योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-50, verse-9

शालिसंसारकेदाराश्चन्दनस्थालिकान्विताः ।
शिखरोरसिजालग्नहिमशुभ्राम्बुदांशुकाः ॥ ९ ॥

śālisaṃsārakedārāścandanasthālikānvitāḥ ,
śikharorasijālagnahimaśubhrāmbudāṃśukāḥ 9

9. śālisaṃsārakedārāḥ candanasthālikānvitāḥ
śikharorasijālagna-himaśubhrāmbudāṃśukāḥ

9. śālisaṃsārakedārāḥ candanasthālikānvitāḥ
śikharorasijālagna-himaśubhrāmbudāṃśukāḥ

9. Whose fields of rice are her very being, adorned with sandalwood groves, and whose garments are pure white clouds clinging to her breast-like peaks.

Words meanings summery:

• शालिसंसारकेदाराः (śālisaṁsārakedārāḥ) - whose fields of rice are her world/domain

• चन्दनस्थालिकान्विताः (candanasthālikānvitāḥ) - endowed with sandalwood groves/plants

• शिखरोरसिजालग्न-हिमशुभ्राम्बुदांशुकाः (śikharorasijālagna-himaśubhrāmbudāṁśukāḥ) - whose garments are snow-white clouds clinging to her breast-like peaks

Words meanings and morphology

शालिसंसारकेदाराः (śālisaṁsārakedārāḥ) - whose fields of rice are her world/domain

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śālisaṃsārakedāra

śālisaṁsārakedāra - having paddy fields as one's domain or essence

Bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (śāli+saṃsāra+kedāra)

• śāli – rice (especially growing in the field)
  noun (masculine)
• saṃsāra – world, cycle of rebirth, mundane existence, domain
  noun (masculine)
  From root √sṛ (to flow, move) with prefix sam-
  Prefix: sam
  Root: √sṛ (class 1)
• kedāra – field, paddy field, cultivated land
  noun (masculine/neuter)

Note: Compound base is masculine, but declined here as feminine plural nominative.

चन्दनस्थालिकान्विताः (candanasthālikānvitāḥ) - endowed with sandalwood groves/plants

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of candanasthālikānvita

candanasthālikānvita - accompanied by or endowed with sandalwood 'sthālikā'

Bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (candana+sthālikā+anvita)

• candana – sandalwood, sandalwood tree
  noun (neuter)
• sthālikā – a small plate, bowl, cup, a plot of land
  noun (feminine)
  Diminutive of sthālī
• anvita – accompanied by, possessed of, endowed with
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √i (to go) with prefix anu-
  Prefix: anu
  Root: √i (class 2)

Note: Describes the implied feminine subject.

शिखरोरसिजालग्न-हिमशुभ्राम्बुदांशुकाः (śikharorasijālagna-himaśubhrāmbudāṁśukāḥ) - whose garments are snow-white clouds clinging to her breast-like peaks

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śikharorasijālagna-himaśubhrāmbudāṃśuka

śikharorasijālagna-himaśubhrāmbudāṁśuka - having garments of snow-white clouds clinging to breast-like peaks

Bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (śikhara+urasija+lagna+hima+śubhra+ambuda+aṃśuka)

• śikhara – peak, summit, crest
  noun (masculine/neuter)
• urasija – breast (literally, born on the chest)
  noun (masculine/neuter)
  Compound of urasi (on the chest) and ja (born)
• lagna – attached, clinging, joined, connected
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √lag (to cling, adhere)
  Root: √lag (class 1)
• hima – snow, frost, cold
  noun (neuter)
• śubhra – white, bright, pure, splendid
  adjective
• ambuda – cloud (literally, water-giver)
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of ambas (water) and da (giver)
• aṃśuka – garment, fine cloth, upper garment
  noun (neuter)

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

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