योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
-
book-3, chapter-71, verse-34
हा महोदर विन्ध्याद्रिसनीहारगुहोपम ।
अद्य नान्तं करोषि त्वं कथं सिंहेन हस्तिनाम् ॥ ३४ ॥
अद्य नान्तं करोषि त्वं कथं सिंहेन हस्तिनाम् ॥ ३४ ॥
hā mahodara vindhyādrisanīhāraguhopama ,
adya nāntaṃ karoṣi tvaṃ kathaṃ siṃhena hastinām 34
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
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
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:
(Scroll down for elaborated words morphology)
- 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
- न (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)
न (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')