योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-50, verse-8

द्युमूर्धानो महीपादा वनालीरोमराजयः ।
जङ्गलोरुनितम्बिन्यश्चन्द्रार्ककृतकुण्डलाः ॥ ८ ॥

dyumūrdhāno mahīpādā vanālīromarājayaḥ ,
jaṅgalorunitambinyaścandrārkakṛtakuṇḍalāḥ 8

8. dyumūrdhānaḥ mahīpādāḥ vanālīromarājayaḥ
jaṅgalorunitambinyaḥ candrārkakṛtakuṇḍalāḥ

8. dyumūrdhānaḥ mahīpādāḥ vanālīromarājayaḥ
jaṅgalorunitambinyaḥ candrārkakṛtakuṇḍalāḥ

8. Whose heads are the heavens, whose feet are the earth, whose rows of hair are the forest groves, whose broad hips are the jungles, and whose earrings are the moon and sun.

Words meanings summery:

• द्युमूर्धानः (dyumūrdhānaḥ) - whose heads are the heavens/sky

• महीपादाः (mahīpādāḥ) - whose feet are the earth

• वनालीरोमराजयः (vanālīromarājayaḥ) - whose rows of hair are forest groves

• जङ्गलोरुनितम्बिन्यः (jaṅgalorunitambinyaḥ) - whose broad hips are jungles

• चन्द्रार्ककृतकुण्डलाः (candrārkakṛtakuṇḍalāḥ) - whose earrings are the moon and sun

Words meanings and morphology

द्युमूर्धानः (dyumūrdhānaḥ) - whose heads are the heavens/sky

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of dyumūrdhan

dyumūrdhan - having the sky as head

Bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (dyu+mūrdhan)

• dyu – sky, heaven, light, day
  noun (feminine)
• mūrdhan – head, summit, top
  noun (masculine/neuter)
  n-stem noun

महीपादाः (mahīpādāḥ) - whose feet are the earth

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of mahīpāda

mahīpāda - having the earth as feet

Bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (mahī+pāda)

• mahī – earth, ground, land
  noun (feminine)
• pāda – foot, leg, quarter
  noun (masculine)

वनालीरोमराजयः (vanālīromarājayaḥ) - whose rows of hair are forest groves

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vanālīromarāji

vanālīromarāji - having rows of hair like forest groves

Bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (vanālī+romarāji)

• vanālī – a line or row of forests, a forest grove
  noun (feminine)
  Compound of vana (forest) + ālī (line, row)
• romarāji – a line of hair, a row of hair (often on the abdomen)
  noun (feminine)
  Compound of roman (hair) + rāji (line, row)

Note: i-stem noun, plural nominative ayaḥ.

जङ्गलोरुनितम्बिन्यः (jaṅgalorunitambinyaḥ) - whose broad hips are jungles

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of jaṅgalorunitambinī

jaṅgalorunitambinī - having broad hips like jungles

Bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (jaṅgala+uru+nitambinī)

• jaṅgala – jungle, wilderness, uncultivated land
  noun (masculine/neuter)
• uru – broad, wide, large, excellent
  adjective
• nitambinī – a woman with beautiful hips, hips (poetic)
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from nitamba (hips)

Note: ī-stem noun, plural nominative nyaḥ.

चन्द्रार्ककृतकुण्डलाः (candrārkakṛtakuṇḍalāḥ) - whose earrings are the moon and sun

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of candrārkakṛtakuṇḍala

candrārkakṛtakuṇḍala - having the moon and sun as earrings

Bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (candra+arka+kṛta+kuṇḍala)

• candra – moon, lunar
  noun (masculine)
• arka – sun, ray, fire
  noun (masculine)
• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: √kṛ (class 8)
• kuṇḍala – earring, coiled, ring
  noun (neuter)

Note: The base kuṇḍala is neuter, but the compound is declined in feminine plural nominative, agreeing with the implied subject.

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