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3,71

योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-71, verse-34

हा महोदर विन्ध्याद्रिसनीहारगुहोपम ।
अद्य नान्तं करोषि त्वं कथं सिंहेन हस्तिनाम् ॥ ३४ ॥
hā mahodara vindhyādrisanīhāraguhopama ,
adya nāntaṃ karoṣi tvaṃ kathaṃ siṃhena hastinām 34
34. hā mahodara vindhya-adri-sa-nīhāra-guha-upama
adya na antam karoṣi tvam katham siṃhena hastinām
34. hā mahodara vindhya-adri-sa-nīhāra-guha-upama
tvam adya katham siṃhena hastinām antam na karoṣi
34. Alas, Mahodara, you who resemble a snow-filled cave in the Vindhya mountains! Why do you not, like a lion, put an end to the elephants today?

Words meanings summery:

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  • हा (hā) - alas, ah (exclamation of grief/surprise)
  • महोदर (mahodara) - O Mahodara (name of a demon, 'great belly')
  • विन्ध्य-अद्रि-स-नीहार-गुह-उपम (vindhya-adri-sa-nīhāra-guha-upama) - resembling a cave in the Vindhya mountains filled with snow/frost
  • अद्य (adya) - today, now
  • (na) - not, no
  • अन्तम् (antam) - end, destruction
  • करोषि (karoṣi) - you do, you make
  • त्वम् (tvam) - you
  • कथम् (katham) - how, why
  • सिंहेन (siṁhena) - by a lion, like a lion
  • हस्तिनाम् (hastinām) - of elephants

Words meanings and morphology

हा (hā) - alas, ah (exclamation of grief/surprise)
(indeclinable)
महोदर (mahodara) - O Mahodara (name of a demon, 'great belly')
(proper noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of mahodara
mahodara - Mahodara (name of a demon, lit. 'great-bellied')
विन्ध्य-अद्रि-स-नीहार-गुह-उपम (vindhya-adri-sa-nīhāra-guha-upama) - resembling a cave in the Vindhya mountains filled with snow/frost
(adjective)
Vocative, masculine, singular of vindhyādrisanīhāraguhopama
vindhyādrisanīhāraguhopama - resembling a cave in the Vindhya mountain that is filled with snow/frost
Compound type : complex (multiple tatpuruṣa leading to an upamāna compound) (vindhya+adri+sanīhāra+guhā+upama)
  • vindhya – Vindhya (a mountain range in India)
    proper noun (masculine)
  • adri – mountain, rock
    noun (masculine)
  • sanīhāra – with snow, frosty
    adjective
  • guhā – cave, cavern
    noun (feminine)
  • upama – resembling, similar to
    adjective
अद्य (adya) - today, now
(indeclinable)
(na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
अन्तम् (antam) - end, destruction
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of anta
anta - end, limit, boundary, conclusion, destruction
करोषि (karoṣi) - you do, you make
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of kṛ
Root: kṛ (class 8)
त्वम् (tvam) - you
(pronoun)
Nominative, singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you
कथम् (katham) - how, why
(indeclinable)
सिंहेन (siṁhena) - by a lion, like a lion
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of siṃha
siṁha - lion
हस्तिनाम् (hastinām) - of elephants
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of hastin
hastin - elephant (lit. 'having a hand/trunk')