योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-71, verse-37

हा नेत्रे कृष्णरजनीरजःशुष्केन्धनैजने ।
कस्मान्न मे भूषयतो दृग्ज्वालामालया दिश ॥ ३७ ॥

hā netre kṛṣṇarajanīrajaḥśuṣkendhanaijane ,
kasmānna me bhūṣayato dṛgjvālāmālayā diśa 37

37. hā netre kṛṣṇarajanīrajaḥśuṣkendhanejane
kasmāt na me bhūṣayataḥ dṛgjvālāmālayā diśaḥ

37. hā netre kṛṣṇarajanīrajaḥśuṣkendhanejane
kasmāt me diśaḥ dṛgjvālāmālayā na bhūṣayataḥ

37. Alas, O eyes, you who were like igniters of dry fuel from the soot of the darkest night! Why do you no longer adorn the directions for me with a garland of fiery glances?

Words meanings summery:

• हा (hā) - alas!, ah!

• नेत्रे (netre) - O eyes

• कृष्णरजनीरजःशुष्केन्धनेजने (kṛṣṇarajanīrajaḥśuṣkendhanejane) - O eyes, who were once so powerful as to ignite even the darkest, driest elements. (O igniters of dry fuel from the soot of dark night)

• कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why, for what reason, from what

• न (na) - not

• मे (me) - to me, for me, my

• भूषयतः (bhūṣayataḥ) - they adorn, they decorate

• दृग्ज्वालामालया (dṛgjvālāmālayā) - by fiery glances or intense gazes from the eyes. (by a garland of eye-flames)

• दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions, quarters of the sky

Words meanings and morphology

हा (hā) - alas!, ah!

(indeclinable)

नेत्रे (netre) - O eyes

(noun)

neuter, dual of netra

netra - eye, leader

Note: Vocative dual, addressing the two eyes.

कृष्णरजनीरजःशुष्केन्धनेजने (kṛṣṇarajanīrajaḥśuṣkendhanejane) - O eyes, who were once so powerful as to ignite even the darkest, driest elements. (O igniters of dry fuel from the soot of dark night)

(noun)

Vocative, neuter, dual of kṛṣṇarajanīrajaḥśuṣkendhanejana

kṛṣṇarajanīrajaḥśuṣkendhanejana - igniter of dry fuel from the soot of dark night

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṛṣṇa+rajanī+rajas+śuṣka+indhana+ejana)

• kṛṣṇa – black, dark
  adjective (masculine)
• rajanī – night
  noun (feminine)
• rajas – dust, pollen, gloom, soot, dark particles
  noun (neuter)
• śuṣka – dry, dried up
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √śuṣ (to dry).
  Root: śuṣ (class 4)
• indhana – fuel, kindling
  noun (neuter)
• ejana – stirring, agitation, an igniter, kindler
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root √ej (to stir, agitate, tremble).
  Root: ej (class 1)

Note: Agreeing with 'netre'.

कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why, for what reason, from what

(indeclinable)

Note: Ablative singular of 'kim' used adverbially.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me, for me, my

(pronoun)

singular of mad

mad - I, me

भूषयतः (bhūṣayataḥ) - they adorn, they decorate

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, present (lat) of bhūṣayati

Causative stem

From root √bhūṣ (to adorn) via causative suffix -āy-.

Root: bhūṣ (class 10)

Note: Referring to 'netre'.

दृग्ज्वालामालया (dṛgjvālāmālayā) - by fiery glances or intense gazes from the eyes. (by a garland of eye-flames)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of dṛgjvālāmālā

dṛgjvālāmālā - garland of eye-flames

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dṛś+jvālā+mālā)

• dṛś – eye, sight
  noun (feminine)
• jvālā – flame, blaze
  noun (feminine)
• mālā – garland, string, row
  noun (feminine)

दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions, quarters of the sky

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of diś

diś - direction, quarter of the sky, region