योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-82, verse-21

हिमवान्नाम शैलोऽस्ति शरच्चन्द्रांशुनिर्मलः ।
य उत्तराशाहृदये स्पृष्टपूर्वापरार्णवः ॥ २१ ॥

himavānnāma śailo'sti śaraccandrāṃśunirmalaḥ ,
ya uttarāśāhṛdaye spṛṣṭapūrvāparārṇavaḥ 21

21. himavān nāma śailaḥ asti śaraccandrāṃśunirmalaḥ
yaḥ uttarāśāhṛdaye spṛṣṭapūrvāparārṇavaḥ

21. himavān nāma śailaḥ asti yaḥ śaraccandrāṃśunirmalaḥ
yaḥ uttarāśāhṛdaye spṛṣṭapūrvāparārṇavaḥ

21. There is a mountain named Himavān (Himālaya), as pure as the rays of the autumn moon. It lies in the heart of the northern direction, touching both the eastern and western oceans.

Words meanings summery:

• हिमवान् (himavān) - the Himālaya mountain (Himālaya (mountain); possessing snow/ice)

• नाम (nāma) - named (named; by name; indeed)

• शैलः (śailaḥ) - mountain (mountain; rock; hill)

• अस्ति (asti) - is (is; exists; there is)

• शरच्चन्द्रांशुनिर्मलः (śaraccandrāṁśunirmalaḥ) - pure like the rays of the autumn moon

• यः (yaḥ) - which (refers to the mountain) (which; who)

• उत्तराशाहृदये (uttarāśāhṛdaye) - in the heart of the northern direction

• स्पृष्टपूर्वापरार्णवः (spṛṣṭapūrvāparārṇavaḥ) - touching both the eastern and western oceans (touching the eastern and western oceans; having touched the eastern and western oceans)

Words meanings and morphology

हिमवान् (himavān) - the Himālaya mountain (Himālaya (mountain); possessing snow/ice)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of himavat

himavat - possessing snow/ice; Himālaya

नाम (nāma) - named (named; by name; indeed)

(indeclinable)

शैलः (śailaḥ) - mountain (mountain; rock; hill)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śaila

śaila - mountain; rock; hill

अस्ति (asti) - is (is; exists; there is)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

present indicative

third person singular, Parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

शरच्चन्द्रांशुनिर्मलः (śaraccandrāṁśunirmalaḥ) - pure like the rays of the autumn moon

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śaraccandrāṃśunirmala

śaraccandrāṁśunirmala - pure like the rays of the autumn moon

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śarat+candra+aṃśu+nirmala)

• śarat – autumn
  noun (feminine)
• candra – moon
  noun (masculine)
• aṃśu – ray, beam
  noun (masculine)
• nirmala – pure, clean, spotless
  adjective (masculine)

यः (yaḥ) - which (refers to the mountain) (which; who)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who

उत्तराशाहृदये (uttarāśāhṛdaye) - in the heart of the northern direction

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of uttarāśāhṛdaya

uttarāśāhṛdaya - heart of the northern direction

Compound type : tatpurusha (uttarā+āśā+hṛdaya)

• uttarā – northern; upper
  adjective (feminine)
• āśā – direction; quarter of the sky; hope
  noun (feminine)
• hṛdaya – heart; core; essence
  noun (neuter)

स्पृष्टपूर्वापरार्णवः (spṛṣṭapūrvāparārṇavaḥ) - touching both the eastern and western oceans (touching the eastern and western oceans; having touched the eastern and western oceans)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of spṛṣṭapūrvāparārṇava

spṛṣṭapūrvāparārṇava - having touched the eastern and western oceans

Compound type : bahuvrihi (spṛṣṭa+pūrva+apara+arṇava)

• spṛṣṭa – touched; come into contact with
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root √spṛś
  Root: spṛś (class 6)
• pūrva – eastern; former; prior
  adjective (masculine)
• apara – western; other; later
  adjective (masculine)
• arṇava – ocean; sea
  noun (masculine)

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