योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-3, chapter-37, verse-28
शतचन्द्रं सितच्छत्रैः शरैः शलभनिर्भरम् ।
शक्तिभिः किल नीरन्ध्रं दृष्टमाकाशकाननम् ॥ २८ ॥
शक्तिभिः किल नीरन्ध्रं दृष्टमाकाशकाननम् ॥ २८ ॥
śatacandraṃ sitacchatraiḥ śaraiḥ śalabhanirbharam ,
śaktibhiḥ kila nīrandhraṃ dṛṣṭamākāśakānanam 28
śaktibhiḥ kila nīrandhraṃ dṛṣṭamākāśakānanam 28
28.
śatacandram sitacchattraiḥ śaraiḥ śalabhanirbharam
śaktibhiḥ kila nīrandhram dṛṣṭam ākāśakānanam
śaktibhiḥ kila nīrandhram dṛṣṭam ākāśakānanam
28.
ākāśakānanam sitacchattraiḥ śatacandram śaraiḥ śalabhanirbharam śaktibhiḥ nīrandhram kila dṛṣṭam.
28.
The sky, which resembled a forest (ākāśakānana), was indeed seen, appearing like it had a hundred moons because of the white umbrellas, full of locust-like arrows, and rendered gapless by spears (śakti).
Words meanings summery:
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- शतचन्द्रम् (śatacandram) - having a hundred moons, resembling a hundred moons
- सितच्छत्त्रैः (sitacchattraiḥ) - by white umbrellas
- शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows
- शलभनिर्भरम् (śalabhanirbharam) - full of locusts, teeming with grasshoppers
- शक्तिभिः (śaktibhiḥ) - by spears, by javelins
- किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, surely
- नीरन्ध्रम् (nīrandhram) - without gaps, dense, compact
- दृष्टम् (dṛṣṭam) - seen, perceived
- आकाशकाननम् (ākāśakānanam) - the sky-forest, the forest of the sky
Words meanings and morphology
शतचन्द्रम् (śatacandram) - having a hundred moons, resembling a hundred moons
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of śatacandra
śatacandra - having a hundred moons, moonlike
Compound type : bahuvrihi (śata+candra)
- śata – hundred
numeral (neuter) - candra – moon
noun (masculine)
सितच्छत्त्रैः (sitacchattraiḥ) - by white umbrellas
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, plural of sitacchatra
sitacchatra - white umbrella
Compound type : karmadharaya (sita+cchatra)
- sita – white, fair
adjective (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root śvit (to be white, bright)
Root: śvit (class 1) - cchatra – umbrella, parasol
noun (neuter)
शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara
śara - arrow, reed, dart
Root: śṛ (class 1)
शलभनिर्भरम् (śalabhanirbharam) - full of locusts, teeming with grasshoppers
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of śalabhanirbhara
śalabhanirbhara - full of locusts, swarming with grasshoppers
Compound type : tatpurusha (śalabha+nirbhara)
- śalabha – locust, grasshopper
noun (masculine) - nirbhara – full of, teeming with, dependent on
adjective (neuter)
Prefix: nir
शक्तिभिः (śaktibhiḥ) - by spears, by javelins
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, plural of śakti
śakti - spear, dart, javelin; power, ability, strength, energy
Root: śak (class 5)
किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, surely
(indeclinable)
नीरन्ध्रम् (nīrandhram) - without gaps, dense, compact
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of nīrandhra
nīrandhra - without gaps, dense, compact, impervious
Compound type : bahuvrihi (nis+randhra)
- nis – without, out of, away (prefix)
indeclinable - randhra – gap, hole, opening, defect
noun (neuter)
दृष्टम् (dṛṣṭam) - seen, perceived
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛṣṭa
dṛṣṭa - seen, observed, visible
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root dṛś (to see)
Root: dṛś (class 1)
आकाशकाननम् (ākāśakānanam) - the sky-forest, the forest of the sky
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of ākāśakānana
ākāśakānana - sky-forest, the forest-like appearance of the sky
Compound type : tatpurusha (ākāśa+kānana)
- ākāśa – sky, space, ether
noun (masculine) - kānana – forest, grove, wood
noun (neuter)