योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-29, verse-5

इहाभूवमहं जीर्णा शिरालाङ्गी कृशा सिता ।
ब्राह्मणी शुष्कदर्भाग्रभेदरूक्षकरोदरा ॥ ५ ॥

ihābhūvamahaṃ jīrṇā śirālāṅgī kṛśā sitā ,
brāhmaṇī śuṣkadarbhāgrabhedarūkṣakarodarā 5

5. iha abhūvam aham jīrṇā śirālāṅgī kṛśā sitā
brāhmaṇī śuṣkadarbhāgrabhedarūkṣakarodarā

5. aham iha jīrṇā śirālāṅgī kṛśā sitā brāhmaṇī
śuṣkadarbhāgrabhedarūkṣakarodarā abhūvam

5. Here, I was an old, thin, pale Brahmin woman, with a body marked by prominent veins. My hands and stomach were rough from handling and breaking the tips of dry darbha grass.

Words meanings summery:

• इह (iha) - here (referring to the present state or context of the narrative) (here, in this world, in this case)

• अभूवम् (abhūvam) - I was (I was, I became)

• अहम् (aham) - I (the speaker) (I)

• जीर्णा (jīrṇā) - old (referring to age) (old, worn out, emaciated)

• शिरालाङ्गी (śirālāṅgī) - with a body marked by prominent veins (having prominent veins on the body)

• कृशा (kṛśā) - thin (thin, emaciated, lean)

• सिता (sitā) - pale (referring to complexion or possibly white hair) (white, pale, bound, tied)

• ब्राह्मणी (brāhmaṇī) - a Brahmin woman

• शुष्कदर्भाग्रभेदरूक्षकरोदरा (śuṣkadarbhāgrabhedarūkṣakarodarā) - whose hands and stomach were rough from handling and breaking the tips of dry darbha grass (one whose hands and belly are rough from breaking the tips of dry darbha grass)

Words meanings and morphology

इह (iha) - here (referring to the present state or context of the narrative) (here, in this world, in this case)

(indeclinable)

अभूवम् (abhūvam) - I was (I was, I became)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of bhū

Aorist

3rd singular aorist, active voice, first person

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: From root 'bhū' (to be). The 'a' prefix is characteristic of aorist and imperfect tenses.

अहम् (aham) - I (the speaker) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

जीर्णा (jīrṇā) - old (referring to age) (old, worn out, emaciated)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jīrṇa

jīrṇa - old, decayed, worn out, digested

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'jṝ' (to waste away) + kta suffix. Feminine form.

Root: jṝ (class 9)

Note: Qualifies 'brāhmaṇī'.

शिरालाङ्गी (śirālāṅgī) - with a body marked by prominent veins (having prominent veins on the body)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śirālāṅgī

śirālāṅgin - having a body full of veins, vein-ridden body

Bahuvrihi compound, feminine form

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śirāla+aṅga)

• śirāla – veiny, full of veins
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from śirā (vein) + -la suffix
• aṅga – limb, body, part
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'brāhmaṇī'.

कृशा (kṛśā) - thin (thin, emaciated, lean)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛśa

kṛśa - thin, lean, emaciated, small

Feminine form

Note: Qualifies 'brāhmaṇī'.

सिता (sitā) - pale (referring to complexion or possibly white hair) (white, pale, bound, tied)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sita

sita - white, pale, bright, bound, tied

Feminine form

Root: si (class 5)

Note: Qualifies 'brāhmaṇī'.

ब्राह्मणी (brāhmaṇī) - a Brahmin woman

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of brāhmaṇī

brāhmaṇī - a Brahmin woman, the wife of a Brahmin

Feminine form of brāhmaṇa

Note: The main subject described by the adjectives.

शुष्कदर्भाग्रभेदरूक्षकरोदरा (śuṣkadarbhāgrabhedarūkṣakarodarā) - whose hands and stomach were rough from handling and breaking the tips of dry darbha grass (one whose hands and belly are rough from breaking the tips of dry darbha grass)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śuṣkadarbhāgrabhedarūkṣakarodara

śuṣkadarbhāgrabhedarūkṣakarodara - whose hands and belly are rough from breaking the tips of dry darbha grass

Bahuvrihi compound, feminine form

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śuṣka+darbha+agra+bheda+rūkṣa+kara+udara)

• śuṣka – dry, parched, withered
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'śuṣ' (to dry) + kta suffix
  Root: śuṣ (class 4)
• darbha – darbha grass, sacred grass
  noun (masculine)
• agra – tip, point, front, summit
  noun (neuter)
• bheda – breaking, splitting, division
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'bhid' (to break)
  Root: bhid (class 7)
• rūkṣa – rough, dry, harsh, rude
  adjective (masculine)
• kara – hand, ray, tax
  noun (masculine)
• udara – belly, stomach, interior
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'brāhmaṇī'. Compound analysis: rūkṣa kara udara. The rough hands and belly. The roughness is caused by bheda (breaking) of darbha agra (darbha tips) which are śuṣka (dry).

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