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योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-57, verse-4

गृहीतचामरां चारु वीजयन्तीं महीपतिम् ।
उद्यच्चन्द्रामिव दिवं भूषयन्तीं महीतलम् ॥ ४ ॥
gṛhītacāmarāṃ cāru vījayantīṃ mahīpatim ,
udyaccandrāmiva divaṃ bhūṣayantīṃ mahītalam 4
4. gṛhītacāmarām cāru vījayantīm mahīpatim
udyaccandrām iva divam bhūṣayantīm mahītalam
4. gṛhītacāmarām cāru mahīpatim vījayantīm (sā) udyaccandrām
iva divam (bhūṣayantī) mahītalam bhūṣayantīm (āsīt)
4. Holding a fly-whisk, she was gracefully fanning the king. Like a rising moon adorning the sky, she was beautifying the surface of the earth.

Words meanings summery:

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  • गृहीतचामराम् (gṛhītacāmarām) - holding a fly-whisk
  • चारु (cāru) - gracefully, beautifully, charmingly
  • वीजयन्तीम् (vījayantīm) - fanning
  • महीपतिम् (mahīpatim) - the king, lord of the earth
  • उद्यच्चन्द्राम् (udyaccandrām) - rising moon
  • इव (iva) - like, as if, as
  • दिवम् (divam) - the sky, heaven, day
  • भूषयन्तीम् (bhūṣayantīm) - adorning, decorating
  • महीतलम् (mahītalam) - the surface of the earth, the ground

Words meanings and morphology

गृहीतचामराम् (gṛhītacāmarām) - holding a fly-whisk
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of gṛhītacāmarā
gṛhītacāmarā - holding a fly-whisk, having a fly-whisk taken/held
Compound of gṛhīta (held) and cāmara (fly-whisk).
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gṛhīta+cāmara)
  • gṛhīta – held, taken, grasped
    Past Passive Participle (masculine)
    Past Passive Participle
    From root grah 'to take, seize'
    Root: grah (class 9)
  • cāmara – fly-whisk (made of yak's tail), fan
    noun (neuter)
Note: Describes her action.
चारु (cāru) - gracefully, beautifully, charmingly
(indeclinable)
Can be adjective (masc/fem/neut) or adverb. Here, adverbial.
Note: Adverb.
वीजयन्तीम् (vījayantīm) - fanning
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of vījayantī
vījayantī - fanning (feminine)
Present Active Participle
From root vij 'to fan' (causative) + śatṛ pratyaya.
Root: vījay (class 1)
Note: Describes her action of fanning.
महीपतिम् (mahīpatim) - the king, lord of the earth
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of mahīpati
mahīpati - king, sovereign, lord of the earth
Compound of mahī (earth) and pati (lord).
Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (mahī+pati)
  • mahī – earth, ground
    noun (feminine)
  • pati – lord, master, husband
    noun (masculine)
Note: Object of fanning.
उद्यच्चन्द्राम् (udyaccandrām) - rising moon
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of udyaccandrā
udyaccandrā - rising moon (feminine form)
Compound of udyat (rising) and candrā (moon - feminine).
Compound type : karmadhāraya (udyat+candra)
  • udyat – rising, ascending
    Present Active Participle (masculine)
    Present Active Participle
    From root i 'to go' with prefix ud
    Prefix: ud
    Root: i (class 2)
  • candra – moon
    noun (masculine)
Note: Feminine accusative singular, referring to the moon as it would adorn the sky.
इव (iva) - like, as if, as
(indeclinable)
Particle used for comparison.
Note: Particle for comparison.
दिवम् (divam) - the sky, heaven, day
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of div
div - sky, heaven, day
Note: Object of comparison's action.
भूषयन्तीम् (bhūṣayantīm) - adorning, decorating
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of bhūṣayantī
bhūṣayantī - adorning, decorating (feminine)
Present Active Participle
From root bhūṣ 'to adorn, decorate' (causative) + śatṛ pratyaya.
Root: bhūṣ (class 10)
Note: Describes her action of beautifying.
महीतलम् (mahītalam) - the surface of the earth, the ground
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of mahītala
mahītala - surface of the earth, ground, earth
Compound of mahī (earth) and tala (surface).
Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (mahī+tala)
  • mahī – earth, ground
    noun (feminine)
  • tala – surface, plane, flat ground
    noun (neuter)
Note: Object of beautifying.