योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-50, verse-2

कदम्बं रोदसीस्तम्भमारुरोह वनस्थितम् ।
एकार्णवगतं शौरिर्वटवृक्षमिवोन्नतम् ॥ २ ॥

kadambaṃ rodasīstambhamāruroha vanasthitam ,
ekārṇavagataṃ śaurirvaṭavṛkṣamivonnatam 2

2. kadambam rodasī-stambham ārūroha vana-sthitam
eka-arṇava-gatam śauriḥ vaṭa-vṛkṣam iva unnatam

2. ārūroha kadambam vana-sthitam rodasī-stambham iva unnatam
vaṭa-vṛkṣam [yam] śauriḥ eka-arṇava-gatam [dadarśa]

2. He ascended the Kadamba tree, which stood in the forest like a pillar of heaven and earth, [a tree] as lofty as the Banyan tree (vaṭavṛkṣa) found by Śauri (Viṣṇu) in the single primordial ocean.

2. ...טיפס על עץ הַקַדַמְבָּה הניצב ביער כעמוד המחבר בין שמיים וארץ, ממש כפי שוִוישְׁנוּ (שָׁאוּרִי) עלה על עץ הַבַּנְיָאן הנישא באוקיינוס הקדמון.

Words meanings summery:

• कदम्बम् (kadambam) - the Kadamba tree

• रोदसी-स्तम्भम् (rodasī-stambham) - a pillar of heaven and earth (pillar of heaven and earth)

• आरूरोह (ārūroha) - he climbed (he climbed, ascended)

• वन-स्थितम् (vana-sthitam) - standing in the forest (situated in the forest)

• एक-अर्णव-गतम् (eka-arṇava-gatam) - situated in the single primordial ocean (gone to/situated in the single ocean)

• शौरिः (śauriḥ) - Śauri (Viṣṇu) (Śauri (son of Śūra, an epithet of Vasudeva, Viṣṇu, Kṛṣṇa))

• वट-वृक्षम् (vaṭa-vṛkṣam) - the Banyan tree

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

• उन्नतम् (unnatam) - lofty, elevated (elevated, tall, lofty, high)

Words meanings and morphology

कदम्बम् (kadambam) - the Kadamba tree

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kadamba

kadamba - Kadamba tree

Note: Object of ārūroha.

रोदसी-स्तम्भम् (rodasī-stambham) - a pillar of heaven and earth (pillar of heaven and earth)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rodasī-stambha

rodasī-stambha - pillar of heaven and earth

Tatpuruṣa compound.

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (rodasī+stambha)

• rodasī – heaven and earth (dual)
  noun (feminine)
  Dual form of rodas (space between heaven and earth, or heaven/earth itself).
• stambha – pillar, post, column
  noun (masculine)
  From root stambh (to fix).
  Root: stambh (class 1)

Note: Appositive to kadambam.

आरूरोह (ārūroha) - he climbed (he climbed, ascended)

(verb)

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

Perfect tense (Liṭ)

Reduplicated perfect form from ā- + ruh.

Prefix: ā

Root: ruh (class 1)

Note: The subject is implied from the previous verse.

वन-स्थितम् (vana-sthitam) - standing in the forest (situated in the forest)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vana-sthita

vana-sthita - situated/standing in the forest

Past Passive Participle

Tatpuruṣa compound.

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (vana+sthita)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• sthita – standing, situated, existing, placed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root sthā (to stand).
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with kadambam.

एक-अर्णव-गतम् (eka-arṇava-gatam) - situated in the single primordial ocean (gone to/situated in the single ocean)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of eka-arṇava-gata

eka-arṇava-gata - gone to/situated in the single ocean (primordial dissolution)

Past Passive Participle

Tatpuruṣa compound.

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (eka-arṇava+gata)

• eka-arṇava – single ocean (primordial ocean after cosmic dissolution)
  noun (masculine)
  Karmadhāraya compound.
• gata – gone, reached, obtained, situated
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gam (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with vaṭa-vṛkṣam.

शौरिः (śauriḥ) - Śauri (Viṣṇu) (Śauri (son of Śūra, an epithet of Vasudeva, Viṣṇu, Kṛṣṇa))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śauri

śauri - son of Śūra, an epithet of Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu

From śūra (name of a Yadava king) + i (patronymic suffix).

Note: Subject of implied verb in the simile.

वट-वृक्षम् (vaṭa-vṛkṣam) - the Banyan tree

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vaṭa-vṛkṣa

vaṭa-vṛkṣa - Banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis)

Tatpuruṣa compound.

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (vaṭa+vṛkṣa)

• vaṭa – Banyan tree
  noun (masculine)
• vṛkṣa – tree
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of comparison with kadambam.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle for comparison.

उन्नतम् (unnatam) - lofty, elevated (elevated, tall, lofty, high)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of unnata

unnata - elevated, high, tall, developed

Past Passive Participle

From ud- + root nam (to bend, to rise).

Prefix: ud

Root: nam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with vaṭa-vṛkṣam.

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