योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-78, verse-19

इन्द्रनीलमहाशुभ्रलम्बाभ्रयुगलोपमौ ।
उलूखलादिहारौघौ दधानामसितौ स्तनौ ॥ १९ ॥

indranīlamahāśubhralambābhrayugalopamau ,
ulūkhalādihāraughau dadhānāmasitau stanau 19

19. indranīlamahāśubhralambābhrayugalopamau
ulūkhalādihārogʰau dadhānām asitau stanau

19. dadhānām asitau stanau
indranīlamahāśubhralambābhrayugalopamau ulūkhalādihārogʰau

19. She wore two dark breasts, which resembled a pair of long, intensely radiant clouds dark as sapphires, and which were laden with many heavy necklaces, large as mortars and similar weighty ornaments.

19. שדיה השחורים דמו לזוג עננים משתלשלים המקושטים באבני ספיר ובעדיים כבדים כעלי ומכתש.

Words meanings summery:

• इन्द्रनीलमहाशुभ्रलम्बाभ्रयुगलोपमौ (indranīlamahāśubhralambābhrayugalopamau) - resembling a pair of long, immensely bright clouds, sapphire-hued

• उलूखलादिहारोग्ʰऔ (ulūkhalādihārogʰau) - (adorned) with masses of necklaces, like mortars and the like

• दधानाम् (dadhānām) - bearing, holding, wearing

• असितौ (asitau) - dark, blackish

• स्तनौ (stanau) - two breasts

Words meanings and morphology

इन्द्रनीलमहाशुभ्रलम्बाभ्रयुगलोपमौ (indranīlamahāśubhralambābhrayugalopamau) - resembling a pair of long, immensely bright clouds, sapphire-hued

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, dual of indranīlamahāśubhralambābhrayugalopama

indranīlamahāśubhralambābhrayugalopama - resembling a pair of long, intensely bright clouds, sapphire-like

Compound type : karmadhāraya (indranīla+mahāśubhra+lamba+abhra+yugala+upama)

• indranīla – sapphire
  noun (masculine)
• mahāśubhra – immensely bright, very white
  adjective
• lamba – long, hanging, pendulous
  adjective
  From lamb root
  Root: lamb (class 1)
• abhra – cloud, sky
  noun (neuter)
  Root: abh (class 1)
• yugala – pair, couple
  noun (neuter)
  Root: yuj (class 7)
• upama – similar, resembling, comparable
  adjective
  From upa + mā
  Prefix: upa
  Root: mā (class 2)

Note: Used here in dual accusative, modifying `stanau`.

उलूखलादिहारोग्ʰऔ (ulūkhalādihārogʰau) - (adorned) with masses of necklaces, like mortars and the like

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of ulūkhalādihārogʰa

ulūkhalādihārogʰa - multitude of necklaces, like mortars and so on

Compound type : tatpurusha (ulūkhala+ādi+hāra+ogʰa)

• ulūkhala – mortar
  noun (neuter)
• ādi – beginning, et cetera, and so on
  indeclinable
• hāra – necklace, string of pearls
  noun (masculine)
  From root hṛ
  Root: hṛ (class 1)
• ogʰa – multitude, mass, flood
  noun (masculine)
  Root: uh (class 1)

Note: Compound, dual accusative, modifying `stanau`.

दधानाम् (dadhānām) - bearing, holding, wearing

(participle)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dadhāna

dadhāna - bearing, holding, wearing

Present Active Participle (Ātmanepada)

Derived from root dhā (to place, hold, wear)

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Modifies an implicit feminine singular accusative subject (the Rākṣasī).

असितौ (asitau) - dark, blackish

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, dual of asita

asita - dark, black, un-white

Negative prefix 'a' + sita (white)

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+sita)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
• sita – white, pale, clear
  adjective
  From root śvet (to be white) or si (to bind)
  Root: śvet (class 1)

Note: Modifies `stanau`.

स्तनौ (stanau) - two breasts

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of stana

stana - breast, udder

Root: stan (class 1)

Note: Direct object of `dadhānām`.

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