योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-55, verse-8

सेव्यमानं वनमिव लतामण्डलमण्डितम् ।
स्मितेन विस्फुटमिव श्वसनस्फुरितच्छदम् ॥ ८ ॥

sevyamānaṃ vanamiva latāmaṇḍalamaṇḍitam ,
smitena visphuṭamiva śvasanasphuritacchadam 8

8. sevyamānam vanam iva latā-maṇḍala-maṇḍitam
smitena visphuṭam iva śvasana-sphurita-cchadam

8. vanam iva sevyamānam,
latā-maṇḍala-maṇḍitam,
smitena visphuṭam iva,
śvasana-sphurita-cchadam

8. (I saw that tree) being resorted to like a forest, adorned with circles of creepers, and appearing as if smiling with its leaves fluttering in the wind.

8. הוא היה מעוטר כמו יער עטור סוכות מטפסים, נראה כפורח בחיוך זורח, ועליו רוטטים ברוח הקלה.

Words meanings summery:

• सेव्यमानम् (sevyamānam) - being served, being frequented, being resorted to

• वनम् (vanam) - forest, grove, wood

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• लता-मण्डल-मण्डितम् (latā-maṇḍala-maṇḍitam) - adorned with a circle of creepers, decorated with vine thickets

• स्मितेन (smitena) - with a smile, by smiling

• विस्फुटम् (visphuṭam) - as if blossoming or smiling (blossoming, expanded, clear, distinct)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• श्वसन-स्फुरित-च्छदम् (śvasana-sphurita-cchadam) - whose leaves were fluttering from the wind, having leaves quivering due to breathing (wind)

Words meanings and morphology

सेव्यमानम् (sevyamānam) - being served, being frequented, being resorted to

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sevyamāṇa

sevyamāṇa - being served, being frequented, being resorted to, being worshipped

Present Passive Participle (śānac-pratyaya)

Root: √sev (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'vṛkṣam' from the previous verse.

वनम् (vanam) - forest, grove, wood

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

लता-मण्डल-मण्डितम् (latā-maṇḍala-maṇḍitam) - adorned with a circle of creepers, decorated with vine thickets

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of latā-maṇḍala-maṇḍita

latā-maṇḍala-maṇḍita - adorned/decorated with a circle/mass of creepers

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (latā-maṇḍala+maṇḍita)

• latā-maṇḍala – circle of creepers, creeper-thicket, mass of tendrils
  noun (neuter)
• latā – creeper, vine, winding plant
  noun (feminine)
• maṇḍala – circle, disc, region, orb
  noun (neuter)
• maṇḍita – adorned, decorated, embellished
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: √maṇḍ (class 10)

Note: Modifies 'vṛkṣam' from the previous verse.

स्मितेन (smitena) - with a smile, by smiling

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of smita

smita - smile, smiling, a gentle laugh

Root: √smi (class 1)

विस्फुटम् (visphuṭam) - as if blossoming or smiling (blossoming, expanded, clear, distinct)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of visphuṭa

visphuṭa - blossomed, opened, expanded, evident, distinct

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: vi

Root: √sphuṭ (class 6)

Note: Modifies 'vṛkṣam' from the previous verse.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

श्वसन-स्फुरित-च्छदम् (śvasana-sphurita-cchadam) - whose leaves were fluttering from the wind, having leaves quivering due to breathing (wind)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śvasana-sphurita-cchada

śvasana-sphurita-cchada - having leaves fluttering with the wind

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (śvasana+sphurita+cchada)

• śvasana – breathing, breath, wind
  noun (neuter)
  Root: √śvas (class 2)
• sphurita – trembled, quivered, vibrated, manifested
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: √sphur (class 6)
• cchada – leaf, wing, covering
  noun (masculine)
  Root: √chad (class 10)

Note: Modifies 'vṛkṣam' from the previous verse.

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