योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-37, verse-24

लगुडालोडनोड्डीनं गौडं गुडुगुडारवम् ।
श्रुत्वा गान्धारगावोऽग्रे दुद्रुवुर्द्रविडा इव ॥ २४ ॥

laguḍāloḍanoḍḍīnaṃ gauḍaṃ guḍuguḍāravam ,
śrutvā gāndhāragāvo'gre dudruvurdraviḍā iva 24

24. laguḍa-āloḍana-udḍīnam gauḍam guḍuguḍa-āravam
śrutvā gāndhāra-gāvaḥ agre dudruvuḥ draviḍāḥ iva

24. laguḍa-āloḍana-udḍīnam gauḍam guḍuguḍa-āravam
śrutvā agre gāndhāra-gāvaḥ draviḍāḥ iva dudruvuḥ

24. Hearing the dust that rose up from the beating of sticks, and the rumbling sound, the Gandhāra cows at the front fled away as swiftly as Dravidas.

Words meanings summery:

• लगुड-आलोडन-उद्डीनम् (laguḍa-āloḍana-udḍīnam) - dust risen from beating with sticks (flown up by the stirring/beating of sticks)

• गौडम् (gauḍam) - dust (dust, specific sound, a country/people's product)

• गुडुगुड-आरवम् (guḍuguḍa-āravam) - rumbling sound

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard, after hearing

• गान्धार-गावः (gāndhāra-gāvaḥ) - cows of Gandhāra

• अग्रे (agre) - in the vanguard, at the front of the herd (in front, forward, at the beginning)

• दुद्रुवुः (dudruvuḥ) - ran, fled

• द्रविडाः (draviḍāḥ) - the Dravidas (a people/tribe)

• इव (iva) - like, as if

Words meanings and morphology

लगुड-आलोडन-उद्डीनम् (laguḍa-āloḍana-udḍīnam) - dust risen from beating with sticks (flown up by the stirring/beating of sticks)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of laguḍa-āloḍana-udḍīna

laguḍa-āloḍana-udḍīna - flown up by beating of sticks

Past Passive Participle in compound

Compound of laguḍa (stick), āloḍana (stirring/beating), and udḍīna (flown up, PPP of ud-ḍī)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (laguḍa+āloḍana+udḍīna)

• laguḍa – stick, club
  noun (masculine)
• āloḍana – stirring, beating, agitation
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  From root luḍ (to stir) with prefix ā-
  Prefix: ā
  Root: luḍ (class 10)
• udḍīna – flown up, risen
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root ḍī (to fly) with prefix ud-
  Prefix: ud
  Root: ḍī (class 4)

Note: Modifies `gauḍam`.

गौडम् (gauḍam) - dust (dust, specific sound, a country/people's product)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gauḍa

gauḍa - dust, sound, a product of Gauda country, related to Gauda people

Note: Direct object of `śrutvā`.

गुडुगुड-आरवम् (guḍuguḍa-āravam) - rumbling sound

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of guḍuguḍa-ārava

guḍuguḍa-ārava - rumbling sound, gurgling noise

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (guḍuguḍa+ārava)

• guḍuguḍa – onomatopoeic sound (rumbling, gurgling)
  indeclinable
• ārava – sound, roar, noise
  noun (masculine)
  From root ru (to roar) with prefix ā-
  Prefix: ā
  Root: ru (class 2)

Note: Direct object of `śrutvā`.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard, after hearing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root śru (to hear) with suffix -tvā

Root: śru (class 5)

गान्धार-गावः (gāndhāra-gāvaḥ) - cows of Gandhāra

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of gāndhāra-go

gāndhāra-go - cow from Gandhāra

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gāndhāra+go)

• gāndhāra – Gandhāra (a country/region)
  proper noun (masculine)
• go – cow, bull, earth, ray of light
  noun (feminine)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

अग्रे (agre) - in the vanguard, at the front of the herd (in front, forward, at the beginning)

(indeclinable)

locative form of agra (front) used as an indeclinable

Note: Adverbial.

दुद्रुवुः (dudruvuḥ) - ran, fled

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of dru

Perfect Active

3rd person plural, root reduplication 'du-dru'

Root: dru (class 1)

द्रविडाः (draviḍāḥ) - the Dravidas (a people/tribe)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of draviḍa

draviḍa - name of a people/country (Dravidian)

Note: Used in comparison with `iva`.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

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