योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-86, verse-13

फुल्लाननौ ददृशतुः कुमुदे शशिनं यथा ।
तौ तं प्रणेमतुर्देव तुषारामलमीश्वरम् ॥ १३ ॥

phullānanau dadṛśatuḥ kumude śaśinaṃ yathā ,
tau taṃ praṇematurdeva tuṣārāmalamīśvaram 13

13. phulla-ānanau dadṛśatuḥ kumude śaśinam yathā
tau tam praṇematuḥ deva tuṣāra-amalam īśvaram

13. tau phulla-ānanau yathā kumude śaśinam dadṛśatuḥ
tam deva tuṣāra-amalam īśvaram praṇematuḥ

13. With smiling faces, they saw [him], just as water-lilies [behold] the moon. They then bowed down to him, the divine (deva) Lord (Īśvara), pure as snow.

13. בפנים קורנות הם הביטו בו, כלוטוסים המביטים בירח, וקדו קידה עמוקה בפני האל הטהור כשלג.

Words meanings summery:

• फुल्ल-आननौ (phulla-ānanau) - the couple, having faces brightened with joy (with blooming faces, with smiling faces)

• ददृशतुः (dadṛśatuḥ) - the couple saw ((they two) saw)

• कुमुदे (kumude) - water-lilies (as a part of the simile) (water-lily, lotus)

• शशिनम् (śaśinam) - the moon, as a celestial object (moon)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (in a simile) (as, just as, according to)

• तौ (tau) - those two, referring to the couple (those two)

• तम् (tam) - him, referring to Śiva (him, that)

• प्रणेमतुः (praṇematuḥ) - the couple bowed down in reverence ((they two) bowed down, saluted)

• देव (deva) - divine, O god (used as an epithet for Śiva) (god, divine being)

• तुषार-अमलम् (tuṣāra-amalam) - pure as frost, describing the pristine nature of Śiva (pure as snow/frost)

• ईश्वरम् (īśvaram) - the Lord (Īśvara), referring to Śiva (lord, master, controller)

Words meanings and morphology

फुल्ल-आननौ (phulla-ānanau) - the couple, having faces brightened with joy (with blooming faces, with smiling faces)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of phulla-ānana

phulla-ānana - having a blooming/smiling face

Bahuvrīhi compound: phulla (blooming) + ānana (face)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (phulla+ānana)

• phulla – blooming, opened, expanded
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'phall' (to burst, open)
  Root: phall (class 1)
• ānana – face, mouth, countenance
  noun (neuter)

ददृशतुः (dadṛśatuḥ) - the couple saw ((they two) saw)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (lit) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

कुमुदे (kumude) - water-lilies (as a part of the simile) (water-lily, lotus)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of kumuda

kumuda - white water-lily (Nymphaea alba), lotus

Note: Used here in a simile, 'as water-lilies (see the moon)'

शशिनम् (śaśinam) - the moon, as a celestial object (moon)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śaśin

śaśin - moon, rabbit-marked (referring to the moon)

यथा (yathā) - just as (in a simile) (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

तौ (tau) - those two, referring to the couple (those two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

तम् (tam) - him, referring to Śiva (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, those

प्रणेमतुः (praṇematuḥ) - the couple bowed down in reverence ((they two) bowed down, saluted)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (lit) of nam

Prefix: pra

Root: nam (class 1)

देव (deva) - divine, O god (used as an epithet for Śiva) (god, divine being)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, divine, celestial being

Note: Although nominative, it functions as an epithet in apposition to the accusative 'īśvaram' due to poetic license.

तुषार-अमलम् (tuṣāra-amalam) - pure as frost, describing the pristine nature of Śiva (pure as snow/frost)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tuṣāra-amala

tuṣāra-amala - pure like snow/frost

Tatpuruṣa compound: tuṣāra (frost, snow) + amala (pure, spotless)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tuṣāra+amala)

• tuṣāra – frost, snow, cold
  noun (masculine)
• amala – spotless, pure, clean
  adjective (masculine)
  From a (negation) + mala (dirt, impurity)
  Prefix: a

ईश्वरम् (īśvaram) - the Lord (Īśvara), referring to Śiva (lord, master, controller)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of īśvara

īśvara - lord, master, ruler, god, Śiva

Root: īś (class 2)

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