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.

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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