योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-16, verse-9

कालकारणसंशुष्कां भाविपुष्पशुभोदयाम् ।
विवेश तां तनुं बालां सुलतामिव माधवः ॥ ९ ॥

kālakāraṇasaṃśuṣkāṃ bhāvipuṣpaśubhodayām ,
viveśa tāṃ tanuṃ bālāṃ sulatāmiva mādhavaḥ 9

9. kālakāraṇasaṃśuṣkām bhāvipuṣpaśubhodayām
viveśa tām tanum bālām sulatām iva mādhavaḥ

9. mādhavaḥ kālakāraṇasaṃśuṣkām bhāvipuṣṣubhodayām
tām bālām tanum sulatām iva viveśa

9. Mādhava entered that young body, which, though withered by time's influence, was destined for an auspicious blossoming of future flowers, just as (the spring season) Mādhava would revitalize a beautiful creeper.

Words meanings summery:

• कालकारणसंशुष्काम् (kālakāraṇasaṁśuṣkām) - dried up due to the cause of time

• भाविपुष्पशुभोदयाम् (bhāvipuṣpaśubhodayām) - whose auspicious blossoming will occur in the future

• विवेश (viveśa) - entered

• ताम् (tām) - that

• तनुम् (tanum) - body

• बालाम् (bālām) - young (feminine), girl

• सुलताम् (sulatām) - a beautiful creeper

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• माधवः (mādhavaḥ) - referring to the spring season, fitting the creeper simile (Mādhava (a name of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa, or spring))

Words meanings and morphology

कालकारणसंशुष्काम् (kālakāraṇasaṁśuṣkām) - dried up due to the cause of time

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kālakāraṇasaṃśuṣka

kālakāraṇasaṁśuṣka - dried up due to the cause of time

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāla+kāraṇa+saṃśuṣka)

• kāla – time, destiny
  noun (masculine)
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
• saṃśuṣka – dried up, withered
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root śuṣ with prefix sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: śuṣ (class 4)

भाविपुष्पशुभोदयाम् (bhāvipuṣpaśubhodayām) - whose auspicious blossoming will occur in the future

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhāvipuṣpaśubhodaya

bhāvipuṣpaśubhodaya - whose auspicious emergence of future flowers

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhāvin+puṣpa+śubha+udaya)

• bhāvin – future, impending, about to be
  adjective
  Future Participle
  Derived from root bhū (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• puṣpa – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
• śubha – auspicious, beautiful, good
  adjective
• udaya – rise, emergence, prosperity, dawn
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: ud-i

विवेश (viveśa) - entered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of viś

Prefix: vi

Root: viś (class 6)

ताम् (tām) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तनुम् (tanum) - body

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tanu

tanu - body, person, form

बालाम् (bālām) - young (feminine), girl

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bālā

bālā - young girl, female child, young woman

सुलताम् (sulatām) - a beautiful creeper

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sulatā

sulatā - a beautiful or good creeper

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+latā)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• latā – creeper, vine
  noun (feminine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

माधवः (mādhavaḥ) - referring to the spring season, fitting the creeper simile (Mādhava (a name of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa, or spring))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mādhava

mādhava - Mādhava (name of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa), lord of Mādhavī, spring season

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