योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-4, verse-71

श्रीराम उवाच ।
वन्ध्यापुत्रेण पिष्टोऽद्रिः शशशृङ्गं प्रगायति ।
प्रसार्य भुजसंपातं शिला नृत्यति ताण्डवम् ॥ ७१ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
vandhyāputreṇa piṣṭo'driḥ śaśaśṛṅgaṃ pragāyati ,
prasārya bhujasaṃpātaṃ śilā nṛtyati tāṇḍavam 71

71. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca vandhyāputreṇa piṣṭaḥ adriḥ śaśaśṛṅgam
pragāyati prasārya bhujasaṃpātam śilā nṛtyati tāṇḍavam

71. śrīrāmaḥ uvāca: vandhyāputreṇa adriḥ piṣṭaḥ (abhūt); śaśaśṛṅgam pragāyati; śilā bhujasaṃpātam prasārya tāṇḍavam nṛtyati.

71. Lord Rama said: A mountain is ground to dust by the son of a barren woman; a rabbit's horn begins to sing. A rock, having spread its arms, performs the `tāṇḍava` dance.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Lord Rama

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• वन्ध्यापुत्रेण (vandhyāputreṇa) - by the son of a barren woman (an impossible entity)

• पिष्टः (piṣṭaḥ) - crushed, ground, pounded

• अद्रिः (adriḥ) - a mountain, stone, rock

• शशशृङ्गम् (śaśaśṛṅgam) - a rabbit's horn (an impossibility)

• प्रगायति (pragāyati) - sings, extols, proclaims

• प्रसार्य (prasārya) - having spread out, extending

• भुजसंपातम् (bhujasaṁpātam) - the clash/contact of arms, the spreading of arms

• शिला (śilā) - a rock, stone

• नृत्यति (nṛtyati) - dances

• ताण्डवम् (tāṇḍavam) - the tāṇḍava dance (vigorous, cosmic dance of Shiva)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीरामः (śrīrāmaḥ) - Lord Rama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rama (an incarnation of Vishnu)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – prosperity, glory, beauty, revered, auspicious
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – Rama (name of a king, an incarnation of Vishnu)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

वन्ध्यापुत्रेण (vandhyāputreṇa) - by the son of a barren woman (an impossible entity)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vandhyāputra

vandhyāputra - son of a barren woman (a common example of an impossible concept)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (vandhyā+putra)

• vandhyā – barren, sterile (woman)
  adjective (feminine)
• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)

पिष्टः (piṣṭaḥ) - crushed, ground, pounded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of piṣṭa

piṣṭa - ground, crushed, pounded

Past Passive Participle

Root: piṣ (class 7)

अद्रिः (adriḥ) - a mountain, stone, rock

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adri

adri - mountain, rock, stone

शशशृङ्गम् (śaśaśṛṅgam) - a rabbit's horn (an impossibility)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śaśaśṛṅga

śaśaśṛṅga - a rabbit's horn (a classic example of an impossible thing)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (śaśa+śṛṅga)

• śaśa – rabbit, hare
  noun (masculine)
• śṛṅga – horn, peak, summit
  noun (neuter)

प्रगायति (pragāyati) - sings, extols, proclaims

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of gai

Prefix: pra

Root: gai (class 1)

प्रसार्य (prasārya) - having spread out, extending

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Absolutive form from the causative of root sṛ (sārayati) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: sṛ (class 1)

भुजसंपातम् (bhujasaṁpātam) - the clash/contact of arms, the spreading of arms

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhujasaṃpāta

bhujasaṁpāta - clash of arms, contact of arms, spreading of arms

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (bhuja+saṃpāta)

• bhuja – arm, hand
  noun (masculine)
• saṃpāta – falling together, clash, contact, assembly, flight
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: pat (class 1)

शिला (śilā) - a rock, stone

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śilā

śilā - rock, stone, slab

नृत्यति (nṛtyati) - dances

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of nṛt

Root: nṛt (class 4)

ताण्डवम् (tāṇḍavam) - the tāṇḍava dance (vigorous, cosmic dance of Shiva)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tāṇḍava

tāṇḍava - the tāṇḍava dance (vigorous, energetic dance, especially Shiva's cosmic dance)