योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-43, verse-49

करी रभसनिर्लूनज्वलदङ्गारपादपः ।
प्लुष्टपुष्करकः कोपान्मग्नः पुष्करदं सरः ॥ ४९ ॥

karī rabhasanirlūnajvaladaṅgārapādapaḥ ,
pluṣṭapuṣkarakaḥ kopānmagnaḥ puṣkaradaṃ saraḥ 49

49. karī rabhasanirlūnajvaladaṅgārapādapaḥ
pluṣṭapuṣkarakaḥ kopāt magnaḥ puṣkaradam saraḥ

49. karī rabhasanirlūnajvaladaṅgārapādapaḥ
pluṣṭapuṣkarakaḥ kopāt puṣkaradam saraḥ magnaḥ

49. An elephant, whose burning charcoal-like trees were violently torn down, and whose trunk was scorched, plunged into a lotus-bearing lake out of anger.

Words meanings summery:

• करी (karī) - elephant

• रभसनिर्लूनज्वलदङ्गारपादपः (rabhasanirlūnajvaladaṅgārapādapaḥ) - one whose trees, burning like embers, were violently torn down

• प्लुष्टपुष्करकः (pluṣṭapuṣkarakaḥ) - one whose trunk was scorched/burnt

• कोपात् (kopāt) - from anger, due to anger

• मग्नः (magnaḥ) - plunged (immersed, sunk, plunged)

• पुष्करदम् (puṣkaradam) - lotus-bearing (lotus-giving, abounding in lotuses)

• सरः (saraḥ) - lake, pond, pool

Words meanings and morphology

करी (karī) - elephant

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karin

karin - elephant (having a trunk)

derived from kara (trunk) with -in suffix

रभसनिर्लूनज्वलदङ्गारपादपः (rabhasanirlūnajvaladaṅgārapādapaḥ) - one whose trees, burning like embers, were violently torn down

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rabhasanirlūnajvaladaṅgārapādapa

rabhasanirlūnajvaladaṅgārapādapa - one by whom (or for whom) trees that were burning like embers were violently torn down

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (rabhasanirlūna+jvaladaṅgārapādapa)

• rabhasanirlūna – violently torn down
  adjective (masculine)
• jvaladaṅgārapādapa – tree burning like an ember
  noun (masculine)

प्लुष्टपुष्करकः (pluṣṭapuṣkarakaḥ) - one whose trunk was scorched/burnt

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pluṣṭapuṣkaraka

pluṣṭapuṣkaraka - one whose trunk (puṣkaraka) is scorched (pluṣṭa)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pluṣṭa+puṣkaraka)

• pluṣṭa – burnt, scorched, singed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  past passive participle of the root pluṣ (to burn, scorch)
  Root: pluṣ (class 1)
• puṣkaraka – elephant's trunk, lotus-pond
  noun (masculine)

कोपात् (kopāt) - from anger, due to anger

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kopa

kopa - anger, rage, wrath

derived from the root kup (to be angry)

Root: kup (class 4)

मग्नः (magnaḥ) - plunged (immersed, sunk, plunged)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of magna

magna - sunk, plunged, immersed, submerged

Past Passive Participle

past passive participle of the root maj (to sink)

Root: maj (class 6)

पुष्करदम् (puṣkaradam) - lotus-bearing (lotus-giving, abounding in lotuses)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of puṣkarada

puṣkarada - giving lotuses, producing lotuses, abounding in lotuses

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puṣkara+da)

• puṣkara – lotus, blue lotus
  noun (neuter)
• da – giving, bestowing
  adjective (masculine)
  suffix for 'giver', derived from root dā (to give)
  Root: dā (class 3)

सरः (saraḥ) - lake, pond, pool

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of saras

saras - lake, pond, pool, water

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