योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-55, verse-20

वृन्देन वनदेवीनां कोकिलालापशालिना ।
संदिग्धमञ्जरीजालमलिनेत्रेण भासिना ॥ २० ॥

vṛndena vanadevīnāṃ kokilālāpaśālinā ,
saṃdigdhamañjarījālamalinetreṇa bhāsinā 20

20. vṛndena vanadevīnām kokilālāpaśālinā
saṃdigdhamañjarījālamalinetreṇa bhāsinā

20. vṛndena vanadevīnām kokilālāpaśālinā
saṃdigdhamañjarījālamalinetreṇa bhāsinā

20. By a group of forest goddesses, graced by the calls of cuckoos, shining with eyes as dark as dense clusters of blossoms.

20. מוקף בלהקות של אלוהויות היער, המהדהדות בשירתן של ציפורי הַקוֹקִילָה, ומזהירות בעיני-דבורים הנבוכות למראה אשכולות הפרחים.

Words meanings summery:

• वृन्देन (vṛndena) - by a specific group being described (by a group, by a multitude)

• वनदेवीनाम् (vanadevīnām) - of forest goddesses

• कोकिलालापशालिना (kokilālāpaśālinā) - by the group of forest goddesses graced by cuckoo calls (by one graced by cuckoo calls)

• संदिग्धमञ्जरीजालमलिनेत्रेण (saṁdigdhamañjarījālamalinetreṇa) - by the group of forest goddesses whose eyes are dark like dense blossoms (by one whose eyes are dark like a dense cluster of blossoms)

• भासिना (bhāsinā) - by the group of forest goddesses who are radiant (by one shining, radiant)

Words meanings and morphology

वृन्देन (vṛndena) - by a specific group being described (by a group, by a multitude)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of vṛnda

vṛnda - group, multitude, collection

वनदेवीनाम् (vanadevīnām) - of forest goddesses

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of vanadevī

vanadevī - forest goddess, dryad

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+devī)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• devī – goddess, divine lady
  noun (feminine)

कोकिलालापशालिना (kokilālāpaśālinā) - by the group of forest goddesses graced by cuckoo calls (by one graced by cuckoo calls)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of kokilālāpaśālin

kokilālāpaśālin - possessing or graced by cuckoo calls

Compound ending in -śālin, meaning 'possessing' or 'endowed with'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kokila+ālāpa+śālin)

• kokila – cuckoo (bird)
  noun (masculine)
• ālāpa – call, song, conversation
  noun (masculine)
  Root: lap (class 1)
• śālin – possessing, adorned with, graced by
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'vṛndena'.

संदिग्धमञ्जरीजालमलिनेत्रेण (saṁdigdhamañjarījālamalinetreṇa) - by the group of forest goddesses whose eyes are dark like dense blossoms (by one whose eyes are dark like a dense cluster of blossoms)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of saṃdigdhamañjarījālamalinetra

saṁdigdhamañjarījālamalinetra - having eyes dark like a dense cluster of blossoms

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (saṃdigdha+mañjarī+jāla+malina+netra)

• saṃdigdha – dense, confused, uncertain, dark
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root dih (to smear) with prefixes sam- and di- (or sam- and root-form of dig). Often implies 'dense' or 'obscure'.
  Prefixes: sam+di
  Root: dih (class 4)
• mañjarī – flower cluster, blossom, sprout
  noun (feminine)
• jāla – net, multitude, cluster, mass
  noun (neuter)
• malina – dark, blackish, stained, dirty
  adjective (masculine)
• netra – eye
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies 'vṛndena'.

भासिना (bhāsinā) - by the group of forest goddesses who are radiant (by one shining, radiant)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of bhāsin

bhāsin - shining, radiant, appearing

Derived from the root 'bhā' (to shine) with suffix '-in'.

Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'vṛndena'.

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