योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-79, verse-31

बिसतन्तुर्महामेरुर्भो राजन्यदपेक्षया ।
तस्य कस्योदरे सन्ति मेरुमन्दरकोटयः ॥ ३१ ॥

bisatanturmahāmerurbho rājanyadapekṣayā ,
tasya kasyodare santi merumandarakoṭayaḥ 31

31. bisa-tantuḥ mahā-meruḥ bho rājan yat-apekṣayā
tasya kasya udare santi meru-mandara-koṭayaḥ

31. bho rājan yat-apekṣayā bisa-tantuḥ mahā-meruḥ (bhavati)?
tasya kasya udare meru-mandara-koṭayaḥ santi?

31. O King, in comparison to what is a lotus fiber like Mount Meru? In the belly of that (entity), whose belly, are countless crores of Mount Meru and Mount Mandara?

31. מלכי, בהשוואה למה נראה הר מֵרוּ האדיר כסיב לוֹטוֹס דקיק? ובבטנו של מי קיימים מיליוני הרי מֵרוּ ומַנְדָרָה?

Words meanings summery:

• बिस-तन्तुः (bisa-tantuḥ) - lotus fiber

• महा-मेरुः (mahā-meruḥ) - Mount Meru (the great mountain)

• भो (bho) - O! (vocative particle)

• राजन् (rājan) - O King!

• यत्-अपेक्षया (yat-apekṣayā) - in comparison to what, with respect to which

• तस्य (tasya) - of that, to that

• कस्य (kasya) - whose, of what, of which

• उदरे (udare) - in the belly, in the interior

• सन्ति (santi) - they are, they exist

• मेरु-मन्दर-कोटयः (meru-mandara-koṭayaḥ) - countless Meru and Mandara mountains (crores of Meru and Mandara mountains)

Words meanings and morphology

बिस-तन्तुः (bisa-tantuḥ) - lotus fiber

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bisa-tantu

bisa-tantu - fiber of a lotus stem

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (bisa+tantu)

• bisa – lotus fiber, lotus stem
  noun (neuter)
• tantu – thread, fiber
  noun (masculine)

महा-मेरुः (mahā-meruḥ) - Mount Meru (the great mountain)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahā-meru

mahā-meru - Great Meru, a mythical sacred mountain in Hindu cosmology

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+meru)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (feminine)
  Feminine stem of mahat, used as the first part of a compound.
• meru – Meru, a mythical mountain
  proper noun (masculine)

भो (bho) - O! (vocative particle)

(indeclinable)

राजन् (rājan) - O King!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

यत्-अपेक्षया (yat-apekṣayā) - in comparison to what, with respect to which

(indeclinable)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (yat+apekṣā)

• yat – which, what
  pronoun (neuter)
• apekṣā – regard, respect, expectation, comparison
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root īkṣ (to see) with prefix apa-.
  Prefix: apa
  Root: īkṣ (class 1)

तस्य (tasya) - of that, to that

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कस्य (kasya) - whose, of what, of which

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which, why

उदरे (udare) - in the belly, in the interior

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of udara

udara - belly, womb, interior, cavity

सन्ति (santi) - they are, they exist

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Tense, 3rd Person Plural

Root: as (class 2)

मेरु-मन्दर-कोटयः (meru-mandara-koṭayaḥ) - countless Meru and Mandara mountains (crores of Meru and Mandara mountains)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of meru-mandara-koṭi

meru-mandara-koṭi - crores of Meru and Mandara mountains

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (meru+mandara+koṭi)

• meru – Meru, a mythical mountain
  proper noun (masculine)
• mandara – Mandara, a mythical mountain
  proper noun (masculine)
• koṭi – crore (ten million), immense number, tip
  noun (feminine)

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