योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-48, verse-59

ययुर्व्योमाद्रिदिक्कुञ्जा ज्वालाजालजटालताम् ।
कुङ्कुमेनोत्सवे मृत्योः समालब्धा इव स्रजः ॥ ५९ ॥

yayurvyomādridikkuñjā jvālājālajaṭālatām ,
kuṅkumenotsave mṛtyoḥ samālabdhā iva srajaḥ 59

59. yayuḥ vyomādridikkuñjā jvālājālajaṭālatām
kuṅkumena utsave mṛtyoḥ samālabdhāḥ iva srajaḥ

59. vyomādridikkuñjā jvālājālajaṭālatām yayuḥ
mṛtyoḥ utsave kuṅkumena samālabdhāḥ srajaḥ iva

59. The sky, mountains, directions, and groves all became thickly entwined with masses of flames, as if they were garlands anointed with saffron for a festival of death.

Words meanings summery:

• ययुः (yayuḥ) - they went, they attained, they reached

• व्योमाद्रिदिक्कुञ्जा (vyomādridikkuñjā) - the sky, mountains, directions, and groves

• ज्वालाजालजटालताम् (jvālājālajaṭālatām) - the state of being thickly entwined/covered with a net of flames

• कुङ्कुमेन (kuṅkumena) - with saffron

• उत्सवे (utsave) - in the festival, at the celebration

• मृत्योः (mṛtyoḥ) - of death

• समालब्धाः (samālabdhāḥ) - smeared, anointed, covered

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• स्रजः (srajaḥ) - garlands, wreaths

Words meanings and morphology

ययुः (yayuḥ) - they went, they attained, they reached

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

व्योमाद्रिदिक्कुञ्जा (vyomādridikkuñjā) - the sky, mountains, directions, and groves

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vyomādridikkuñja

vyomādridikkuñja - sky, mountain, direction, grove

Compound type : dvandva (vyoman+adri+diś+kuñja)

• vyoman – sky, atmosphere
  noun (neuter)
• adri – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)
• diś – direction, quarter
  noun (feminine)
• kuñja – grove, bower
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the verb yayuḥ. The compound takes feminine plural form 'ā' despite mixed genders of components, possibly referring to a collection or treated poetically.

ज्वालाजालजटालताम् (jvālājālajaṭālatām) - the state of being thickly entwined/covered with a net of flames

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jvālājālajaṭālatā

jvālājālajaṭālatā - state of being thickly entwined by a network of flames

Derived from jvālājālajaṭāla with suffix tā

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jvālājālajaṭāla+tā)

• jvālājālajaṭāla – entangled/covered with a net of flames
  adjective (masculine)
• tā – state, condition (suffix for abstract nouns)
  suffix (feminine)

Note: Object of yayuḥ.

कुङ्कुमेन (kuṅkumena) - with saffron

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of kuṅkuma

kuṅkuma - saffron, crocus sativus

उत्सवे (utsave) - in the festival, at the celebration

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of utsava

utsava - festival, celebration, joyous occasion

Prefix: ut

Root: su

मृत्योः (mṛtyoḥ) - of death

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Qualifies utsave.

समालब्धाः (samālabdhāḥ) - smeared, anointed, covered

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of samālabdha

samālabdha - smeared, anointed, covered

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root labh (to take, obtain) with prefixes sam and ā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: labh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with srajaḥ.

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

स्रजः (srajaḥ) - garlands, wreaths

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sraj

sraj - garland, wreath, string of flowers

Note: Subject of the implied verb (e.g., 'were') in the simile.

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