योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-26, verse-29

दिवसं प्रति वृक्षाणामवश्यायाश्रुबिन्दवः ।
गुच्छलोचनकोशेभ्यस्तापोष्णानि पतन्त्यधः ॥ २९ ॥

divasaṃ prati vṛkṣāṇāmavaśyāyāśrubindavaḥ ,
gucchalocanakośebhyastāpoṣṇāni patantyadhaḥ 29

29. divasam prati vṛkṣāṇām avaśyāyāśrubindavaḥ
gucchalocanakośebhyaḥ tāpoṣṇāni patanti adhaḥ

29. divasam prati vṛkṣāṇām gucchalocanakośebhyaḥ
tāpoṣṇāni avaśyāyāśrubindavaḥ adhaḥ patanti

29. Day after day, hot, dew-like tear-drops, warm with suffering, fall down from the trees' cluster-like eye-sockets.

Words meanings summery:

• दिवसम् (divasam) - day

• प्रति (prati) - every (day) (towards, against, every, each)

• वृक्षाणाम् (vṛkṣāṇām) - of the trees

• अवश्यायाश्रुबिन्दवः (avaśyāyāśrubindavaḥ) - dew-tear-drops

• गुच्छलोचनकोशेभ्यः (gucchalocanakośebhyaḥ) - from the cluster-like eye-sockets (of the trees) (from the eye-sockets of clusters)

• तापोष्णानि (tāpoṣṇāni) - warm with suffering (hot with heat, warm with distress/suffering)

• पतन्ति (patanti) - fall, drop

• अधः (adhaḥ) - down, below, beneath

Words meanings and morphology

दिवसम् (divasam) - day

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of divasa

divasa - day

Note: Governed by `prati`, forming `divasaṃ prati` (day after day).

प्रति (prati) - every (day) (towards, against, every, each)

(indeclinable)

Preposition/prefix.

वृक्षाणाम् (vṛkṣāṇām) - of the trees

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vṛkṣa

vṛkṣa - tree

Note: Connected to `gucchalocanakośebhyaḥ`.

अवश्यायाश्रुबिन्दवः (avaśyāyāśrubindavaḥ) - dew-tear-drops

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of avaśyāyāśrubindu

avaśyāyāśrubindu - dew-tear-drops

Compound type : karmadhāraya (avaśyāya+aśru+bindu)

• avaśyāya – dew, hoar-frost
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ava
  Root: śyā (class 1)
• aśru – tear
  noun (neuter)
• bindu – drop, point
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bind (class 7)

Note: Subject of the verb `patanti`.

गुच्छलोचनकोशेभ्यः (gucchalocanakośebhyaḥ) - from the cluster-like eye-sockets (of the trees) (from the eye-sockets of clusters)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, plural of gucchalocanakośa

gucchalocanakośa - eye-socket of a cluster

Compound type : karmadhāraya (guccha+locana+kośa)

• guccha – cluster, bunch
  noun (masculine)
• locana – eye, seeing
  noun (neuter)
  From root `loc` (to see).
  Root: loc (class 1)
• kośa – sheath, cavity, socket
  noun (masculine)
  From root `kuś` (to encompass, enclose).
  Root: kuś (class 9)

Note: Indicates the source from which the drops fall.

तापोष्णानि (tāpoṣṇāni) - warm with suffering (hot with heat, warm with distress/suffering)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tāpoṣṇa

tāpoṣṇa - hot with heat, warm with distress

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tāpa+uṣṇa)

• tāpa – heat, distress, suffering, fever
  noun (masculine)
  From root `tap` (to heat, suffer).
  Root: tap (class 1)
• uṣṇa – hot, warm
  adjective (neuter)
  From root `uṣ` (to burn).
  Root: uṣ (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying `avaśyāyāśrubindavaḥ`. Grammatical gender (neuter) and number (plural) do not perfectly agree with the head noun `bindavaḥ` (masculine plural); possibly emphasizing the neuter aspect of 'tears' (`aśru`) within the compound or used predicatively for descriptive effect.

पतन्ति (patanti) - fall, drop

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of pat

Present active indicative.

From root `pat`.

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Verb for the subjects `avaśyāyāśrubindavaḥ` (and `tāpoṣṇāni` if considered an adjective).

अधः (adhaḥ) - down, below, beneath

(indeclinable)

Adverb.

Note: Modifies `patanti`.

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