योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-68, verse-4

महाबलाग्निनयना रोदोरन्ध्रार्धपूरणी ।
नीलाम्बरधरा कृष्णा देहबद्धेव यामिनी ॥ ४ ॥

mahābalāgninayanā rodorandhrārdhapūraṇī ,
nīlāmbaradharā kṛṣṇā dehabaddheva yāminī 4

4. mahābalāgninayanā rodorandhrārdhapūraṇī
nīlāmbaradharā kṛṣṇā dehabaddhā iva yāminī

4. (sā) mahābalāgninayanā rodorandhrārdhapūraṇī
nīlāmbaradharā kṛṣṇā dehabaddhā yāminī iva

4. She possesses eyes like a powerful fire, and fills half the cosmic space (between heaven and earth). Clad in blue garments and dark-hued, she is like the night personified.

4. עיניה ירקו אש עזה, גופה מילא מחצית מהחלל שבין שמיים לארץ, והיא לבשה בגדים כחולים והייתה כהה כאילו הלילה לבש גוף.

Words meanings summery:

• महाबलाग्निनयना (mahābalāgninayanā) - having eyes like a powerful fire

• रोदोरन्ध्रार्धपूरणी (rodorandhrārdhapūraṇī) - filling half the cosmic space (between heaven and earth) (filling half the gaps of heaven and earth)

• नीलाम्बरधरा (nīlāmbaradharā) - clad in blue garments (wearing blue garments)

• कृष्णा (kṛṣṇā) - dark-hued (dark, black, dark-skinned)

• देहबद्धा (dehabaddhā) - embodied (embodied, having a body)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as if)

• यामिनी (yāminī) - night

Words meanings and morphology

महाबलाग्निनयना (mahābalāgninayanā) - having eyes like a powerful fire

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahābala-agni-nayanā

mahābala-agni-nayanā - one whose eyes are like a powerful fire

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahābala+agni+nayana)

• mahābala – greatly powerful, strong
  adjective (masculine)
• agni – fire
  noun (masculine)
• nayana – eye, leading
  noun (neuter)
  Root: nī (class 1)

रोदोरन्ध्रार्धपूरणी (rodorandhrārdhapūraṇī) - filling half the cosmic space (between heaven and earth) (filling half the gaps of heaven and earth)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rodas-randhra-ardha-pūraṇī

rodas-randhra-ardha-pūraṇī - one who fills half the space/gaps of heaven and earth

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (rodas+randhra-ardha+pūraṇī)

• rodas – heaven and earth (dual); the sky, space
  noun (neuter)
• randhra-ardha – half of a gap or opening
  noun (neuter)
• pūraṇī – filling, completing (feminine of pūraṇa)
  adjective (feminine)
  Root: pūr (class 10)

नीलाम्बरधरा (nīlāmbaradharā) - clad in blue garments (wearing blue garments)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nīla-ambara-dharā

nīla-ambara-dharā - one who wears blue garments

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nīla+ambara+dharā)

• nīla – blue, dark blue, indigo
  adjective (masculine)
• ambara – garment, clothing; sky
  noun (neuter)
• dharā – wearing, bearing, holding (feminine of dhara)
  adjective (feminine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

कृष्णा (kṛṣṇā) - dark-hued (dark, black, dark-skinned)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛṣṇa

kṛṣṇa - dark, black, dark-blue; Name of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa

Note: Feminine form, agrees with Karkaṭī.

देहबद्धा (dehabaddhā) - embodied (embodied, having a body)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of deha-baddhā

deha-baddhā - embodied, confined to a body

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deha+baddhā)

• deha – body, corporeal frame
  noun (masculine)
• baddhā – bound, tied, fettered, imprisoned, embodied (feminine of baddha)
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √bandh
  Root: bandh (class 9)

इव (iva) - like (like, as if)

(indeclinable)

यामिनी (yāminī) - night

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yāminī

yāminī - night

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