योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-32, verse-9

सारसाः सरसंभोगान्भुक्त्वा भुवनभूषणाः ।
विहृत्य सुचिरं कालमलमागतशुद्धयः ॥ ९ ॥

sārasāḥ sarasaṃbhogānbhuktvā bhuvanabhūṣaṇāḥ ,
vihṛtya suciraṃ kālamalamāgataśuddhayaḥ 9

9. sārasāḥ sarasabhogān bhuktvā bhuvanabhūṣaṇāḥ
vihṛtya suciram kālam alam āgataśuddhayaḥ

9. bhuvanabhūṣaṇāḥ sārasāḥ sarasabhogān bhuktvā
suciram kālam vihṛtya alam āgataśuddhayaḥ

9. The cranes, who are the adornments of the world, having enjoyed delightful pleasures and having sported for a very long time, attained sufficient purity.

Words meanings summery:

• सारसाः (sārasāḥ) - cranes

• सरसभोगान् (sarasabhogān) - delightful enjoyments/pleasures

• भुक्त्वा (bhuktvā) - having enjoyed (pleasures) (having enjoyed, having eaten)

• भुवनभूषणाः (bhuvanabhūṣaṇāḥ) - adornments of the world

• विहृत्य (vihṛtya) - having sported, having played, having roamed

• सुचिरम् (suciram) - for a very long time

• कालम् (kālam) - for a (long) time (time, season)

• अलम् (alam) - sufficiently (attained purity) (enough, sufficient, capable, in vain)

• आगतशुद्धयः (āgataśuddhayaḥ) - having attained purity, whose purity has come

Words meanings and morphology

सारसाः (sārasāḥ) - cranes

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sārasa

sārasa - crane (a species of heron/crane)

Derived from 'saras' (lake)

सरसभोगान् (sarasabhogān) - delightful enjoyments/pleasures

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarasabhoga

sarasabhoga - delightful enjoyment, passionate pleasure

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarasa+bhoga)

• sarasa – full of juice, delightful, tasteful, passionate
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  From 'sa' (with) + 'rasa' (juice, flavor, emotion)
• bhoga – enjoyment, pleasure, experience, possession
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'bhuj' (to enjoy)
  Root: bhuj (class 7)

भुक्त्वा (bhuktvā) - having enjoyed (pleasures) (having enjoyed, having eaten)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Absolutive (krt affix -tvā)

Root: bhuj (class 7)

भुवनभूषणाः (bhuvanabhūṣaṇāḥ) - adornments of the world

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhuvanabhūṣaṇa

bhuvanabhūṣaṇa - adornment of the world, ornament of the universe

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhuvana+bhūṣaṇa)

• bhuvana – world, universe, being
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• bhūṣaṇa – ornament, adornment
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'bhūṣ' (to adorn)
  Root: bhūṣ (class 10)

Note: Acts as an adjective for 'sārasāḥ'.

विहृत्य (vihṛtya) - having sported, having played, having roamed

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Absolutive (krt affix -lyaP with upasarga)

Prefix: vi

Root: hṛ (class 1)

सुचिरम् (suciram) - for a very long time

(indeclinable)

From 'su' (good, very) + 'cira' (long time)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+cira)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
• cira – long time, ancient
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)

Note: Used adverbially.

कालम् (kālam) - for a (long) time (time, season)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, black

Note: Used adverbially to denote duration.

अलम् (alam) - sufficiently (attained purity) (enough, sufficient, capable, in vain)

(indeclinable)

आगतशुद्धयः (āgataśuddhayaḥ) - having attained purity, whose purity has come

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āgataśuddhi

āgataśuddhi - one whose purity has come, one who has attained purity

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (āgata+śuddhi)

• āgata – come, arrived, attained, obtained
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'gam' (to go) with upasarga 'ā'
  Prefix: ā
  Root: gam (class 1)
• śuddhi – purity, cleanness, purification
  noun (feminine)
  Root: śudh (class 4)

Note: Acts as an adjective for 'sārasāḥ'.

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