योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-49, verse-24

उदगुर्भूतलाद्व्योम्नो रूपिका ऊर्ध्वमूर्धजाः ।
निर्मग्नविकरालाक्ष्यश्चलच्छ्रोणिपयोधराः ॥ २४ ॥

udagurbhūtalādvyomno rūpikā ūrdhvamūrdhajāḥ ,
nirmagnavikarālākṣyaścalacchroṇipayodharāḥ 24

24. udaguḥ bhūtalāt vyomnaḥ rūpikāḥ ūrdhva-mūrdhajāḥ
nirmagna-vikrāla-ākṣyaḥ calat-śroṇi-payodharāḥ

24. rūpikāḥ bhūtalāt vyomnaḥ (ca) udaguḥ (tāḥ) ūrdhva-mūrdhajāḥ
nirmagna-vikrāla-ākṣyaḥ calat-śroṇi-payodharāḥ (ca āsan)

24. From the earth and the sky, Rūpikās arose, with hair standing erect, their eyes terrifyingly sunken, and their hips and breasts swaying.

24. מתוך הארץ והאוויר הגיחו רוּפִּיקָה (מכשפות שדוניות) עם שיער סמור, עיניים שקועות ומפחידות, וירכיים וחזה מנענעים.

Words meanings summery:

• उदगुः (udaguḥ) - they emerged (they rose, they emerged)

• भूतलात् (bhūtalāt) - from the earth (from the surface of the earth, from the ground)

• व्योम्नः (vyomnaḥ) - from the sky (from the sky, of the sky)

• रूपिकाः (rūpikāḥ) - the Rūpikās (ghastly figures) (images, forms, ghastly figures (plural))

• ऊर्ध्व-मूर्धजाः (ūrdhva-mūrdhajāḥ) - with hair standing erect (having hair standing erect, with upturned hair)

• निर्मग्न-विक्राल-आक्ष्यः (nirmagna-vikrāla-ākṣyaḥ) - with eyes terrifyingly sunken (having eyes sunken and terrifying)

• चलत्-श्रोणि-पयोधराः (calat-śroṇi-payodharāḥ) - with swaying hips and breasts (having swaying hips and breasts)

Words meanings and morphology

उदगुः (udaguḥ) - they emerged (they rose, they emerged)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of ud-gam

Perfect tense form

ud (prefix) + gam (root) + Lit (perfect) -> udaguḥ

Prefix: ud

Root: gam (class 1)

भूतलात् (bhūtalāt) - from the earth (from the surface of the earth, from the ground)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bhūtala

bhūtala - earth's surface, ground

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhū+tala)

• bhū – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• tala – surface, flat ground, level
  noun (neuter)

व्योम्नः (vyomnaḥ) - from the sky (from the sky, of the sky)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, atmosphere

Note: Also could be genitive singular. Context suggests ablative, source of emergence.

रूपिकाः (rūpikāḥ) - the Rūpikās (ghastly figures) (images, forms, ghastly figures (plural))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of rūpikā

rūpikā - image, form, ghastly figure

Note: Subject of udaguḥ.

ऊर्ध्व-मूर्धजाः (ūrdhva-mūrdhajāḥ) - with hair standing erect (having hair standing erect, with upturned hair)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ūrdhva-mūrdhaja

ūrdhva-mūrdhaja - having hair standing erect

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ūrdhva+mūrdhaja)

• ūrdhva – upwards, elevated
  adjective
• mūrdhaja – hair (lit. born from the head)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with rūpikāḥ.

निर्मग्न-विक्राल-आक्ष्यः (nirmagna-vikrāla-ākṣyaḥ) - with eyes terrifyingly sunken (having eyes sunken and terrifying)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nirmagna-vikrāla-ākṣī

nirmagna-vikrāla-ākṣī - having eyes sunken and terrifying

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nirmagna+vikrāla+ākṣī)

• nirmagna – sunken, immersed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  nir (prefix) + majj (root) + kta (suffix)
  Prefix: nir
  Root: majj (class 6)
• vikrāla – terrifying, frightful, hideous
  adjective
• akṣī – eye
  noun (feminine)
  feminine form of akṣa

Note: Agrees with rūpikāḥ.

चलत्-श्रोणि-पयोधराः (calat-śroṇi-payodharāḥ) - with swaying hips and breasts (having swaying hips and breasts)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of calat-śroṇi-payodhara

calat-śroṇi-payodhara - having swaying hips and breasts

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (calat+śroṇi+payodhara)

• calat – swaying, moving
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  cal (root) + śatṛ (suffix)
  Root: cal (class 1)
• śroṇi – hip, buttock
  noun (feminine)
• payodhara – breast (lit. cloud, water-bearer)
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: payas
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with rūpikāḥ.

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