योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-49, verse-34

निबिडदलनिवाहभिन्नकोशैः कुसुमलतानवमण्डपैरुपेतम् ।
पुरमिव गगने कदम्बवृक्षं खगकुलनागरसंकुलं ददर्श ॥ ३४ ॥

nibiḍadalanivāhabhinnakośaiḥ kusumalatānavamaṇḍapairupetam ,
puramiva gagane kadambavṛkṣaṃ khagakulanāgarasaṃkulaṃ dadarśa 34

34. nibida-dala-nivāha-bhinna-kośaiḥ
kusuma-latā-nava-maṇḍapaiḥ upetam
puram iva gagane kadamba-vṛkṣam
khaga-kula-nāgara-saṅkulam dadarśa

34. dadarśa kadamba-vṛkṣam
nibida-dala-nivāha-bhinna-kośaiḥ
kusuma-latā-nava-maṇḍapaiḥ upetam puram iva
gagane khaga-kula-nāgara-saṅkulam

34. He saw the Kadamba tree, which, with its buds bursting open from dense masses of leaves, was adorned with new pavilions of flowering vines. It appeared like a city in the sky, bustling with flocks of birds like its citizens.

34. הוא חזה בעץ הַקַדַמְבָּה הניצב כעיר בשמיים, מעוטר בסוכות חדשות של מטפסים ופרחים המשתחררים מעטיפותיהם, ומאוכלס בלהקות ציפורים כתושבי עיר הומים.

Words meanings summery:

• निबिद-दल-निवाह-भिन्न-कोशैः (nibida-dala-nivāha-bhinna-kośaiḥ) - by its buds (sheaths) burst open by dense masses of leaves (by those whose sheaths are split open by dense masses of leaves)

• कुसुम-लता-नव-मण्डपैः (kusuma-latā-nava-maṇḍapaiḥ) - by new pavilions formed by flowering vines (by new bowers of flowering vines)

• उपेतम् (upetam) - adorned with (endowed with, accompanied by, furnished with)

• पुरम् (puram) - a city (city, town, fortress)

• इव (iva) - like, as if (like, as, as if)

• गगने (gagane) - in the sky (in the sky, in space)

• कदम्ब-वृक्षम् (kadamba-vṛkṣam) - the Kadamba tree

• खग-कुल-नागर-सङ्कुलम् (khaga-kula-nāgara-saṅkulam) - bustling with flocks of birds resembling citizens (crowded with flocks of bird-citizens)

• ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw (he saw, looked)

Words meanings and morphology

निबिद-दल-निवाह-भिन्न-कोशैः (nibida-dala-nivāha-bhinna-kośaiḥ) - by its buds (sheaths) burst open by dense masses of leaves (by those whose sheaths are split open by dense masses of leaves)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nibida-dala-nivāha-bhinna-kośa

nibida-dala-nivāha-bhinna-kośa - having buds split open by dense masses of leaves

Bahuvrīhi compound describing the state of the buds/flowers.

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (nibida+dala+nivāha+bhinna+kośa)

• nibida – dense, thick, crowded
  adjective
• dala – leaf, petal
  noun (neuter)
• nivāha – cluster, mass, multitude, collection
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: vah (class 1)
• bhinna – split, broken, burst
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bhid (to split, to break)
  Root: bhid (class 7)
• kośa – sheath, bud, treasury, cell
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with kusuma-latā-nava-maṇḍapaiḥ.

कुसुम-लता-नव-मण्डपैः (kusuma-latā-nava-maṇḍapaiḥ) - by new pavilions formed by flowering vines (by new bowers of flowering vines)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kusuma-latā-nava-maṇḍapa

kusuma-latā-nava-maṇḍapa - new bowers made of flowering vines

Tatpuruṣa compound.

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (kusuma-latā+nava+maṇḍapa)

• kusuma-latā – flowering vine
  noun (feminine)
  Tatpuruṣa compound.
• nava – new, fresh
  adjective
• maṇḍapa – pavilion, bower, temporary structure
  noun (masculine)

उपेतम् (upetam) - adorned with (endowed with, accompanied by, furnished with)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of upeta

upeta - endowed with, joined, approached, furnished with

Past Passive Participle

From upa- + root i (to go)

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Agrees with kadamba-vṛkṣam.

पुरम् (puram) - a city (city, town, fortress)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pura

pura - city, town, fortress

इव (iva) - like, as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

गगने (gagane) - in the sky (in the sky, in space)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of gagana

gagana - sky, atmosphere, space

Root: gam (class 1)

कदम्ब-वृक्षम् (kadamba-vṛkṣam) - the Kadamba tree

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kadamba-vṛkṣa

kadamba-vṛkṣa - Kadamba tree (Neolamarckia cadamba)

Tatpuruṣa compound.

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (kadamba+vṛkṣa)

• kadamba – Kadamba tree
  noun (masculine)
• vṛkṣa – tree
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of dadarśa.

खग-कुल-नागर-सङ्कुलम् (khaga-kula-nāgara-saṅkulam) - bustling with flocks of birds resembling citizens (crowded with flocks of bird-citizens)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of khaga-kula-nāgara-saṅkula

khaga-kula-nāgara-saṅkula - crowded with flocks of birds acting like citizens

Tatpuruṣa compound. khaga-kula (flock of birds), nāgara (citizen), saṅkula (crowded). nāgara here is a simile.

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (khaga-kula+nāgara+saṅkula)

• khaga-kula – flock of birds
  noun (neuter)
  Tatpuruṣa compound.
• nāgara – citizen, urban, clever
  noun (masculine)
• saṅkula – crowded, full of, densely packed
  adjective
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kul (class 1)

Note: Agrees with kadamba-vṛkṣam.

ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw (he saw, looked)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (Liṭ) of dṛś

Perfect tense (Liṭ)

Root reduplication for perfect tense.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

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