योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-25, verse-17

निशीथाखिलपातालशतचन्द्रनभस्तलः ।
स्वशालभञ्जिकालोकगीतगीतिरणोत्कटः ॥ १७ ॥

niśīthākhilapātālaśatacandranabhastalaḥ ,
svaśālabhañjikālokagītagītiraṇotkaṭaḥ 17

17. niśītha-akhila-pātāla-śata-candra-nabhaḥ-talaḥ
sva-śālabhañjikā-āloka-gīta-gīti-raṇa-utkaṭaḥ

17. (saḥ) niśītha-akhila-pātāla-śata-candra-nabhaḥ-talaḥ (bhavati)
sva-śālabhañjikā-āloka-gīta-gīti-raṇa-utkaṭaḥ (ca asti)

17. Whose firmament is like a hundred moons shining in all the netherworlds at deep night; and who is intensely prominent due to the resounding songs sung at the sight of his own śālabhañjikās (female figures).

17. שמי העולם התחתון (פָּאתָאלָה) בחצי הלילה היו מוארים כאילו בעזרת מאה ירחים, והוא התענג על השירים והאור שנבעו מפסלי העץ שלו.

Words meanings summery:

• निशीथ-अखिल-पाताल-शत-चन्द्र-नभः-तलः (niśītha-akhila-pātāla-śata-candra-nabhaḥ-talaḥ) - one whose firmament is like a hundred moons shining in all the netherworlds at deep night

• स्व-शालभञ्जिका-आलोक-गीत-गीति-रण-उत्कटः (sva-śālabhañjikā-āloka-gīta-gīti-raṇa-utkaṭaḥ) - one who is intensely prominent due to the resounding songs sung at the sight of his own śālabhañjikās (female figures)

Words meanings and morphology

निशीथ-अखिल-पाताल-शत-चन्द्र-नभः-तलः (niśītha-akhila-pātāla-śata-candra-nabhaḥ-talaḥ) - one whose firmament is like a hundred moons shining in all the netherworlds at deep night

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niśītha-akhila-pātāla-śata-candra-nabhaḥ-tala

niśītha-akhila-pātāla-śata-candra-nabhaḥ-tala - one whose firmament is like a hundred moons shining in all the netherworlds at deep night

Bahuvrīhi compound describing a person.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (niśītha+akhila+pātāla+śata+candra+nabhaḥ+tala)

• niśītha – deep night, midnight
  noun (masculine)
• akhila – entire, whole, complete
  adjective (masculine)
• pātāla – the netherworld, subterranean regions
  noun (neuter)
• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)
• candra – moon
  noun (masculine)
• nabhaḥ – sky, atmosphere, firmament
  noun (neuter)
• tala – surface, region, plane
  noun (masculine)

स्व-शालभञ्जिका-आलोक-गीत-गीति-रण-उत्कटः (sva-śālabhañjikā-āloka-gīta-gīti-raṇa-utkaṭaḥ) - one who is intensely prominent due to the resounding songs sung at the sight of his own śālabhañjikās (female figures)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sva-śālabhañjikā-āloka-gīta-gīti-raṇa-utkaṭa

sva-śālabhañjikā-āloka-gīta-gīti-raṇa-utkaṭa - one who is intensely prominent due to the resounding songs sung at the sight of his own śālabhañjikās (female figures)

Bahuvrīhi compound describing a person.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sva+śālabhañjikā+āloka+gīta+gīti+raṇa+utkaṭa)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun (masculine)
• śālabhañjikā – female figure, statue; female attendant; a plaything
  noun (feminine)
• āloka – sight, view, light, presence
  noun (masculine)
• gīta – sung, chanted; song
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'gai' (to sing)
  Root: gai (class 1)
• gīti – song, singing, melody
  noun (feminine)
• raṇa – sound, clang, roar, din; battle
  noun (masculine)
• utkaṭa – intense, excessive, prominent, violent
  adjective (masculine)

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