योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-26, verse-53

तालोत्तालैः शरव्रातवनैर्व्याप्तनभस्थलम् ।
पर्वतप्रतिमासंख्यकबन्धशतबाहुभिः ॥ ५३ ॥

tālottālaiḥ śaravrātavanairvyāptanabhasthalam ,
parvatapratimāsaṃkhyakabandhaśatabāhubhiḥ 53

53. tāla-uttālaiḥ śara-vrāta-vanaiḥ vyāpta-nabhaḥ-sthalam
parvata-pratimā-saṃkhyaka-bandha-śata-bāhubhiḥ

53. vyāpta-nabhaḥ-sthalam tāla-uttālaiḥ śara-vrāta-vanaiḥ
parvata-pratimā-saṃkhyaka-bandha-śata-bāhubhiḥ

53. Characterized by a sky-region pervaded by forests of arrows and towering palm trees, and by hundreds of arms, massive as mountains and numerous as bound captives.

53. מרחב השמיים היה מלא ביערות של חצים הגבוהים מעצי תמר, ובמאות זרועות של גוויות ערופות ראש שדמו להרים.

Words meanings summery:

• ताल-उत्तालैः (tāla-uttālaiḥ) - with towering palm trees (by tall palm trees, with towering palm trees)

• शर-व्रात-वनैः (śara-vrāta-vanaiḥ) - with forests of arrows (by forests of multitudes of arrows, with dense arrow forests)

• व्याप्त-नभः-स्थलम् (vyāpta-nabhaḥ-sthalam) - whose sky-region is pervaded (sky-region pervaded/covered)

• पर्वत-प्रतिमा-संख्यक-बन्ध-शत-बाहुभिः (parvata-pratimā-saṁkhyaka-bandha-śata-bāhubhiḥ) - by hundreds of arms, massive as mountains and numerous as bound captives (by hundreds of arms resembling mountain-like numerous bound captives)

Words meanings and morphology

ताल-उत्तालैः (tāla-uttālaiḥ) - with towering palm trees (by tall palm trees, with towering palm trees)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tāla-uttāla

tāla-uttāla - tall/towering palm tree

Compound type : karmadhāraya (tāla+uttāla)

• tāla – palm tree, palmyra tree
  noun (masculine)
  Root: tal (class 1)
• uttāla – high, tall, lofty, immense
  adjective
  Prefix: ut
  Root: tal (class 1)

Note: Qualifies śara-vrāta-vanaiḥ.

शर-व्रात-वनैः (śara-vrāta-vanaiḥ) - with forests of arrows (by forests of multitudes of arrows, with dense arrow forests)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śara-vrāta-vana

śara-vrāta-vana - forest of a multitude of arrows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śara+vrāta+vana)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śṝ
• vrāta – multitude, host, troop
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vṛ (class 1)
• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
  Root: van (class 1)

Note: Refers to a dense concentration of arrows, like a forest.

व्याप्त-नभः-स्थलम् (vyāpta-nabhaḥ-sthalam) - whose sky-region is pervaded (sky-region pervaded/covered)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vyāpta-nabhaḥ-sthala

vyāpta-nabhaḥ-sthala - sky-region that is pervaded/covered

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vyāpta+nabhaḥsthala)

• vyāpta – pervaded, permeated, covered
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root āp (to obtain) with prefixes vi and ā, and kta suffix.
  Prefixes: vi+ā
  Root: āp (class 5)
• nabhaḥ-sthala – sky-region, atmospheric space
  noun (neuter)

Note: Describes the pervaded sky, likely referring to the whole entity.

पर्वत-प्रतिमा-संख्यक-बन्ध-शत-बाहुभिः (parvata-pratimā-saṁkhyaka-bandha-śata-bāhubhiḥ) - by hundreds of arms, massive as mountains and numerous as bound captives (by hundreds of arms resembling mountain-like numerous bound captives)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of parvata-pratimā-saṃkhyaka-bandha-śata-bāhu

parvata-pratimā-saṁkhyaka-bandha-śata-bāhu - hundreds of arms, numerous as mountain-like figures of bound captives

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (parvata+pratimā+saṃkhyaka+bandha+śata+bāhu)

• parvata – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pṛ
• pratimā – image, likeness, resemblance, figure
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: prati
  Root: mā (class 2)
• saṃkhyaka – numbering, numerous, reckoned as
  adjective
  From saṃkhyā (number)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: khyā (class 2)
• bandha – bond, captivity, bound one, captive
  noun (masculine/neuter)
  Root: bandh (class 9)
• śata – hundred
  noun/numeral (neuter)
  Root: śat
• bāhu – arm, fore-arm
  noun (masculine)

Note: Describes the arms as numerous and massive.

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