योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-70, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
अथ भूधरशृङ्गाभा सा महाकृष्णराक्षसी ।
कज्जलाम्बुदलेखेव तानवं गन्तुमुद्यता ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
atha bhūdharaśṛṅgābhā sā mahākṛṣṇarākṣasī ,
kajjalāmbudalekheva tānavaṃ gantumudyatā 1

1. śrī-vasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca | atha bhūdhara-śṛṅga-ābhā sā mahā-kṛṣṇa-rākṣasī
| kajjala-ambuda-lekhā iva tānavam gantum udyatā ||

1. śrī-vasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca atha sā mahā-kṛṣṇa-rākṣasī
bhūdhara-śṛṅga-ābhā kajjala-ambuda-lekhā iva tānavam gantum udyatā

1. Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Then, that great dark demoness (rākṣasī), whose appearance was like a mountain peak, and who resembled a streak of collyrium-dark clouds, was ready to become thin.

Words meanings summery:

• श्री-वसिष्ठः (śrī-vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Revered Vasiṣṭha, glorious Vasiṣṭha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• भूधर-शृङ्ग-आभा (bhūdhara-śṛṅga-ābhā) - having the appearance of a mountain peak

• सा (sā) - she, that

• महा-कृष्ण-राक्षसी (mahā-kṛṣṇa-rākṣasī) - great dark demoness (rākṣasī)

• कज्जल-अम्बुद-लेखा (kajjala-ambuda-lekhā) - a streak of collyrium-dark clouds

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• तानवम् (tānavam) - thinness, slenderness, delicacy

• गन्तुम् (gantum) - to become (to go, to move, to attain, to become)

• उद्यता (udyatā) - ready, prepared, undertaken, about to

Words meanings and morphology

श्री-वसिष्ठः (śrī-vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Revered Vasiṣṭha, glorious Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrī-vasiṣṭha

śrī-vasiṣṭha - Revered Vasiṣṭha (a well-known sage)

Compound of 'śrī' (reverence/glory) and 'vasiṣṭha' (proper name).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – glory, splendor, prosperity, reverence
  noun (feminine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (name of an ancient sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect past (lit) of uvāca

Perfect Past Active

Reduplicated perfect form of √vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

भूधर-शृङ्ग-आभा (bhūdhara-śṛṅga-ābhā) - having the appearance of a mountain peak

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhūdhara-śṛṅga-ābhā

bhūdhara-śṛṅga-ābhā - having the appearance/luster of a mountain peak

Bahuvrīhi compound describing the demoness.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhūdhara-śṛṅga+ābhā)

• bhūdhara-śṛṅga – mountain peak
  noun (neuter)
  Tatpuruṣa compound: 'bhūdhara' (mountain) + 'śṛṅga' (peak).
• ābhā – splendor, luster, appearance, likeness
  noun (feminine)
  From 'ā' + 'bhā' (to shine).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: bhā (class 2)

सा (sā) - she, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

महा-कृष्ण-राक्षसी (mahā-kṛṣṇa-rākṣasī) - great dark demoness (rākṣasī)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahā-kṛṣṇa-rākṣasī

mahā-kṛṣṇa-rākṣasī - great dark demoness

Karmadhāraya compound: 'mahā' (great) + 'kṛṣṇa' (dark) + 'rākṣasī' (demoness).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+kṛṣṇa+rākṣasī)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• kṛṣṇa – dark, black
  adjective
• rākṣasī – female demon, demoness
  noun (feminine)
  Feminine form of 'rākṣasa'.

कज्जल-अम्बुद-लेखा (kajjala-ambuda-lekhā) - a streak of collyrium-dark clouds

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kajjala-ambuda-lekhā

kajjala-ambuda-lekhā - a streak or line of clouds dark like collyrium (kajal)

Tatpuruṣa compound: 'kajjala' (collyrium) + 'ambuda' (cloud) + 'lekhā' (streak).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kajjala+ambuda+lekhā)

• kajjala – collyrium, eye-black, soot
  noun (neuter)
• ambuda – cloud (water-giver)
  noun (masculine)
  Compound 'ambu' (water) + 'da' (giver).
• lekhā – line, streak, row, drawing
  noun (feminine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

तानवम् (tānavam) - thinness, slenderness, delicacy

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tānava

tānava - thinness, slenderness, tenuity, delicacy

Derived from 'tanu' (thin, slender).

गन्तुम् (gantum) - to become (to go, to move, to attain, to become)

(verb)

active, infinitive of gantum

Infinitive

Infinitive form of the root 'gam'.

Root: gam (class 1)

उद्यता (udyatā) - ready, prepared, undertaken, about to

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of udyatā

udyata - ready, prepared, undertaken, engaged in, about to start

Past Passive Participle

From the root 'yam' with prefix 'ud'.

Prefix: ud

Root: yam (class 1)