योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-40, verse-47

सुरपत्तनशैलार्कतारानिकरसुन्दरम् ।
जरामरणवैक्लव्यव्याधिसंकटकोटरम् ॥ ४७ ॥

surapattanaśailārkatārānikarasundaram ,
jarāmaraṇavaiklavyavyādhisaṃkaṭakoṭaram 47

47. sura-pattana-śaila-arka-tārā-nikara-sundaram
jarā-maraṇa-vaiklavya-vyādhi-saṅkaṭa-koṭaram

47. (tat) sura-pattana-śaila-arka-tārā-nikara-sundaram (ca) jarā-maraṇa-vaiklavya-vyādhi-saṅkaṭa-koṭaram (ca asti).

47. It is beautiful with cities of gods, mountains, suns, and hosts of stars, yet it is a hollow filled with the distress of old age, death, anxiety, disease, and calamity.

47. עולם זה יפהפה בערי אלים, הרים, שמש ומקבצי כוכבים, אך הוא נקיק צר של מצוקה מלא זקנה, מוות, חרדה ומחלות.

Words meanings summery:

• सुर-पत्तन-शैल-अर्क-तारा-निकर-सुन्दरम् (sura-pattana-śaila-arka-tārā-nikara-sundaram) - beautiful with cities of gods, mountains, suns, and hosts of stars

• जरा-मरण-वैक्लव्य-व्याधि-सङ्कट-कोटरम् (jarā-maraṇa-vaiklavya-vyādhi-saṅkaṭa-koṭaram) - a hollow/den of old age, death, distress, disease, and calamity

Words meanings and morphology

सुर-पत्तन-शैल-अर्क-तारा-निकर-सुन्दरम् (sura-pattana-śaila-arka-tārā-nikara-sundaram) - beautiful with cities of gods, mountains, suns, and hosts of stars

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sura-pattana-śaila-arka-tārā-nikara-sundara

sura-pattana-śaila-arka-tārā-nikara-sundara - beautiful with divine cities, mountains, suns, and collections of stars

Compound type : Bahuvrihi / Tatpurusha (sura-pattana+śaila+arka+tārā-nikara+sundara)

• sura-pattana – city of gods, divine city
  noun (neuter)
• śaila – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)
• arka – sun, ray, crystal
  noun (masculine)
• tārā-nikara – multitude of stars, host of stars
  noun (masculine)
• sundara – beautiful, handsome, lovely, charming
  adjective (masculine)

जरा-मरण-वैक्लव्य-व्याधि-सङ्कट-कोटरम् (jarā-maraṇa-vaiklavya-vyādhi-saṅkaṭa-koṭaram) - a hollow/den of old age, death, distress, disease, and calamity

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jarā-maraṇa-vaiklavya-vyādhi-saṅkaṭa-koṭara

jarā-maraṇa-vaiklavya-vyādhi-saṅkaṭa-koṭara - a hollow or den of old age, death, distress, disease, and calamity

Compound type : Dvanda-Tatpurusha (jarā+maraṇa+vaiklavya+vyādhi+saṅkaṭa+koṭara)

• jarā – old age, decay, decrepitude
  noun (feminine)
  Root: jṝ (class 9)
• maraṇa – death, dying
  noun (neuter)
  Verbal noun
  From root mṛ (to die)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• vaiklavya – distress, confusion, despondency, agitation
  noun (neuter)
  From vi-klava (confused, agitated) + -ya suffix
  Prefix: vi
  Root: klav
• vyādhi – disease, sickness, ailment
  noun (masculine)
  From vyā-dhā (to inflict)
  Prefixes: vi+ā
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• saṅkaṭa – calamity, danger, difficulty, distress
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kaṭ
• koṭara – hollow, cavity, hole, den
  noun (neuter)

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