योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-77, verse-5

सुवयस्येव कर्कट्याः परिनृत्यत्पिशाचिका ।
मत्तवेतालकङ्कालकाष्ठमौनमिवास्थिता ॥ ५ ॥

suvayasyeva karkaṭyāḥ parinṛtyatpiśācikā ,
mattavetālakaṅkālakāṣṭhamaunamivāsthitā 5

5. suvayasyā iva karkaṭyāḥ parinṛtyatpiśācikā
mattavetālakaṅkālakaṣṭhamaunam iva āsthitā

5. suvayasyā iva karkaṭyāḥ parinṛtyatpiśācikā
mattavetālakaṅkālakaṣṭhamaunam iva āsthitā

5. Like a good companion to a female demon (karkaṭī), it had female ghouls (piśācikā) dancing all around. It stood as if in the stiff silence of skeletons of drunken vetālas.

5. החשיכה נראתה כרעיה טובה של כַּרְכַּטִי, כשלצידה מרקדות רוחות רפאים פִּישָׁאצָ'ה, והיא דמתה לדממה מוזרה של שלדי שדים וֶטָאלַה שיכורים.

Words meanings summery:

• सुवयस्या (suvayasyā) - a good female friend, a pleasant female companion

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• कर्कट्याः (karkaṭyāḥ) - of a female demon (karkaṭī) (of a female demon, of a crab)

• परिनृत्यत्पिशाचिका (parinṛtyatpiśācikā) - having female ghouls dancing all around

• मत्तवेतालकङ्कालकष्ठमौनम् (mattavetālakaṅkālakaṣṭhamaunam) - referring to a stiff, lifeless silence (the silence like a wooden skeleton of drunken vetālas)

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• आस्थिता (āsthitā) - established, stood, situated

Words meanings and morphology

सुवयस्या (suvayasyā) - a good female friend, a pleasant female companion

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of suvayasyā

suvayasyā - a good female friend, a pleasant female companion

Compound type : pravādi (su+vayasyā)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• vayasyā – female friend, female companion
  noun (feminine)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

कर्कट्याः (karkaṭyāḥ) - of a female demon (karkaṭī) (of a female demon, of a crab)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of karkaṭī

karkaṭī - a female demon; a female crab; a kind of plant

परिनृत्यत्पिशाचिका (parinṛtyatpiśācikā) - having female ghouls dancing all around

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of parinṛtyatpiśācikā

parinṛtyatpiśācikā - one who has female ghouls dancing around

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (parinṛtyat+piśācikā)

• parinṛtyat – dancing around
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  From root nṛt (to dance) with prefix pari (around)
  Prefix: pari
  Root: nṛt (class 4)
• piśācikā – a female ghoul, female demon
  noun (feminine)

मत्तवेतालकङ्कालकष्ठमौनम् (mattavetālakaṅkālakaṣṭhamaunam) - referring to a stiff, lifeless silence (the silence like a wooden skeleton of drunken vetālas)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mattavetālakaṅkālakaṣṭhamaunam

mattavetālakaṅkālakaṣṭhamaunam - the silence like a wooden skeleton of drunken vetālas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (matta+vetāla+kaṅkāla+kāṣṭha+maunam)

• matta – intoxicated, drunken, furious
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root mad (to be intoxicated, delighted)
  Root: mad (class 4)
• vetāla – a ghost, goblin, vampire
  noun (masculine)
• kaṅkāla – a skeleton, bony framework
  noun (masculine)
• kāṣṭha – wood, a piece of wood, timber
  noun (neuter)
• maunam – silence, stillness
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

आस्थिता (āsthitā) - established, stood, situated

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āsthita

āsthita - placed, established, situated, stood, adopted

Past Passive Participle

From root sthā (to stand) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

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