योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-41, verse-1

श्रीराम उवाच ।
क्षीरोदकुक्षितुल्याभिः शीतलामलदीप्तिभिः ।
तवोक्तिभिर्विचित्राभिर्गम्भीराभिरिवाभितः ॥ १ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
kṣīrodakukṣitulyābhiḥ śītalāmaladīptibhiḥ ,
tavoktibhirvicitrābhirgambhīrābhirivābhitaḥ 1

1. śrīrāma uvāca | kṣīrodakukṣitulyābhiḥ śītalāmaladīptibhiḥ
| tava uktibhiḥ vicitrābhiḥ gambhīrābhiḥ iva abhitaḥ ||

1. śrīrāma uvāca tava uktibhiḥ
kṣīrodakukṣitulyābhiḥ śītalāmaladīptibhiḥ
vicitrābhiḥ gambhīrābhiḥ
iva abhitaḥ [santīti me bhāti]

1. Shri Rama said: Your profound and diverse utterances, with their cool, pure brilliance, are like the depths of the milk ocean, as if encompassing everything.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Shri Rama

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• क्षीरोदकुक्षितुल्याभिः (kṣīrodakukṣitulyābhiḥ) - with those comparable to the depths/interior of the milk ocean

• शीतलामलदीप्तिभिः (śītalāmaladīptibhiḥ) - with cool, pure brilliance/light

• तव (tava) - of you (Vasiṣṭha) (your, of you)

• उक्तिभिः (uktibhiḥ) - by utterances, with words, by speeches

• विचित्राभिः (vicitrābhiḥ) - with varied, wonderful, diverse

• गम्भीराभिः (gambhīrābhiḥ) - with profound, deep, solemn

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• अभितः (abhitaḥ) - all around, on all sides, completely

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Shri Rama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Shri Rama (a proper noun)

Compound

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – lustre, glory, prosperity, divine beauty (epithet)
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – Rama (a proper noun), charming, pleasing
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Speaker tag.

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

perfect (liṭ)

3rd person singular, active voice (parasmaipada)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Speaker tag.

क्षीरोदकुक्षितुल्याभिः (kṣīrodakukṣitulyābhiḥ) - with those comparable to the depths/interior of the milk ocean

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of kṣīrodakukṣitulya

kṣīrodakukṣitulya - comparable to the depths of the milk ocean

Compound (bahuvrīhi or tatpuruṣa)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṣīroda+kukṣi+tulya)

• kṣīroda – milk ocean, ocean of milk
  noun (masculine)
  Compound (ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa)
• kukṣi – belly, interior, womb, depth
  noun (masculine)
• tulya – like, equal, comparable to
  adjective (feminine)
  From 'tulā' (balance) + 'ya' suffix

Note: Agrees with `uktibhiḥ`.

शीतलामलदीप्तिभिः (śītalāmaladīptibhiḥ) - with cool, pure brilliance/light

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of śītalāmaladīpti

śītalāmaladīpti - cool and pure brilliance

Compound (karmadhāraya)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śītala+amala+dīpti)

• śītala – cool, cold, calm
  adjective (feminine)
• amala – spotless, pure, clean, stainless
  adjective (feminine)
  Negative compound of 'mala' (dirt, impurity)
  Prefix: a
• dīpti – light, radiance, brilliance, splendor
  noun (feminine)
  From √dīp (to shine)
  Root: dīp (class 4)

Note: Agrees with `uktibhiḥ`.

तव (tava) - of you (Vasiṣṭha) (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Note: Refers to Vasiṣṭha.

उक्तिभिः (uktibhiḥ) - by utterances, with words, by speeches

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of ukti

ukti - utterance, speech, word, expression

From √vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: The main noun being described.

विचित्राभिः (vicitrābhiḥ) - with varied, wonderful, diverse

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of vicitra

vicitra - varied, manifold, wonderful, diverse

From vi- + citra (clear, bright)

Note: Agrees with `uktibhiḥ`.

गम्भीराभिः (gambhīrābhiḥ) - with profound, deep, solemn

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of gambhīra

gambhīra - deep, profound, solemn, grave

Note: Agrees with `uktibhiḥ`.

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

अभितः (abhitaḥ) - all around, on all sides, completely

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'abhi' with 'tas' suffix.

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