योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-7, verse-11

पलाशेष्विव पद्मिन्या धारा इव पयोमुचः ।
सा बभूवस्मरोद्भूता लोलालिवलयाकुला ॥ ११ ॥

palāśeṣviva padminyā dhārā iva payomucaḥ ,
sā babhūvasmarodbhūtā lolālivalayākulā 11

11. palāśeṣu iva padminyā dhārāḥ iva payomucaḥ
sā babhūva smara udbhūtā lolālivavalayākulā

11. sā palāśeṣu iva,
padminyā,
payomucaḥ dhārāḥ iva,
smarodbhūtā lolālivavalayākulā babhūva

11. Like water resting on palasa leaves, like drops on a lotus, and like raindrops from a cloud, she became overwhelmed by love (kāma), agitated like a lotus troubled by restless swarms of bees.

Words meanings summery:

• पलाशेषु (palāśeṣu) - on palasa leaves/flowers

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• पद्मिन्या (padminyā) - like droplets of water on a lotus leaf (implied) (by the lotus)

• धाराः (dhārāḥ) - streams, drops, currents

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• पयोमुचः (payomucaḥ) - of a cloud, from a cloud

• सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

• बभूव (babhūva) - became, was

• स्मर (smara) - love, desire, god of love

• उद्भूता (udbhūtā) - arisen, produced, sprung forth

• लोलालिववलयाकुला (lolālivavalayākulā) - agitated like a lotus by restless swarms of bees (agitated by restless swarms of bees, agitated by restless bangles)

Words meanings and morphology

पलाशेषु (palāśeṣu) - on palasa leaves/flowers

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of palāśa

palāśa - a leaf, the tree Butea frondosa (Flame of the Forest), a petal

Note: Refers to the location of the simile's object

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

पद्मिन्या (padminyā) - like droplets of water on a lotus leaf (implied) (by the lotus)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of padminī

padminī - lotus plant, collection of lotuses, a woman resembling a lotus (beautiful)

धाराः (dhārāḥ) - streams, drops, currents

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of dhārā

dhārā - stream, current, flow, shower, drop

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

पयोमुचः (payomucaḥ) - of a cloud, from a cloud

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of payomuc

payomuc - cloud (lit. 'water-releasing')

Compound payas (water) + muc (releasing)

Compound type : upapada tatpurusha (payas+muc)

• payas – water, milk
  noun (neuter)
• muc – releasing, letting go
  adjective (masculine)
  From root √muc (to release)
  Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Modifies dhārāḥ

सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Refers to the heroine

बभूव (babhūva) - became, was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of bhū

Perfect tense

3rd person singular perfect tense of √bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Main verb of the sentence

स्मर (smara) - love, desire, god of love

(noun)

masculine, singular of smara

smara - remembrance, love, Kāma (god of love)

From root √smṛ (to remember)

Root: smṛ (class 1)

उद्भूता (udbhūtā) - arisen, produced, sprung forth

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of udbhūta

udbhūta - arisen, produced, sprung forth, manifest

Past Passive Participle

Derived from ud + √bhū (to be, become) with suffix kta

Prefix: ud

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: In compound smarodbhūtā, meaning 'arisen from love'

लोलालिववलयाकुला (lolālivavalayākulā) - agitated like a lotus by restless swarms of bees (agitated by restless swarms of bees, agitated by restless bangles)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of lolālivavalayākula

lolālivavalayākula - agitated/filled with restless bees (or bangles)

Compound type : tatpurusha (lola+ali+valaya+ākula)

• lola – moving, restless, trembling, fickle
  adjective (masculine)
• ali – bee
  noun (masculine)
• valaya – circle, ring, bracelet, swarm, multitude
  noun (neuter)
• ākula – agitated, confused, filled with, bewildered
  adjective (masculine)
  From ā + √kul (to collect)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kul (class 1)

Note: Agrees with sā