-grāma-kesarā - having cities and villages as filaments (kesara)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nagara+grāma+kesarā)

• nagara – city, town
  noun (neuter)
• grāma – village, hamlet
  noun (masculine)
• kesara – filament (of a lotus), stamen, hair, mane
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'karṇikām'

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