योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-29, verse-40

भिन्नाञ्जनचयप्रख्यं सौम्यैकार्णवसुन्दरम् ।
नारायणाङ्गसदृशं भृङ्गपृष्ठामलच्छवि ॥ ४० ॥

bhinnāñjanacayaprakhyaṃ saumyaikārṇavasundaram ,
nārāyaṇāṅgasadṛśaṃ bhṛṅgapṛṣṭhāmalacchavi 40

40. bhinnāñjanacayaprakhyam saumyaikārṇavasundaram
nārāyaṇāṅgasadṛśam bhṛṅgapṛṣṭhāmalacchavi

40. (namas) bhinnāñjanacayaprakhyam ca asti,
saumyaikārṇavasundaram ca asti,
nārāyaṇāṅgasadṛśam ca asti,
bhṛṅgapṛṣṭhāmalacchavi ca asti.

40. (They flew into a sky) resembling a heap of broken collyrium, beautiful like a calm, single ocean, similar to Nārāyaṇa's body, and having a spotless luster like the back of a beetle.

Words meanings summery:

• भिन्नाञ्जनचयप्रख्यम् (bhinnāñjanacayaprakhyam) - resembling a heap of broken collyrium (describing the dark sky) (resembling a mass of broken collyrium)

• सौम्यैकार्णवसुन्दरम् (saumyaikārṇavasundaram) - beautiful like a calm, single, vast ocean (beautiful like a calm, single ocean)

• नारायणाङ्गसदृशम् (nārāyaṇāṅgasadṛśam) - similar to Nārāyaṇa's (Viṣṇu's) body (resembling Nārāyaṇa's body)

• भृङ्गपृष्ठामलच्छवि (bhṛṅgapṛṣṭhāmalacchavi) - having a spotless luster like the back of a beetle (describing the dark, shining sky) (having a spotless luster like the back of a beetle)

Words meanings and morphology

भिन्नाञ्जनचयप्रख्यम् (bhinnāñjanacayaprakhyam) - resembling a heap of broken collyrium (describing the dark sky) (resembling a mass of broken collyrium)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhinnāñjanacayaprakhya

bhinnāñjanacayaprakhya - resembling a mass of broken collyrium

Compound

Compound type : tatpurusha, then bahuvrihi (bhinna+añjana+caya+prakhya)

• bhinna – broken, split, divided
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bhid (to break)
  Root: bhid (class 7)
• añjana – collyrium, antimony, black pigment
  noun (neuter)
  From root añj (to anoint)
  Root: añj (class 7)
• caya – heap, pile, mass, collection
  noun (masculine)
  From root ci (to gather)
  Root: ci (class 5)
• prakhya – resembling, like, appearing as
  adjective
  From root khyā (to appear) with prefix pra
  Prefix: pra
  Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'namas' from previous verse.

सौम्यैकार्णवसुन्दरम् (saumyaikārṇavasundaram) - beautiful like a calm, single, vast ocean (beautiful like a calm, single ocean)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of saumyaikārṇavasundara

saumyaikārṇavasundara - beautiful like a calm, single ocean

Compound

Compound type : karmadhāraya / tatpurusha (saumya+eka+arṇava+sundara)

• saumya – calm, gentle, benevolent, lunar
  adjective
  From soma (moon)
• eka – one, single, sole
  numeral
• arṇava – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
  From root ṛ (to move, rise)
  Root: ṛ (class 1)
• sundara – beautiful, handsome, lovely
  adjective

Note: Qualifies 'namas'.

नारायणाङ्गसदृशम् (nārāyaṇāṅgasadṛśam) - similar to Nārāyaṇa's (Viṣṇu's) body (resembling Nārāyaṇa's body)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nārāyaṇāṅgasadṛśa

nārāyaṇāṅgasadṛśa - resembling Nārāyaṇa's body

Compound

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa + bahuvrīhi (nārāyaṇa+aṅga+sadṛśa)

• nārāyaṇa – Nārāyaṇa (a name of Viṣṇu, usually associated with water)
  proper noun (masculine)
• aṅga – body, limb, part
  noun (neuter)
• sadṛśa – similar, resembling, like
  adjective

Note: Qualifies 'namas'.

भृङ्गपृष्ठामलच्छवि (bhṛṅgapṛṣṭhāmalacchavi) - having a spotless luster like the back of a beetle (describing the dark, shining sky) (having a spotless luster like the back of a beetle)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhṛṅgapṛṣṭhāmalacchavi

bhṛṅgapṛṣṭhāmalacchavi - having a spotless luster like the back of a beetle

Compound

Compound type : tatpurusha, then bahuvrihi (bhṛṅga+pṛṣṭha+amala+chavi)

• bhṛṅga – beetle, bee
  noun (masculine)
• pṛṣṭha – back, surface, top
  noun (neuter)
• amala – spotless, pure, clean, clear
  adjective
  From a- (privative) + mala (dirt)
  Prefix: a
• chavi – luster, color, beauty, skin
  noun (feminine)

Note: Qualifies 'namas'.

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