योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-4, chapter-9, verse-14
वक्रा शुष्कान्त्रतन्त्री च भूतभाङ्कारकारिणी ।
अरण्यलक्ष्भीर्बाल्येव शून्या चर्ममयोदरी ॥ १४ ॥
अरण्यलक्ष्भीर्बाल्येव शून्या चर्ममयोदरी ॥ १४ ॥
vakrā śuṣkāntratantrī ca bhūtabhāṅkārakāriṇī ,
araṇyalakṣbhīrbālyeva śūnyā carmamayodarī 14
araṇyalakṣbhīrbālyeva śūnyā carmamayodarī 14
14.
vakrā śuṣkāntratantrī ca bhūtabhāṅkārakāriṇī
araṇyalakṣmīḥ bālā iva śūnyā carmamayodarī
araṇyalakṣmīḥ bālā iva śūnyā carmamayodarī
14.
sā (implied) vakrā śuṣkāntratantrī ca bhūtabhāṅkārakāriṇī
araṇyalakṣmīḥ bālā iva śūnyā carmamayodarī
araṇyalakṣmīḥ bālā iva śūnyā carmamayodarī
14.
Crooked, with dried-up intestines resembling lute strings, and producing a ghostly, hollow sound, she appeared as the forest's splendor (lakṣmī), empty and childlike, with a belly of mere skin.
Words meanings summery:
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- वक्रा (vakrā) - crooked, bent
- शुष्कान्त्रतन्त्री (śuṣkāntratantrī) - having dried-up intestines like lute strings
- च (ca) - and, also
- भूतभाङ्कारकारिणी (bhūtabhāṅkārakāriṇī) - making a ghostly, hollow sound
- अरण्यलक्ष्मीः (araṇyalakṣmīḥ) - the splendor or goddess of the forest
- बाला (bālā) - young girl, child
- इव (iva) - as if, like
- शून्या (śūnyā) - empty, void
- चर्ममयोदरी (carmamayodarī) - having a belly made of mere skin
Words meanings and morphology
वक्रा (vakrā) - crooked, bent
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of vakra
vakra - crooked, bent, curved, indirect
शुष्कान्त्रतन्त्री (śuṣkāntratantrī) - having dried-up intestines like lute strings
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of śuṣkāntratantrī
śuṣkāntratantrī - one whose dried-up intestines resemble lute strings
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śuṣka+antra+tantrī)
- śuṣka – dry, dried-up, withered
adjective (masculine/neuter)
Past Passive Participle
Root: śuṣ (class 4) - antra – intestine, gut
noun (neuter) - tantrī – string (of an instrument), lute, lyre
noun (feminine)
च (ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
भूतभाङ्कारकारिणी (bhūtabhāṅkārakāriṇī) - making a ghostly, hollow sound
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of bhūtabhāṅkārakāriṇī
bhūtabhāṅkārakāriṇī - making a sound like a ghost or a hollow frightening sound
Agent Noun
Feminine form of agent noun 'kārin' (maker) with compound 'bhūtabhāṅkāra'
Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (bhūtabhāṅkāra+kāriṇī)
- bhūtabhāṅkāra – ghostly hollow sound, eerie roar
noun (masculine) - kāriṇī – female maker, doer
noun (feminine)
Agent Noun
Feminine form of kārin
Root: kṛ (class 8)
अरण्यलक्ष्मीः (araṇyalakṣmīḥ) - the splendor or goddess of the forest
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of araṇyalakṣmī
araṇyalakṣmī - forest splendor, forest goddess, beauty of the wilderness
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (araṇya+lakṣmī)
- araṇya – forest, wilderness
noun (neuter) - lakṣmī – splendor, beauty, prosperity, the goddess (lakṣmī)
noun (feminine)
बाला (bālā) - young girl, child
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of bālā
bālā - young girl, child, immature, maiden
Note: Used here with iva (like) to denote comparison.
इव (iva) - as if, like
(indeclinable)
शून्या (śūnyā) - empty, void
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of śūnya
śūnya - empty, void, hollow, vacant, absent
चर्ममयोदरी (carmamayodarī) - having a belly made of mere skin
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of carmamayodarī
carmamayodarī - one whose belly is like skin, having a skin-like belly (due to emaciation)
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (carmamaya+udarī)
- carmamaya – made of skin, consisting of skin
adjective (masculine/neuter) - udarī – belly, stomach (feminine form)
noun (feminine)