योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-23, verse-6

रोमराजीलतागुल्मा त्वचाजालकमालिता ।
गुल्फाङ्गुल्यां प्रविश्रान्तजङ्घोरुस्तम्भमण्डला ॥ ६ ॥

romarājīlatāgulmā tvacājālakamālitā ,
gulphāṅgulyāṃ praviśrāntajaṅghorustambhamaṇḍalā 6

6. romarājīlatāgulmā tvacājālakamālitā
gulphaṅgulyām praviśrāntajaṅghorustambhamaṇḍalā

6. romarājīlatāgulmā tvacājālakamālitā
gulphaṅgulyām praviśrāntajaṅghorustambhamaṇḍalā

6. She is a thicket of vines formed by lines of delicate hair, adorned with a network of skin, and her full expanse of pillar-like calves and thighs rests firmly from her ankles to her toes.

6. היא מעוטרת בצמחיית שערות הגוף כגפנים ושיחים, עטופה ברשת העור, ונשענת על עמודי השוקיים והירכיים המסתיימים בקרסוליים ובהונות.

Words meanings summery:

• रोमराजीलतागुल्मा (romarājīlatāgulmā) - a cluster of creepers which are lines of hair

• त्वचाजालकमालिता (tvacājālakamālitā) - adorned with a network of skin

• गुल्फङ्गुल्याम् (gulphaṅgulyām) - at/in the ankles and toes

• प्रविश्रान्तजङ्घोरुस्तम्भमण्डला (praviśrāntajaṅghorustambhamaṇḍalā) - with an expanse of pillar-like shanks and thighs resting (on it)

Words meanings and morphology

रोमराजीलतागुल्मा (romarājīlatāgulmā) - a cluster of creepers which are lines of hair

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of romarājīlatāgulma

romarājīlatāgulma - a thicket of vines formed by lines of hair

A descriptive compound (Karmadhāraya or Tatpuruṣa) meaning 'a gulma (bush) that is a latā (creeper) which consists of romarājī (lines of hair)'.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (romarājī+latā+gulma)

• romarājī – line of body hair, pubic hair
  noun (feminine)
• latā – creeper, vine
  noun (feminine)
  Root: lat (class 1)
• gulma – shrub, bush, cluster, thicket
  noun (masculine)
  Root: gulm (class 1)

Note: This is an adjectival compound describing a feminine form.

त्वचाजालकमालिता (tvacājālakamālitā) - adorned with a network of skin

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tvacājālakamālita

tvacājālakamālita - adorned with a network of skin

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'māl' (to adorn, decorate) with the nominal compound 'tvacājālaka' indicating the means of adornment. It is a Bahuvrihi compound, describing something that has been adorned.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (tvacājālaka+mālita)

• tvacājālaka – network of skin
  noun (neuter)
• tvacā – skin, hide, bark
  noun (feminine)
  Root: tvac (class 1)
• jālaka – network, net, lattice
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jāl
• mālita – garlanded, adorned, decorated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'māl' (to adorn) or 'mālā' (garland).
  Root: māl (class 10)

गुल्फङ्गुल्याम् (gulphaṅgulyām) - at/in the ankles and toes

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of gulphaṅgulī

gulphaṅgulī - ankles and toes

Dvandva compound formed by 'gulpha' (ankle) and 'aṅgulī' (finger/toe), with internal sandhi.

Compound type : dvandva (gulpha+aṅgulī)

• gulpha – ankle
  noun (masculine)
• aṅgulī – finger, toe
  noun (feminine)

Note: Locative singular form, referring to the region of ankles and toes.

प्रविश्रान्तजङ्घोरुस्तम्भमण्डला (praviśrāntajaṅghorustambhamaṇḍalā) - with an expanse of pillar-like shanks and thighs resting (on it)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of praviśrāntajaṅghorustambhamaṇḍala

praviśrāntajaṅghorustambhamaṇḍala - a collection of pillar-like shanks and thighs that are well-rested/firmly settled

A complex Bahuvrihi compound, describing something which possesses this characteristic.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (praviśrānta+jaṅghā+uru+stambha+maṇḍala)

• praviśrānta – well-rested, firmly settled, supported
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From 'śram' (to be weary, to rest) with prefixes 'pra' and 'vi'.
  Prefixes: pra+vi
  Root: śram (class 1)
• jaṅghā – shank, calf (lower leg)
  noun (feminine)
• uru – thigh
  noun (masculine)
• stambha – pillar, column, post
  noun (masculine)
  Root: stambh (class 5)
• maṇḍala – circle, disc, region, collection, expanse
  noun (neuter)
  Root: maṇḍ (class 10)

Note: A bahuvrihi compound describing a feminine subject.

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