योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-43, verse-32

आवर्तननदीदीर्घा वहत्यूर्ध्वतरङ्गिणी ।
पश्येयं धूमयमुना व्योमगङ्गां प्रधावति ॥ ३२ ॥

āvartananadīdīrghā vahatyūrdhvataraṅgiṇī ,
paśyeyaṃ dhūmayamunā vyomagaṅgāṃ pradhāvati 32

32. āvartana-nadī-dīrghā vahati ūrdhva-taraṅgiṇī
paśya iyam dhūma-yamunā vyoma-gaṅgām pradhāvati

32. āvartana-nadī-dīrghā ūrdhva-taraṅgiṇī vahati
paśya iyam dhūma-yamunā vyoma-gaṅgām pradhāvati

32. A long river (dīrghā) of whirlpools flows, and a high-waved river flows. Behold, this smoke-Yamuna rushes towards the sky-Ganga.

Words meanings summery:

• आवर्तन-नदी-दीर्घा (āvartana-nadī-dīrghā) - referring to the flowing smoke resembling a river with churning patterns (long river of whirlpools)

• वहति (vahati) - it flows, it carries, it bears

• ऊर्ध्व-तरङ्गिणी (ūrdhva-taraṅgiṇī) - referring to the smoke rising high with wave-like formations (high-waved river, elevated stream)

• पश्य (paśya) - behold, look, see

• इयम् (iyam) - this, she

• धूम-यमुना (dhūma-yamunā) - a metaphorical name for the dark, rising smoke resembling the river Yamuna (smoke-Yamuna)

• व्योम-गङ्गाम् (vyoma-gaṅgām) - the celestial river, referring to the vast expanse of the sky as the destination of the rising smoke (sky-Ganga, celestial Ganges)

• प्रधावति (pradhāvati) - it rushes forward, it flows swiftly

Words meanings and morphology

आवर्तन-नदी-दीर्घा (āvartana-nadī-dīrghā) - referring to the flowing smoke resembling a river with churning patterns (long river of whirlpools)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āvartana-nadī-dīrgha

āvartana-nadī-dīrgha - long river characterized by whirlpools

Compound type : tatpurusha (āvartana+nadī+dīrgha)

• āvartana – whirling, revolving, whirlpool
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• nadī – river, stream
  noun (feminine)
• dīrgha – long, extensive, protracted
  adjective (feminine)

Note: Acts as a predicate adjective or descriptive noun for the implied subject (smoke).

वहति (vahati) - it flows, it carries, it bears

(verb)

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

Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Refers to the flowing smoke-river.

ऊर्ध्व-तरङ्गिणी (ūrdhva-taraṅgiṇī) - referring to the smoke rising high with wave-like formations (high-waved river, elevated stream)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ūrdhva-taraṅgiṇī

ūrdhva-taraṅgiṇī - river with high waves, elevated river

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ūrdhva+taraṅgiṇī)

• ūrdhva – high, elevated, upwards
  adjective
• taraṅgiṇī – river, stream (lit. 'having waves')
  noun (feminine)
  Feminine form of `taraṅgin` (having waves)

Note: Another description of the smoke-river.

पश्य (paśya) - behold, look, see

(verb)

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

imperative

Present stem `paśya` from root `dṛś`, 2nd person singular imperative

Root: dṛś (class 1)

इयम् (iyam) - this, she

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

Feminine nominative singular of `idam`

Note: Refers to the `dhūma-yamunā`.

धूम-यमुना (dhūma-yamunā) - a metaphorical name for the dark, rising smoke resembling the river Yamuna (smoke-Yamuna)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dhūma-yamunā

dhūma-yamunā - the Yamuna river in the form of smoke, a smoke-river

Compound type : karmadhāraya (dhūma+yamunā)

• dhūma – smoke
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhū (class 9)
• yamunā – the Yamuna river
  proper noun (feminine)

Note: Subject of `pradhāvati`.

व्योम-गङ्गाम् (vyoma-gaṅgām) - the celestial river, referring to the vast expanse of the sky as the destination of the rising smoke (sky-Ganga, celestial Ganges)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vyoma-gaṅgā

vyoma-gaṅgā - the Ganges of the sky, the Milky Way, celestial Ganges

Compound type : tatpurusha (vyoman+gaṅgā)

• vyoman – sky, atmosphere, space
  noun (neuter)
• gaṅgā – the Ganges river
  proper noun (feminine)

Note: Object of `pradhāvati`.

प्रधावति (pradhāvati) - it rushes forward, it flows swiftly

(verb)

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

Prefix: pra

Root: dhāv (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `dhūma-yamunā`.

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