योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-36, verse-25

नवतामनुगृह्नाति शक्रबाणासनेन च ।
यो यो भवत्यविरतं संस्थानेन वनेन च ॥ २५ ॥

navatāmanugṛhnāti śakrabāṇāsanena ca ,
yo yo bhavatyavirataṃ saṃsthānena vanena ca 25

25. navatām anugṛhṇāti śakrabāṇāsanena ca yaḥ
yaḥ bhavati aviratam saṃsthānena vanena ca

25. yaḥ yaḥ aviratam bhavati saṃsthānena vanena
ca śakrabāṇāsanena ca navatām anugṛhṇāti

25. Whatever continuously exists bestows newness, both through its inherent configuration and through the forest, as well as through the rainbow.

Words meanings summery:

• नवताम् (navatām) - newness, freshness, novelty

• अनुगृह्णाति (anugṛhṇāti) - bestows (favors, blesses, bestows, grants, shows kindness)

• शक्रबाणासनेन (śakrabāṇāsanena) - by the rainbow (Indra's bow)

• च (ca) - and, also

• यः (yaḥ) - whatever (repeated for emphasis) (who, which, whatever)

• यः (yaḥ) - whatever (repeated for emphasis) (who, which, whatever)

• भवति (bhavati) - exists, is present (is, exists, becomes, happens)

• अविरतम् (aviratam) - continuously, incessantly, without pause

• संस्थानेन (saṁsthānena) - by its inherent configuration (by arrangement, by configuration, by form, by establishment)

• वनेन (vanena) - by the forest (by the forest, by the grove, by the wood)

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

नवताम् (navatām) - newness, freshness, novelty

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of navatā

navatā - newness, freshness, novelty

from nava (new) + tā suffix

Note: Object of 'anugṛhṇāti'.

अनुगृह्णाति (anugṛhṇāti) - bestows (favors, blesses, bestows, grants, shows kindness)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of anugrah

Present active indicative

from anu-grah (to seize, take; here with anu meaning to favor)

Prefix: anu

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Subject is 'yaḥ yaḥ' (implied 'saḥ').

शक्रबाणासनेन (śakrabāṇāsanena) - by the rainbow (Indra's bow)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śakrabāṇāsana

śakrabāṇāsana - Indra's bow, rainbow

tatpurusha compound śakra + bāṇāsana

Compound type : tatpurusha (śakra+bāṇāsana)

• śakra – powerful, strong; name of Indra
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: śak (class 5)
• bāṇāsana – quiver, bow-seat, a bow; often used for rainbow
  noun (neuter)
  tatpurusha bāṇa (arrow) + āsana (seat/thrower)
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Instrument of bestowing newness.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects instrumental phrases.

यः (yaḥ) - whatever (repeated for emphasis) (who, which, whatever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, whatever

Relative pronoun

Note: Subject of 'bhavati' and 'anugṛhṇāti'.

यः (yaḥ) - whatever (repeated for emphasis) (who, which, whatever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, whatever

Relative pronoun

भवति (bhavati) - exists, is present (is, exists, becomes, happens)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhū

Present active indicative

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject is 'yaḥ yaḥ'.

अविरतम् (aviratam) - continuously, incessantly, without pause

(indeclinable)

Past Passive Participle

from a-vi-ram (not stopped), often used adverbially in neuter accusative singular

Prefixes: a+vi

Root: ram (class 1)

संस्थानेन (saṁsthānena) - by its inherent configuration (by arrangement, by configuration, by form, by establishment)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of saṃsthāna

saṁsthāna - arrangement, configuration, form, shape, establishment

from sam-sthā (to stand together, to be established)

Prefix: sam

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Instrument of bestowing newness.

वनेन (vanena) - by the forest (by the forest, by the grove, by the wood)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, grove, wood, thicket

Root: van (class 10)

Note: Instrument of bestowing newness.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Used to connect items in a list of instruments.

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