योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-4, chapter-53, verse-17
वातयन्त्रप्रवाहेण चलन्तो मांसमृन्मयाः ।
सितास्थिदारवश्चित्रास्त्वग्लेपमसृणामलाः ॥ १७ ॥
सितास्थिदारवश्चित्रास्त्वग्लेपमसृणामलाः ॥ १७ ॥
vātayantrapravāheṇa calanto māṃsamṛnmayāḥ ,
sitāsthidāravaścitrāstvaglepamasṛṇāmalāḥ 17
sitāsthidāravaścitrāstvaglepamasṛṇāmalāḥ 17
17.
vātayantrapravāheṇa calantaḥ māṃsamṛnmayāḥ
sitāsthidāravaḥ citrāḥ tvaglepamasṛṇāmalāḥ
sitāsthidāravaḥ citrāḥ tvaglepamasṛṇāmalāḥ
17.
vātayantrapravāheṇa calantaḥ māṃsamṛnmayāḥ
sitāsthidāravaḥ tvaglepamasṛṇāmalāḥ citrāḥ
sitāsthidāravaḥ tvaglepamasṛṇāmalāḥ citrāḥ
17.
These variegated beings, moving by the current of the vital breath (vāta-yantra), are fashioned from flesh and clay, and from white bones and wood, appearing smooth and pure due to a coating of skin.
Words meanings summery:
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- वातयन्त्रप्रवाहेण (vātayantrapravāheṇa) - by the current of the vital breath (vāta-yantra) (by the current of the wind-machine, by the flow of the vital breath)
- चलन्तः (calantaḥ) - moving, going, stirring
- मांसमृन्मयाः (māṁsamṛnmayāḥ) - fashioned from flesh and clay (made of flesh and clay)
- सितास्थिदारवः (sitāsthidāravaḥ) - fashioned from white bones and wood (made of white bones and wood)
- चित्राः (citrāḥ) - variegated (beings) (variegated, diverse, wonderful, strange)
- त्वग्लेपमसृणामलाः (tvaglepamasṛṇāmalāḥ) - appearing smooth and pure due to a coating of skin (smooth and pure with a coating of skin)
Words meanings and morphology
वातयन्त्रप्रवाहेण (vātayantrapravāheṇa) - by the current of the vital breath (vāta-yantra) (by the current of the wind-machine, by the flow of the vital breath)
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of vātayantrapravāha
vātayantrapravāha - current of the wind-machine; flow of vital breath (vāta-yantra)
Compound type : Tatpurusha (vāta+yantra+pravāha)
- vāta – wind, air, vital air, breath
noun (masculine) - yantra – machine, instrument, device, contrivance
noun (neuter) - pravāha – current, stream, flow, course
noun (masculine)
Prefix: pra
Root: vah (class 1)
चलन्तः (calantaḥ) - moving, going, stirring
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of calat
calat - moving, trembling, unsteady
Present Active Participle
From root cal (class 1) + śatṛ suffix.
Root: cal (class 1)
मांसमृन्मयाः (māṁsamṛnmayāḥ) - fashioned from flesh and clay (made of flesh and clay)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of māṃsamṛnmaya
māṁsamṛnmaya - made of flesh and clay
Compound type : Dvandva + Tatpurusha (māṃsa+mṛt+maya)
- māṃsa – flesh, meat
noun (neuter) - mṛt – clay, earth, soil
noun (feminine) - maya – made of, consisting of, full of
suffix (masculine)
Suffix -maya/-mayī/-mayam, forming adjectives indicating 'made of' or 'consisting of'.
सितास्थिदारवः (sitāsthidāravaḥ) - fashioned from white bones and wood (made of white bones and wood)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of sitāsthidāru
sitāsthidāru - made of white bones and wood
Compound type : Dvandva + Tatpurusha (sita+asthi+dāru)
- sita – white, pure, pale
adjective (neuter) - asthi – bone
noun (neuter) - dāru – wood, timber
noun (neuter)
चित्राः (citrāḥ) - variegated (beings) (variegated, diverse, wonderful, strange)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of citra
citra - variegated, diverse, wonderful, strange, bright, clear
त्वग्लेपमसृणामलाः (tvaglepamasṛṇāmalāḥ) - appearing smooth and pure due to a coating of skin (smooth and pure with a coating of skin)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of tvaglepamasṛṇāmala
tvaglepamasṛṇāmala - smooth and pure due to a coating of skin
Compound type : Bahuvrihi (tvak+lepa+masṛṇa+amala)
- tvak – skin, hide, bark
noun (feminine) - lepa – coating, smear, plaster, anointing
noun (masculine)
Root: lip (class 6) - masṛṇa – smooth, soft, sleek, oily
adjective (masculine) - amala – pure, spotless, stainless, clean, faultless
adjective (masculine)