योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-77, verse-11

विपिने विपिनामौना नगरे सुप्तनागरा ।
वनेषु विसरद्वाता नीडेष्वस्पन्दपक्षिका ॥ ११ ॥

vipine vipināmaunā nagare suptanāgarā ,
vaneṣu visaradvātā nīḍeṣvaspandapakṣikā 11

11. vipine vipināmauṇā nagare suptanāgarā
vaneṣu visaradvātā nīḍeṣu aspandapakṣikā

11. vipine vipināmauṇā nagare suptanāgarā
vaneṣu visaradvātā nīḍeṣu aspandapakṣikā

11. In dense forests, she observes silence. In cities, her inhabitants are asleep. In the woods, she manifests as spreading winds. In their nests, her birds remain motionless.

Words meanings summery:

• विपिने (vipine) - in the dense forest, in the jungle

• विपिनामौणा (vipināmauṇā) - she who is silent in the dense forest

• नगरे (nagare) - in the city, in the town

• सुप्तनागरा (suptanāgarā) - she whose citizens are asleep, whose inhabitants are sleeping

• वनेषु (vaneṣu) - in forests, in woods

• विसरद्वाता (visaradvātā) - she who has spreading winds

• नीडेषु (nīḍeṣu) - in nests

• अस्पन्दपक्षिका (aspandapakṣikā) - she whose birds are motionless

Words meanings and morphology

विपिने (vipine) - in the dense forest, in the jungle

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vipina

vipina - dense forest, jungle, grove

विपिनामौणा (vipināmauṇā) - she who is silent in the dense forest

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vipināmauṇā

vipināmauṇā - one who observes silence (mauṇa) in the dense forest (vipina)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vipina+āmauṇa)

• vipina – dense forest, jungle
  noun (neuter)
• āmauṇa – observing silence, silent, taciturn
  adjective
  From mauṇa (silence) with prefix ā-
  Prefix: ā

नगरे (nagare) - in the city, in the town

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of nagara

nagara - city, town

सुप्तनागरा (suptanāgarā) - she whose citizens are asleep, whose inhabitants are sleeping

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of suptanāgarā

suptanāgarā - one whose citizens/inhabitants (nāgara) are asleep (supta)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (supta+nāgara)

• supta – asleep, sleeping, unconscious
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Formed from root svap (to sleep) with suffix -ta
  Root: svap (class 2)
• nāgara – citizen, townspeople, urban
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from nagara (city)

वनेषु (vaneṣu) - in forests, in woods

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

विसरद्वाता (visaradvātā) - she who has spreading winds

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of visaradvātā

visaradvātā - one who has spreading (visarat) winds (vāta)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (visarat+vāta)

• visarat – spreading, flowing, blowing, diffusing
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  Formed from root sr̥ (to flow) with prefix vi- and suffix -at
  Prefix: vi
  Root: sr̥ (class 1)
• vāta – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vā (class 2)

नीडेषु (nīḍeṣu) - in nests

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of nīḍa

nīḍa - nest, dwelling, abode, resting place

अस्पन्दपक्षिका (aspandapakṣikā) - she whose birds are motionless

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of aspandapakṣikā

aspandapakṣikā - one whose birds (pakṣikā) are motionless (aspanda) (in their nests)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (aspanda+pakṣikā)

• aspanda – motionless, unmoving, steady
  adjective
  From spanda (motion) with negative prefix a-
  Prefix: a
• pakṣikā – bird (feminine diminutive or collective form)
  noun (feminine)
  Diminutive or collective feminine form of pakṣin (bird)

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