योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-68, verse-5

नीहारवसनच्छन्ना मेदुराभ्रशिरःपटा ।
लम्बाभ्रबिम्बोल्लसिता नित्योत्थतिमिरोर्ध्वजा ॥ ५ ॥

nīhāravasanacchannā medurābhraśiraḥpaṭā ,
lambābhrabimbollasitā nityotthatimirordhvajā 5

5. nīhāravasanacchannā medurābhraśiraḥpaṭā
lambābhrabimboullasitā nityotthatimirodhvajā

5. (sā) nīhāravasanacchannā medurābhraśiraḥpaṭā
lambābhrabimboullasitā nityotthatimirodhvajā

5. She is covered by garments of mist, her head-covering is of dense clouds, she shines with dangling discs of clouds, and her banner is of perpetually rising darkness.

5. היא הייתה עטופה בכסות ערפל, עננים עבים שימשו לה כרעלה, עננים משתלשלים קישטו אותה, והיא נשאה עמה את חשכת העולמים.

Words meanings summery:

• नीहारवसनच्छन्ना (nīhāravasanacchannā) - covered by garments of mist

• मेदुराभ्रशिरःपटा (medurābhraśiraḥpaṭā) - her head-covering is of dense clouds (having a head-covering of dense clouds)

• लम्बाभ्रबिम्बोउल्लसिता (lambābhrabimboullasitā) - shining with dangling discs of clouds (shining with dangling cloud-discs)

• नित्योत्थतिमिरोध्वजा (nityotthatimirodhvajā) - her banner is of perpetually rising darkness (having darkness always rising as her banner)

Words meanings and morphology

नीहारवसनच्छन्ना (nīhāravasanacchannā) - covered by garments of mist

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nīhāra-vasana-channā

nīhāra-vasana-channā - one who is covered by garments of mist

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nīhāra+vasana+channā)

• nīhāra – mist, fog, dew, hoar-frost
  noun (masculine)
• vasana – garment, clothing, dress
  noun (neuter)
• channā – covered, veiled, concealed (feminine of channa)
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √chad
  Root: chad (class 1)

मेदुराभ्रशिरःपटा (medurābhraśiraḥpaṭā) - her head-covering is of dense clouds (having a head-covering of dense clouds)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of medura-abhra-śiras-paṭā

medura-abhra-śiras-paṭā - one whose head-covering is of dense clouds

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (medura+abhra+śiras-paṭā)

• medura – dense, thick, fat, oily, glossy
  adjective (masculine)
• abhra – cloud, sky
  noun (neuter)
• śiras-paṭā – head-covering, head-cloth
  noun (feminine)

लम्बाभ्रबिम्बोउल्लसिता (lambābhrabimboullasitā) - shining with dangling discs of clouds (shining with dangling cloud-discs)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of lamba-abhra-bimba-ullasitā

lamba-abhra-bimba-ullasitā - one who is shining with dangling cloud-discs

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (lamba+abhra-bimba+ullasitā)

• lamba – hanging, dangling, pendulous
  adjective (masculine)
• abhra-bimba – disc of a cloud, cloud orb
  noun (neuter)
• ullasitā – shining, glittering, flourishing (feminine of ullasita)
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √las with upasarga ut
  Prefix: ud
  Root: las (class 1)

नित्योत्थतिमिरोध्वजा (nityotthatimirodhvajā) - her banner is of perpetually rising darkness (having darkness always rising as her banner)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nitya-uttha-timira-ūrdhvadhvajā

nitya-uttha-timira-ūrdhvadhvajā - one whose banner is of constantly rising darkness

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nitya+uttha+timira+ūrdhvadhvajā)

• nitya – constant, perpetual, eternal, always
  adjective (masculine)
• uttha – risen, produced from, originating from
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √sthā with upasarga ud
  Prefix: ud
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• timira – darkness, gloom; a disease of the eye (cataract)
  noun (neuter)
• ūrdhvadhvajā – one whose banner is raised high, having an upward banner
  adjective (feminine)

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