योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-72, verse-9

कृष्णत्वहिंस्रतातैक्ष्ण्यव्याप्तास्यपवनाशनैः ।
यत्नात्पदं निबध्नन्ती रेण्वणूपलसंकटे ॥ ९ ॥

kṛṣṇatvahiṃsratātaikṣṇyavyāptāsyapavanāśanaiḥ ,
yatnātpadaṃ nibadhnantī reṇvaṇūpalasaṃkaṭe 9

9. kṛṣṇatvahiṃsratātaikṣṇyavyāptāsyapavanāśanaiḥ |
yatnāt padam nibadhnantī reṇvaṇūpalasaṅkaṭe ||

9. (sā) yatnāt padam nibadhnantī,
kṛṣṇatvahiṃsratātaikṣṇyavyāptāsyapavanāśanaiḥ (yuktāsu) reṇvaṇūpalasaṅkaṭe (sthitā).

9. Carefully planting her foot (padam nibadhnantī) with effort (yatnāt), in a difficult spot (saṅkaṭe) filled with tiny dust particles and pebbles, and where there were wind-eating snakes (pavanāśanaiḥ) whose mouths were permeated with blackness, ferocity, and sharpness.

9. כשהיא ניזונה מן האוויר בלבד דרך פיה המלא באופל, באכזריות ובחדות, התייצבה במאמץ רב בין גרגרי האבק והאבנים הזעירות.

Words meanings summery:

• कृष्णत्वहिंस्रतातैक्ष्ण्यव्याप्तास्यपवनाशनैः (kṛṣṇatvahiṁsratātaikṣṇyavyāptāsyapavanāśanaiḥ) - by wind-eaters (snakes) whose mouths are pervaded by blackness, ferocity, and sharpness

• यत्नात् (yatnāt) - from effort, by means of effort, carefully

• पदम् (padam) - foot (the ascetic's foot) (foot, step, place)

• निबध्नन्ती (nibadhnantī) - placing her foot firmly (binding, restraining, placing firmly)

• रेण्वणूपलसङ्कटे (reṇvaṇūpalasaṅkaṭe) - in a difficult spot of dust particles and pebbles

Words meanings and morphology

कृष्णत्वहिंस्रतातैक्ष्ण्यव्याप्तास्यपवनाशनैः (kṛṣṇatvahiṁsratātaikṣṇyavyāptāsyapavanāśanaiḥ) - by wind-eaters (snakes) whose mouths are pervaded by blackness, ferocity, and sharpness

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kṛṣṇatvahiṃsratātaikṣṇyavyāptāsyapavanāśana

kṛṣṇatvahiṁsratātaikṣṇyavyāptāsyapavanāśana - wind-eater (snake) whose mouth is pervaded by blackness, ferocity, and sharpness

Bahuvrīhi compound: kṛṣṇatva-hiṃsratā-taikṣṇya (blackness, ferocity, sharpness) + vyāpta (pervaded) + āsya (mouth) + pavanāśana (wind-eater/snake).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛṣṇatvahiṃsratātaikṣṇyavyāptāsya+pavanāśana)

• kṛṣṇatva – blackness, darkness
  noun (neuter)
  From kṛṣṇa (black) + tva (suffix for abstract quality).
• hiṃsratā – ferocity, harmfulness, violence
  noun (feminine)
  From hiṃsra (injurious) + tā (suffix for abstract quality).
• taikṣṇya – sharpness, fierceness, keenness
  noun (neuter)
  From tīkṣṇa (sharp) + ṣyaN (suffix for abstract quality).
• vyāpta – pervaded, filled, occupied
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From vi (prefix) + āp (to obtain, pervade) + kta suffix.
  Prefixes: vi+ā
  Root: āp (class 5)
• āsya – mouth, face
  noun (neuter)
  From root as (to throw, eat) + ya suffix.
  Root: as (class 2)
• pavanāśana – wind-eater (a snake)
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of pavana (wind) and āśana (eater).

Note: This is a very complex adjective for 'pavanāśana', which is a noun meaning 'snake'.

यत्नात् (yatnāt) - from effort, by means of effort, carefully

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of yatna

yatna - effort, exertion, endeavor, care, pains

From root yat (to strive, endeavor).

Root: yat (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially.

पदम् (padam) - foot (the ascetic's foot) (foot, step, place)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - foot, step, mark, place, word

From root pad (to go).

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Object of 'nibadhnantī'.

निबध्नन्ती (nibadhnantī) - placing her foot firmly (binding, restraining, placing firmly)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nibadhnant

nibadhnant - binding, restraining, holding fast, placing firmly

Present Active Participle

From ni (prefix) + root bandh (to bind) + śatṛ suffix (feminine ī).

Prefix: ni

Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject (the ascetic).

रेण्वणूपलसङ्कटे (reṇvaṇūpalasaṅkaṭe) - in a difficult spot of dust particles and pebbles

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of reṇvaṇūpalasaṅkaṭa

reṇvaṇūpalasaṅkaṭa - difficult terrain/spot of dust particles and pebbles

Tatpuruṣa compound: reṇu (dust) + aṇu (small particle) + upala (pebble) + saṅkaṭa (difficult spot/danger). The reṇu-aṇu-upala part is a dvandva.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (reṇu+aṇu+upala+saṅkaṭa)

• reṇu – dust, pollen, particle
  noun (masculine)
  From root ri (to flow, to run).
  Root: ri
• aṇu – atom, particle, minute
  noun (masculine)
  From root aṇ (to sound).
  Root: aṇ (class 1)
• upala – stone, pebble, rock
  noun (masculine)
  From upa (near) + root lā (to take).
  Prefix: upa
  Root: lā (class 2)
• saṅkaṭa – difficulty, distress, danger, narrow pass, difficult spot
  noun (neuter)
  From sam (with) + kaṭ (to go, move).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kaṭ (class 1)

Note: Indicates the place where the action occurs.

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