योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-11, verse-70

काश्चिच्चला नरमृगगृध्रजम्बुलकादिकाः ।
स्फुरन्ति गिरिकुञ्जेषु वेलावनतटेष्विव ॥ ७० ॥

kāściccalā naramṛgagṛdhrajambulakādikāḥ ,
sphuranti girikuñjeṣu velāvanataṭeṣviva 70

70. kāścit calāḥ naramṛgagṛdhrajambulakādikāḥ |
sphuranti girikuñjeṣu velāvanataṭeṣu iva ||

70. kāścit naramṛgagṛdhrajambulakādikāḥ calāḥ [santi]
te girikuñjeṣu velāvanataṭeṣu iva sphuranti

70. Some [of these waves] are mobile, such as humans, beasts, vultures, jackals, and so on. They manifest in mountain caves and along the shores of coastal forests, as if.

70. חלקן ישויות תזזיתיות כגון בני אדם, צבאים, נשרים, תנים וכיוצא באלה, הנוצצות בסבכי ההרים כמו על גדות היערות שעל שפת הים.

Words meanings summery:

• काश्चित् (kāścit) - some, certain

• चलाः (calāḥ) - moving, unsteady, fickle

• नरमृगगृध्रजम्बुलकादिकाः (naramṛgagṛdhrajambulakādikāḥ) - those like men, beasts, vultures, jackals, etc.

• स्फुरन्ति (sphuranti) - they flash forth, manifest, appear

• गिरिकुञ्जेषु (girikuñjeṣu) - in mountain caves or groves

• वेलावनतटेषु (velāvanataṭeṣu) - on the shores of coastal forests

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

काश्चित् (kāścit) - some, certain

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kaścid

kaścid - some, a certain (one)

Compound of indefinite pronoun ka- and particle cit

चलाः (calāḥ) - moving, unsteady, fickle

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of cala

cala - moving, unsteady, fickle, transient

From root cal (to move)

Root: cal (class 1)

Note: Agrees with implicit laharyaḥ and explicit kāścit.

नरमृगगृध्रजम्बुलकादिकाः (naramṛgagṛdhrajambulakādikāḥ) - those like men, beasts, vultures, jackals, etc.

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of naramṛgagṛdhrajambulakādika

naramṛgagṛdhrajambulakādika - those like men, beasts, vultures, jackals, etc.

Dvanda compound with adika suffix

Compound type : dvandva (nara+mṛga+gṛdhra+jambulaka+ādi)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• mṛga – beast, wild animal
  noun (masculine)
• gṛdhra – vulture
  noun (masculine)
• jambulaka – jackal
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera
  indeclinable

Note: Agrees with implicit laharyaḥ.

स्फुरन्ति (sphuranti) - they flash forth, manifest, appear

(verb)

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

Root: sphur (class 6)

Note: Subject is implicit laharyaḥ or kāścit.

गिरिकुञ्जेषु (girikuñjeṣu) - in mountain caves or groves

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of girikuñja

girikuñja - mountain cave, mountain grove

Tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (giri+kuñja)

• giri – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
• kuñja – bower, grove, thicket, cave
  noun (masculine)

वेलावनतटेषु (velāvanataṭeṣu) - on the shores of coastal forests

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of velāvanataṭa

velāvanataṭa - shore of coastal forest

Tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (velāvana+taṭa)

• velāvana – coastal forest
  noun (neuter)
  Tatpurusha compound
• taṭa – bank, shore, slope
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces comparison.

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