योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-43, verse-45

पटैः पटपटाशब्दजलजालालिमालितैः ।
आक्रन्दन्त्यः स्त्रियो यान्ति स्थलपद्माचिता इव ॥ ४५ ॥

paṭaiḥ paṭapaṭāśabdajalajālālimālitaiḥ ,
ākrandantyaḥ striyo yānti sthalapadmācitā iva 45

45. paṭaiḥ paṭapaṭāśabdajalajālālīmālitaiḥ
ākrandantyaḥ striyaḥ yānti sthalapadmācitā iva

45. ākrandantyaḥ striyaḥ paṭapaṭāśabdajalajālālīmālitaiḥ
paṭaiḥ sthalapadmācitā iva yānti

45. Women, wailing, depart with their garments that are adorned with rows of shimmering nets and make a rustling sound, appearing as if covered with land-lotuses.

Words meanings summery:

• पटैः (paṭaiḥ) - with their garments (by garments, by clothes, by cloths)

• पटपटाशब्दजलजालालीमालितैः (paṭapaṭāśabdajalajālālīmālitaiḥ) - adorned with rows of shimmering nets and making a rustling sound (adorned with rows of water-nets (or shimmering nets) and a rustling sound)

• आक्रन्दन्त्यः (ākrandantyaḥ) - wailing (crying out, wailing, lamenting)

• स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women (women, females)

• यान्ति (yānti) - they depart (they go, they proceed, they move)

• स्थलपद्माचिता (sthalapadmācitā) - as if covered with land-lotuses (implying wounds or marks) (covered with land-lotuses, adorned with land-lotuses)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

Words meanings and morphology

पटैः (paṭaiḥ) - with their garments (by garments, by clothes, by cloths)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of paṭa

paṭa - cloth, garment, robe

पटपटाशब्दजलजालालीमालितैः (paṭapaṭāśabdajalajālālīmālitaiḥ) - adorned with rows of shimmering nets and making a rustling sound (adorned with rows of water-nets (or shimmering nets) and a rustling sound)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of paṭapaṭāśabdajalajālālīmālita

paṭapaṭāśabdajalajālālīmālita - adorned with rows of water-like nets with a rustling sound

Past Passive Participle (as last part of compound)

Long compound describing the adornment of garments.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (paṭapaṭāśabda+jala+jāla+āli+mālita)

• paṭapaṭāśabda – rustling sound, flapping sound (onomatopoeic)
  noun (masculine)
• jala – water, fluid, shimmering, transparent
  noun (neuter)
• jāla – net, web, network
  noun (neuter)
• āli – row, line, series
  noun (feminine)
• mālita – garlanded, adorned, decorated
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root māl (to adorn).
  Root: māl (class 10)

Note: Agrees with `paṭaiḥ`.

आक्रन्दन्त्यः (ākrandantyaḥ) - wailing (crying out, wailing, lamenting)

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ākrandant

ākrandant - crying out, lamenting, screaming

Present Active Participle

Derived from prefix ā- + root krand (to cry, lament).

Prefix: ā

Root: krand (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `striyaḥ`.

स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women (women, females)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, wife, female

यान्ति (yānti) - they depart (they go, they proceed, they move)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of yā

Present Tense

3rd person plural, present indicative, active voice.

Root: yā (class 2)

स्थलपद्माचिता (sthalapadmācitā) - as if covered with land-lotuses (implying wounds or marks) (covered with land-lotuses, adorned with land-lotuses)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sthalapadmācita

sthalapadmācita - covered with land-lotuses

Past Passive Participle (as last part of compound)

Compound of sthalapadma (land-lotus) and ācita (covered).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sthalapadma+ācita)

• sthala – land, ground, dry ground
  noun (neuter)
• padma – lotus (flower or plant)
  noun (neuter)
• ācita – covered, filled, piled up, adorned
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from prefix ā- + root ci (to gather, pile).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Agrees with `striyaḥ`.

इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

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