योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-7, verse-19

विवेश भार्गवस्तत्र क्षीरोद इव माधवः ।
सा कराववलम्ब्यास्य विवेशावनतानना ॥ १९ ॥

viveśa bhārgavastatra kṣīroda iva mādhavaḥ ,
sā karāvavalambyāsya viveśāvanatānanā 19

19. viveśa bhārgavaḥ tatra kṣīrodaḥ iva mādhavaḥ
sā karau avalambya asya viveśa avanatānanā

19. bhārgavaḥ tatra viveśa,
kṣīrodaḥ mādhavaḥ iva.
sā asya karau avalambya avanatānanā viveśa.

19. The son of Bhṛgu (Bhārgava) entered there, just as Madhava (Viṣṇu) enters the Milk Ocean (kṣīroda). She then entered with a bowed face, taking hold of his two hands.

Words meanings summery:

• विवेश (viveśa) - he entered (he entered, she entered)

• भार्गवः (bhārgavaḥ) - the son of Bhṛgu (Bhārgava) (descendant of Bhṛgu, son of Bhṛgu)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (there, then, in that place)

• क्षीरोदः (kṣīrodaḥ) - the Milk Ocean (kṣīroda) (Milk Ocean)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as)

• माधवः (mādhavaḥ) - Madhava (Viṣṇu) (Madhava (Vishnu/Krishna), lord of spring)

• सा (sā) - she (she, that (feminine))

• करौ (karau) - his two hands (two hands)

• अवलम्ब्य (avalambya) - taking hold of (having taken hold of, having leaned on)

• अस्य (asya) - his (his, of this)

• विवेश (viveśa) - she entered (he entered, she entered)

• अवनतानना (avanatānanā) - with a bowed face (having a bowed face)

Words meanings and morphology

विवेश (viveśa) - he entered (he entered, she entered)

(verb)

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

Root: viś (class 6)

भार्गवः (bhārgavaḥ) - the son of Bhṛgu (Bhārgava) (descendant of Bhṛgu, son of Bhṛgu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhārgava

bhārgava - descendant of Bhṛgu, name of Śukra (Venus), Paraśurāma

Derivative of Bhṛgu (a patronymic)

तत्र (tatra) - there (there, then, in that place)

(indeclinable)

क्षीरोदः (kṣīrodaḥ) - the Milk Ocean (kṣīroda) (Milk Ocean)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣīroda

kṣīroda - Milk Ocean (one of the seven mythical oceans)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kṣīra+uda)

• kṣīra – milk
  noun (neuter)
• uda – water, ocean
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - just as (like, as)

(indeclinable)

माधवः (mādhavaḥ) - Madhava (Viṣṇu) (Madhava (Vishnu/Krishna), lord of spring)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mādhava

mādhava - Madhava (an epithet of Vishnu or Krishna), lord of spring, descendant of Madhu

सा (sā) - she (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

करौ (karau) - his two hands (two hands)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of kara

kara - hand, ray, tax, trunk of an elephant

अवलम्ब्य (avalambya) - taking hold of (having taken hold of, having leaned on)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

From ava-lamb (to hang down, to lean on) + lyap

Prefix: ava

Root: lamb (class 1)

अस्य (asya) - his (his, of this)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

विवेश (viveśa) - she entered (he entered, she entered)

(verb)

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

Root: viś (class 6)

अवनतानना (avanatānanā) - with a bowed face (having a bowed face)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avanatānanā

avanatānanā - having a bowed or downcast face

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (avanata+ānana)

• avanata – bowed, bent, humble, inclined
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From ava-nam (to bow down, to bend) + kta
  Prefix: ava
  Root: nam (class 1)
• ānana – face, mouth, countenance
  noun (neuter)

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