योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-14, verse-14

क्षणादवापतुस्तत्र पुष्पलोलतरङ्गिणीम् ।
समङ्गां सरितं साधु सर्वपुष्पमयीमिव ॥ १४ ॥

kṣaṇādavāpatustatra puṣpalolataraṅgiṇīm ,
samaṅgāṃ saritaṃ sādhu sarvapuṣpamayīmiva 14

14. kṣaṇāt avāpatuḥ tatra puṣpa-lola-taraṅgiṇīm
samaṅgām saritam sādhu sarva-puṣpa-mayīm iva

14. kṣaṇāt tatra tau puṣpa-lola-taraṅgiṇīm samaṅgām
saritam sādhu sarva-puṣpa-mayīm iva avāpatuḥ

14. In a moment, those two reached the river Samangā, whose waves were playfully adorned with flowers, and which truly seemed to be made entirely of flowers.

14. כהרף עין הם הגיעו לשם, אל הנהר סַמַנְגָא שגליו רוחשים פרחים, ונראה כאילו הוא עשוי כולו מפרחים.

Words meanings summery:

• क्षणात् (kṣaṇāt) - in a moment, instantly, quickly

• अवापतुः (avāpatuḥ) - those two reached, obtained

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• पुष्प-लोल-तरङ्गिणीम् (puṣpa-lola-taraṅgiṇīm) - river with playful flower-waves

• समङ्गाम् (samaṅgām) - Name of a specific river mentioned in the Rāmāyaṇa. (Samangā (name of a river))

• सरितम् (saritam) - river

• साधु (sādhu) - truly, well, rightly, indeed

• सर्व-पुष्प-मयीम् (sarva-puṣpa-mayīm) - made entirely of flowers, full of all kinds of flowers

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

क्षणात् (kṣaṇāt) - in a moment, instantly, quickly

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kṣaṇa

kṣaṇa - moment, instant, short time

Root: kṣaṇ (class 10)

Note: Indicates duration or point of time.

अवापतुः (avāpatuḥ) - those two reached, obtained

(verb)

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

past tense (reduplicated perfect)

From ava-āp

Prefixes: ava+ā

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: The subject is 'tau' (Rama and Lakshmana), implied from previous verse.

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates location.

पुष्प-लोल-तरङ्गिणीम् (puṣpa-lola-taraṅgiṇīm) - river with playful flower-waves

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of puṣpa-lola-taraṅgiṇī

puṣpa-lola-taraṅgiṇī - (a river) whose waves are playfully moving with flowers

Bahuvrihi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (puṣpa+lola+taraṅgiṇī)

• puṣpa – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
  Root: puṣ (class 4)
• lola – moving, trembling, playful, agitated
  adjective (feminine)
  Root: lul (class 1)
• taraṅgiṇī – river, stream (literally 'having waves')
  noun (feminine)
  From taraṅga (wave) + ini (suffix) + ī (feminine suffix)
  Root: tṛ (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'saritam'.

समङ्गाम् (samaṅgām) - Name of a specific river mentioned in the Rāmāyaṇa. (Samangā (name of a river))

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of samaṅgā

samaṅgā - well-limbed, beautiful; name of a river

Note: Specifies the river.

सरितम् (saritam) - river

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sarit

sarit - river, stream

From sṛ (to flow)

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of 'avāpatuḥ'.

साधु (sādhu) - truly, well, rightly, indeed

(indeclinable)

Root: sādh (class 5)

Note: Adverbial usage.

सर्व-पुष्प-मयीम् (sarva-puṣpa-mayīm) - made entirely of flowers, full of all kinds of flowers

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sarva-puṣpa-mayī

sarva-puṣpa-mayī - consisting entirely of flowers, full of flowers

sarva-puṣpa (all flowers) + maya (made of) + ī (feminine suffix).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+puṣpa+mayī)

• sarva – all, every, entire
  adjective (feminine)
• puṣpa – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
  Root: puṣ (class 4)
• mayī – consisting of, full of, made of
  adjective suffix (feminine)
  Suffix maya + feminine ī.

Note: Modifies 'saritam'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

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