योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-34, verse-3

पश्य रक्तपृषत्पूरसिन्दूरारुणमारुतैः ।
सांध्या इव विभान्त्येते मध्याह्नेऽम्बुदभानवः ॥ ३ ॥

paśya raktapṛṣatpūrasindūrāruṇamārutaiḥ ,
sāṃdhyā iva vibhāntyete madhyāhne'mbudabhānavaḥ 3

3. paśya rakta-pṛṣat-pūra-sindūra-aruṇa-mārutaiḥ
sāndhyāḥ iva vibhānti ete madhyāhne ambudabhānavāḥ

3. paśya ete rakta-pṛṣat-pūra-sindūra-aruṇa-mārutaiḥ
madhyāhne sāndhyāḥ iva ambudabhānavāḥ vibhānti

3. Behold! These sun-like clouds, made crimson by winds laden with abundant drops of blood and vermilion, shine brightly at midday, appearing as if they were clouds of twilight.

3. ראה! בשל הרוחות שהאדימו מטיפות הדם ומאבקת הסינדור, ענני הצהריים וקרני השמש מפיצים אור אדמדם כמו בשעת שקיעה.

Words meanings summery:

• पश्य (paśya) - see, behold, look

• रक्त-पृषत्-पूर-सिन्दूर-अरुण-मारुतैः (rakta-pṛṣat-pūra-sindūra-aruṇa-mārutaiḥ) - by winds reddened like vermilion by a flood of blood-drops

• सान्ध्याः (sāndhyāḥ) - (clouds) of twilight (of twilight, pertaining to evening)

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• विभान्ति (vibhānti) - they shine, they appear brightly

• एते (ete) - these

• मध्याह्ने (madhyāhne) - at midday, at noon

• अम्बुदभानवाः (ambudabhānavāḥ) - sun-like clouds, cloud-suns, bright clouds

Words meanings and morphology

पश्य (paśya) - see, behold, look

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of dṛś

Imperative, 2nd Person Singular, Parasmaipada

Root dṛś, changed to paśya in present system.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

रक्त-पृषत्-पूर-सिन्दूर-अरुण-मारुतैः (rakta-pṛṣat-pūra-sindūra-aruṇa-mārutaiḥ) - by winds reddened like vermilion by a flood of blood-drops

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of rakta-pṛṣat-pūra-sindūra-aruṇa-māruta

rakta-pṛṣat-pūra-sindūra-aruṇa-māruta - winds made red like vermilion due to abundant blood-drops

Compound.

Compound type : tatpurusha (rakta+pṛṣat+pūra+sindūra+aruṇa+māruta)

• rakta – blood; red; reddened
  noun/adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root rañj (to color)
  Root: rañj (class 1)
• pṛṣat – drop, spot, speckled
  noun (neuter)
• pūra – flood, abundance, fullness
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pṛ (class 3)
• sindūra – vermilion, red lead
  noun (neuter)
• aruṇa – reddish, crimson, dawn-colored
  adjective (masculine)
• māruta – wind, air; a deity of the wind
  noun (masculine)
  Root: mṛ (class 1)

सान्ध्याः (sāndhyāḥ) - (clouds) of twilight (of twilight, pertaining to evening)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sāndhya

sāndhya - relating to evening, twilight; an evening prayer

From saṃdhyā (twilight).

Note: Qualifies ete ambudabhānavāḥ implicitly, through the simile iva.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

विभान्ति (vibhānti) - they shine, they appear brightly

(verb)

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

Present Active, 3rd Person Plural, Parasmaipada

Root bhā with prefix vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: bhā (class 2)

एते (ete) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Demonstrative pronoun.

मध्याह्ने (madhyāhne) - at midday, at noon

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of madhyāhna

madhyāhna - midday, noon

Compound madhya (middle) + ahan (day).

Compound type : tatpurusha (madhya+ahan)

• madhya – middle, central, intermediate
  adjective (neuter)
• ahan – day
  noun (neuter)

अम्बुदभानवाः (ambudabhānavāḥ) - sun-like clouds, cloud-suns, bright clouds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ambudabhānu

ambudabhānu - cloud-sun (clouds shining like the sun)

Compound ambuda (cloud) and bhānu (sun).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ambuda+bhānu)

• ambuda – cloud (giver of water)
  noun (masculine)
  From ambhas (water) + dā (to give).
  Root: dā (class 1)
• bhānu – sun, ray of light, light
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhā (class 2)

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