योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-50, verse-31

केवलं रुधिरव्रातं नागो जलमिवात्यजत् ।
तद्देशलीला तं दृष्ट्वा भग्नं तम इवेन्दुना ॥ ३१ ॥

kevalaṃ rudhiravrātaṃ nāgo jalamivātyajat ,
taddeśalīlā taṃ dṛṣṭvā bhagnaṃ tama ivendunā 31

31. kevalam rudhira-vrātam nāgaḥ jalam iva atyajat
tat-deśa-līlā tam dṛṣṭvā bhagnam tamaḥ iva indunā

31. nāgaḥ kevalam jalam iva rudhira-vrātam atyajat
tat-deśa-līlā tam dṛṣṭvā indunā bhagnam tamaḥ iva

31. The serpent-demon (nāga) merely disgorged (atyajat) a mass of blood (rudhiravrātām), just like water (jalam iva). Līlā from that region (tad-deśa-līlā), seeing him (tam dṛṣṭvā), [felt as if] darkness (tamaḥ) were dispelled (bhagnam) by the moon (indunā).

31. הוא רק פלט סילון דם מגרונו, כמו פיל המתיז מים מחדקו. כשרשתה אותו לִילָה של אותו מחוז שבור ומדוכדך, בדומה לחושך המתפוגג מול אור הירח,

Words meanings summery:

• केवलम् (kevalam) - merely, only, solely

• रुधिर-व्रातम् (rudhira-vrātam) - a mass of blood, a multitude of blood

• नागः (nāgaḥ) - the demon (who is like a serpent or an elephant in power/size) (serpent, snake, elephant, demon, a mountain)

• जलम् (jalam) - water

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• अत्यजत् (atyajat) - he disgorged (blood) (he abandoned, he threw off, he discharged)

• तत्-देश-लीला (tat-deśa-līlā) - Līlā, a character, from that region (Līlā of that region, the grace/sport of that region)

• तम् (tam) - him (the demon) (him, that one)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, seeing

• भग्नम् (bhagnam) - dispelled (like darkness) (broken, shattered, dispelled, defeated)

• तमः (tamaḥ) - darkness, gloom, ignorance

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• इन्दुना (indunā) - by the moon

Words meanings and morphology

केवलम् (kevalam) - merely, only, solely

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial usage

रुधिर-व्रातम् (rudhira-vrātam) - a mass of blood, a multitude of blood

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rudhira-vrāta

rudhira-vrāta - mass of blood, multitude of blood

Compound of 'rudhira' (blood) and 'vrāta' (multitude, mass)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rudhira+vrāta)

• rudhira – blood, red, saffron
  noun (neuter)
  From root rudh (to obstruct, to bleed)
  Root: rudh (class 7)
• vrāta – multitude, host, troop, collection, mass
  noun (masculine)

नागः (nāgaḥ) - the demon (who is like a serpent or an elephant in power/size) (serpent, snake, elephant, demon, a mountain)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nāga

nāga - serpent, snake, cobra, elephant, a class of mythical beings (nāga), a mountain

जलम् (jalam) - water

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jala

jala - water

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

अत्यजत् (atyajat) - he disgorged (blood) (he abandoned, he threw off, he discharged)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of tyaj

Imperfect 3rd person singular, root is tyaj (class 1)

Root: tyaj (class 1)

तत्-देश-लीला (tat-deśa-līlā) - Līlā, a character, from that region (Līlā of that region, the grace/sport of that region)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tat-deśa-līlā

tat-deśa-līlā - Līlā of that region, the grace/sport of that region

Compound of 'tat' (that), 'deśa' (region) and 'līlā' (name/sport)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tat+deśa+līlā)

• tat – that, he, she, it
  pronoun (neuter)
• deśa – place, region, country, spot
  noun (masculine)
• līlā – play, sport, game, grace, charm, divine play (līlā)
  proper noun (feminine)

तम् (tam) - him (the demon) (him, that one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, seeing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Absolutive forms are indeclinable

भग्नम् (bhagnam) - dispelled (like darkness) (broken, shattered, dispelled, defeated)

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhagna

bhagna - broken, shattered, dispelled, defeated, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

From root bhañj (to break)

Root: bhañj (class 7)

तमः (tamaḥ) - darkness, gloom, ignorance

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, gloom, obscurity, ignorance

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

इन्दुना (indunā) - by the moon

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of indu

indu - moon, drop, point

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