योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-27, verse-51

कनकस्यन्दसंदोहसुन्दरैरङ्गपञ्जरैः ।
स्वर्गेऽप्सरोम्बुजिन्याशु तोषिताः सुरषट्पदाः ॥ ५१ ॥

kanakasyandasaṃdohasundarairaṅgapañjaraiḥ ,
svarge'psarombujinyāśu toṣitāḥ suraṣaṭpadāḥ 51

51. kanakasyandasandohasundaraiḥ aṅgapañjaraiḥ
svarge apsarombujinyā āśu toṣitāḥ suraṣaṭpadāḥ

51. svarge kanakasyandasandohasundaraiḥ aṅgapañjaraiḥ
suraṣaṭpadāḥ apsarombujinyā āśu toṣitāḥ

51. In heaven, the divine bees, whose cage-like bodies were beautiful with streams of abundant gold, were quickly satisfied by the lotus-pond of the Apsaras.

Words meanings summery:

• कनकस्यन्दसन्दोहसुन्दरैः (kanakasyandasandohasundaraiḥ) - beautiful with streams of radiant gold (referring to the bees' bodies) (beautiful with masses of streaming gold, shining with abundant flowing gold)

• अङ्गपञ्जरैः (aṅgapañjaraiḥ) - with their cage-like bodies (referring to the bees' physical forms) (with bodies like cages, with skeletal frames, with physical forms)

• स्वर्गे (svarge) - in heaven, in paradise

• अप्सरोम्बुजिन्या (apsarombujinyā) - by the lotus-pond of Apsaras, by the Apsaras-like lotus pond

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

• तोषिताः (toṣitāḥ) - were pleased, were satisfied (pleased, satisfied, delighted)

• सुरषट्पदाः (suraṣaṭpadāḥ) - divine bees, god-like bees

Words meanings and morphology

कनकस्यन्दसन्दोहसुन्दरैः (kanakasyandasandohasundaraiḥ) - beautiful with streams of radiant gold (referring to the bees' bodies) (beautiful with masses of streaming gold, shining with abundant flowing gold)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kanakasyandasandohasundara

kanakasyandasandohasundara - beautiful with masses of streaming gold

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kanaka+syanda+sandoha+sundara)

• kanaka – gold
  noun (neuter)
• syanda – flowing, streaming, a stream
  noun (masculine)
  Root: syand (class 1)
• sandoha – a mass, collection, abundance, multitude
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: duh (class 2)
• sundara – beautiful, lovely, handsome
  adjective (masculine)

अङ्गपञ्जरैः (aṅgapañjaraiḥ) - with their cage-like bodies (referring to the bees' physical forms) (with bodies like cages, with skeletal frames, with physical forms)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of aṅgapañjara

aṅgapañjara - a cage of limbs, skeletal frame, the body

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (aṅga+pañjara)

• aṅga – limb, body, part, member
  noun (neuter)
• pañjara – cage, skeleton, framework
  noun (neuter)

स्वर्गे (svarge) - in heaven, in paradise

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svarga

svarga - heaven, paradise

अप्सरोम्बुजिन्या (apsarombujinyā) - by the lotus-pond of Apsaras, by the Apsaras-like lotus pond

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of apsarombujinī

apsarombujinī - a lotus-pond of Apsaras, a collection of Apsaras like a lotus pond

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (apsaras+ambujinī)

• apsaras – a celestial nymph, an Apsara
  noun (feminine)
• ambujinī – a lotus-pond, a cluster of lotuses
  noun (feminine)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

(indeclinable)

तोषिताः (toṣitāḥ) - were pleased, were satisfied (pleased, satisfied, delighted)

(verbal derivative)

सुरषट्पदाः (suraṣaṭpadāḥ) - divine bees, god-like bees

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of suraṣaṭpada

suraṣaṭpada - divine bee

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sura+ṣaṭpada)

• sura – a god, deity, divine being
  noun (masculine)
• ṣaṭpada – six-footed (an epithet for a bee)
  noun (masculine)

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