योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-89, verse-16

इष्टं तवानयामीति श्रुत्वा विकसितेक्षणा ।
पपात पादयोः सख्या नलिन्या नलिनी यथा ॥ १६ ॥

iṣṭaṃ tavānayāmīti śrutvā vikasitekṣaṇā ,
papāta pādayoḥ sakhyā nalinyā nalinī yathā 16

16. iṣṭam tava anayāmi iti śrutvā vikasitekṣaṇā
papāta pādayoḥ sakhyā nalinyā nalinī yathā

16. iṣṭam tava anayāmi iti śrutvā,
sā vikasitekṣaṇā,
sakhyā nalinyāḥ pādayoḥ nalinī yathā papāta

16. Her eyes widened upon hearing, 'I shall bring your beloved.' She fell at the feet of her friend Nalini, just as a lotus plant (nalinī) might.

Words meanings summery:

• इष्टम् (iṣṭam) - the beloved one (desired, beloved, pleasing)

• तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

• अनयामि (anayāmi) - I will bring (I bring, I lead)

• इति (iti) - a quotation marker, 'thus' (thus, in this manner)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - upon hearing (having heard)

• विकसितेक्षणा (vikasitekṣaṇā) - her eyes widened (literally, with blossoming eyes) (with blossoming eyes, having eyes wide open)

• पपात (papāta) - she fell (she fell, he fell)

• पादयोः (pādayoḥ) - at the feet (at the feet, of the two feet)

• सख्या (sakhyā) - of her friend (of the friend, by the friend)

• नलिन्या (nalinyā) - of Nalini (of Nalini, by Nalini)

• नलिनी (nalinī) - a lotus plant (lotus plant, lotus stalk)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like)

Words meanings and morphology

इष्टम् (iṣṭam) - the beloved one (desired, beloved, pleasing)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of iṣṭa

iṣṭa - desired, beloved, pleasing, sacrificed, worshipped

Past Passive Participle

From root `yaj` (to sacrifice, worship)

Root: yaj (class 1)

Note: Used substantively as 'the desired one' or 'the beloved one'.

तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अनयामि (anayāmi) - I will bring (I bring, I lead)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ānī

Present Tense

Derived from root `nī` (to lead) with prefix `ā` (towards). The short 'a' in `anaya` (अनय) instead of `ānaya` (आनय) is likely a metrical shortening or a regional variant.

Prefix: ā

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Used in a future sense here.

इति (iti) - a quotation marker, 'thus' (thus, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - upon hearing (having heard)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed by adding -tvā to the root.

Root: śru (class 5)

विकसितेक्षणा (vikasitekṣaṇā) - her eyes widened (literally, with blossoming eyes) (with blossoming eyes, having eyes wide open)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vikasitekṣaṇa

vikasitekṣaṇa - having blossomed eyes, with eyes wide open

Compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vikasita+īkṣaṇa)

• vikasita – blossomed, opened, developed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `kas` (to open) with prefix `vi`
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kas (class 1)
• īkṣaṇa – eye, seeing, looking
  noun (neuter)
  From root `īkṣ` (to see)
  Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Refers to the implied subject of `papāta`.

पपात (papāta) - she fell (she fell, he fell)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of pat

Perfect Tense (Reduplicated Preterite)

3rd person singular, active voice.

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Subject is implied (Ahalyā).

पादयोः (pādayoḥ) - at the feet (at the feet, of the two feet)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, dual of pāda

pāda - foot, leg, quarter (of a verse), ray

Note: Here locative, indicating position.

सख्या (sakhyā) - of her friend (of the friend, by the friend)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of sakhi

sakhi - friend, companion

Feminine noun.

Note: Its case here is interpreted as genitive to match `pādayoḥ` and `nalinyā`, although morphologically it appears as instrumental.

नलिन्या (nalinyā) - of Nalini (of Nalini, by Nalini)

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of nalinī

nalinī - Nalini (proper name), lotus plant, lotus stalk

Feminine noun.

Note: Its case here is interpreted as genitive to match `pādayoḥ` and `sakhyā`, although morphologically it appears as instrumental.

नलिनी (nalinī) - a lotus plant (lotus plant, lotus stalk)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nalinī

nalinī - lotus plant, lotus stalk, a pond of lotuses

Feminine noun.

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like)

(indeclinable)

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