योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-28, verse-27

शिलाकुहरवाःस्फालप्रोच्चलन्मुक्तनिर्झरैः ।
स्मारिताचलनिर्धूत्क्षीरोदकजलश्रियम् ॥ २७ ॥

śilākuharavāḥsphālaproccalanmuktanirjharaiḥ ,
smāritācalanirdhūtkṣīrodakajalaśriyam 27

27. śilā-kuhara-vāḥ-sphāla-proccalat-mukta-nirjharaiḥ
smārita-acala-nirdhūt-kṣīra-odaka-jala-śriyam

27. śilā-kuhara-vāḥ-sphāla-proccalat-mukta-nirjharaiḥ
smārita-acala-nirdhūt-kṣīra-odaka-jala-śriyam

27. Whose splendor, resembling the water of the milk-ocean churned by mountains, is brought to mind by the gushing, free-flowing waterfalls splashing from rock crevices.

Words meanings summery:

• शिला-कुहर-वाः-स्फाल-प्रोच्चलत्-मुक्त-निर्झरैः (śilā-kuhara-vāḥ-sphāla-proccalat-mukta-nirjharaiḥ) - by gushing, free-flowing waterfalls with splashing water from rock crevices

• स्मारित-अचल-निर्धूत्-क्षीर-ओदक-जल-श्रियम् (smārita-acala-nirdhūt-kṣīra-odaka-jala-śriyam) - whose splendor of water, like that of the milk-ocean churned by mountains, is brought to mind

Words meanings and morphology

शिला-कुहर-वाः-स्फाल-प्रोच्चलत्-मुक्त-निर्झरैः (śilā-kuhara-vāḥ-sphāla-proccalat-mukta-nirjharaiḥ) - by gushing, free-flowing waterfalls with splashing water from rock crevices

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śilā-kuhara-vāḥ-sphāla-proccalat-mukta-nirjhara

śilā-kuhara-vāḥ-sphāla-proccalat-mukta-nirjhara - gushing, free-flowing waterfalls with splashing water from rock crevices

Complex Tatpurusha compound describing the waterfalls.

Compound type : Tatpurusha (śilā+kuhara+vāḥ+sphāla+pra+ucchal+mukta+nirjhara)

• śilā – rock, stone
  noun (feminine)
• kuhara – cave, hole, hollow, crevice
  noun (neuter)
• vāḥ – water
  noun (neuter)
• sphāla – splashing, shaking, striking
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root `sphāl`.
  Root: sphāl (class 10)
• pra – forth, forward, excel
  upasarga
• ucchal – to leap up, gush forth, rise
  verb
  Present Active Participle
  From root `chal` with prefix `ud` (combined with `pra` to `proccalat`).
  Prefix: ud
  Root: chal (class 1)
• mukta – released, set free, liberated, detached
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root `muc` (to release).
  Root: muc (class 6)
• nirjhara – waterfall, cascade
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: nis

Note: Acts as the agent causing the 'reminding'.

स्मारित-अचल-निर्धूत्-क्षीर-ओदक-जल-श्रियम् (smārita-acala-nirdhūt-kṣīra-odaka-jala-śriyam) - whose splendor of water, like that of the milk-ocean churned by mountains, is brought to mind

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of smārita-acala-nirdhūt-kṣīra-odaka-jala-śrī

smārita-acala-nirdhūt-kṣīra-odaka-jala-śrī - splendor of water, like that of the milk-ocean churned by mountains, which is brought to mind

Complex Bahuvrīhi compound, meaning 'that which has X splendor'.

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (smārita+acala+nirdhūt+kṣīra+udaka+jala+śrī)

• smārita – reminded, caused to remember, brought to mind
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle (causative)
  PPC of causative from root `smṛ` (to remember).
  Root: smṛ (class 1)
• acala – mountain, immovable
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: a
• nirdhūt – churned, agitated, shaken off
  
• kṣīra – milk
  noun (neuter)
• udaka – water
  noun (neuter)
• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• śrī – splendor, beauty, prosperity, wealth
  noun (feminine)

Note: Declension indicates it functions as an adjective for an implicit noun.

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