योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-49, verse-11

प्रवालचलहस्ताभिरलिनेत्राभिराश्रितम् ।
अप्सरोभिरिव स्वर्गं मञ्जरीभिरितस्ततः ॥ ११ ॥

pravālacalahastābhiralinetrābhirāśritam ,
apsarobhiriva svargaṃ mañjarībhiritastataḥ 11

11. pravālacalahastābhiḥ alinētrābhiḥ āśritam
apsarobhiḥ iva svargam mañjarībhiḥ itastataḥ

11. itastataḥ pravālacalahastābhiḥ alinētrābhiḥ
mañjarībhiḥ svargam apsarobhiḥ iva āśritam

11. Adorned here and there by flower clusters, whose trembling shoots resemble coral branches and whose eyes are like bees, as if by celestial nymphs (apsarases) in heaven.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रवालचलहस्ताभिः (pravālacalahastābhiḥ) - by flower clusters whose trembling shoots resemble coral branches (by those whose moving shoots are like coral)

• अलिनेत्राभिः (alinētrābhiḥ) - by flower clusters with bee-like eyes (by those whose eyes are like bees)

• आश्रितम् (āśritam) - resorted to, inhabited, adorned, taken refuge in

• अप्सरोभिः (apsarobhiḥ) - by celestial nymphs (apsarases)

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

• स्वर्गम् (svargam) - heaven, celestial region

• मञ्जरीभिः (mañjarībhiḥ) - by flower clusters, by sprouts

• इतस्ततः (itastataḥ) - here and there, hither and thither

Words meanings and morphology

प्रवालचलहस्ताभिः (pravālacalahastābhiḥ) - by flower clusters whose trembling shoots resemble coral branches (by those whose moving shoots are like coral)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of pravālacalahasta

pravālacalahasta - one whose moving 'hands'/shoots are like coral

Compound type : bahuvrihi (pravāla+cala+hasta)

• pravāla – coral, new shoot, sprout
  noun (masculine)
• cala – moving, trembling, unsteady
  adjective
  Root: cal (class 1)
• hasta – hand, trunk (of an elephant), shoot, ray
  noun (masculine)

अलिनेत्राभिः (alinētrābhiḥ) - by flower clusters with bee-like eyes (by those whose eyes are like bees)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of alinētra

alinētra - one whose eyes are like bees

Compound type : bahuvrihi (ali+netra)

• ali – bee
  noun (masculine)
• netra – eye, leader
  noun (neuter)
  Root: nī (class 1)

आश्रितम् (āśritam) - resorted to, inhabited, adorned, taken refuge in

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āśrita

āśrita - resorted to, inhabited, adorned, taken refuge in, dependent

Past Passive Participle

From root 'śri' (to resort to, lean on) with prefix 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)

Note: Agrees with an implied object, likely 'giri' (mountain) or 'vana' (forest) from previous verses.

अप्सरोभिः (apsarobhiḥ) - by celestial nymphs (apsarases)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of apsaras

apsaras - celestial nymph, water-nymph (apsaras)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

(indeclinable)

स्वर्गम् (svargam) - heaven, celestial region

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svarga

svarga - heaven, paradise, celestial region

Note: Object in the simile 'like heaven'.

मञ्जरीभिः (mañjarībhiḥ) - by flower clusters, by sprouts

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of mañjarī

mañjarī - flower cluster, blossom, sprout, tendril

Note: Main agent of 'āśritam' in this verse.

इतस्ततः (itastataḥ) - here and there, hither and thither

(indeclinable)

From 'itas' (from here) and 'tatas' (from there).

Compound type : dvandva (itas+tatas)

• itas – from here, hence
  indeclinable
• tatas – from there, thence
  indeclinable