योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-4, chapter-9, verse-9
दर्शयन्ती जगच्छून्यं वपुरक्ष्णोरकृत्रिमम् ।
मुखारण्यजरत्कूपरूपया गर्तशोभया ॥ ९ ॥
मुखारण्यजरत्कूपरूपया गर्तशोभया ॥ ९ ॥
darśayantī jagacchūnyaṃ vapurakṣṇorakṛtrimam ,
mukhāraṇyajaratkūparūpayā gartaśobhayā 9
mukhāraṇyajaratkūparūpayā gartaśobhayā 9
9.
darśayantī jagat śūnyam vapuḥ akṣṇoḥ akṛtrimam
mukhāraṇyajaratkūparūpayā gartaśobhayā
mukhāraṇyajaratkūparūpayā gartaśobhayā
9.
darśayantī akṣṇoḥ akṛtrimam vapuḥ jagat
śūnyam mukhāraṇyajaratkūparūpayā gartaśobhayā
śūnyam mukhāraṇyajaratkūparūpayā gartaśobhayā
9.
Showing to the eyes a natural form that made the world seem void, [she possessed] the beauty of a hollow resembling an old well in a face like a wilderness.
Words meanings summery:
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- दर्शयन्ती (darśayantī) - showing, displaying, revealing
- जगत् (jagat) - world, universe, what moves
- शून्यम् (śūnyam) - empty, void, deserted, blank
- वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form, figure, appearance
- अक्ष्णोः (akṣṇoḥ) - of the eyes, to the eyes
- अकृत्रिमम् (akṛtrimam) - natural, unartificial, genuine, sincere
- मुखारण्यजरत्कूपरूपया (mukhāraṇyajaratkūparūpayā) - with the form of an old well in a forest-like face
- गर्तशोभया (gartaśobhayā) - with the beauty of a hollow/pit
Words meanings and morphology
दर्शयन्ती (darśayantī) - showing, displaying, revealing
(participle)
Nominative, feminine, singular of darśayat
darśayat - showing, seeing, displaying
Present Active Participle
Derived from √dṛś (to see) with causative suffix -ay- and present participle suffix -at.
Root: √dṛś (class 1)
जगत् (jagat) - world, universe, what moves
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of jagat
jagat - world, universe, what moves, living beings
Present Active Participle (from √gam) used as a noun
From √gam (to go, move), originally a participle, then substantivized.
Root: √gam (class 1)
Note: Object of the implied action of 'making it seem'.
शून्यम् (śūnyam) - empty, void, deserted, blank
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of śūnya
śūnya - empty, void, hollow, deserted, non-existent
From śūna (swollen) but with a sense of emptiness.
Note: Agrees with jagat.
वपुः (vapuḥ) - body, form, figure, appearance
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of vapus
vapus - body, form, figure, appearance, nature, beauty
From √vap (to weave, to strew).
Root: √vap (class 1)
Note: Object of darśayantī.
अक्ष्णोः (akṣṇoḥ) - of the eyes, to the eyes
(noun)
Genitive, neuter, dual of akṣi
akṣi - eye
Note: Can be interpreted as 'to the eyes (of the beholder)' or 'to her own eyes'. Contextually, the former is more likely.
अकृत्रिमम् (akṛtrimam) - natural, unartificial, genuine, sincere
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of akṛtrima
akṛtrima - natural, unartificial, genuine, not made, inherent
Negative prefix a- + kṛtrima (artificial, made).
Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kṛtrima)
- a – not, un-
indeclinable
Negative particle - kṛtrima – artificial, made, factitious
adjective
From √kṛ (to do, make) with suffix -trima
Root: √kṛ (class 8)
Note: Agrees with vapuḥ.
मुखारण्यजरत्कूपरूपया (mukhāraṇyajaratkūparūpayā) - with the form of an old well in a forest-like face
(adjective)
Instrumental, feminine, singular of mukhāraṇyajaratkūparūpā
mukhāraṇyajaratkūparūpā - having the form of an old well in a face like a forest
Tatpuruṣa compounds (mukha-araṇya, jaraṭ-kūpa) within a Bahuvrīhi (mukhāraṇyajaratkūpa-rūpā).
Compound type : tatpuruṣa leading to bahuvrīhi (mukha+araṇya+jarat+kūpa+rūpa)
- mukha – face, mouth, opening
noun (neuter) - araṇya – forest, wilderness, desert
noun (neuter) - jarat – decaying, old, worn out
participle
Present Active Participle
From √jṛ (to decay, grow old) + -at.
Root: √jṛ (class 4) - kūpa – well, pit, hole
noun (masculine) - rūpa – form, shape, appearance, beauty
noun (neuter)
Note: Agrees with gartaśobhayā.
गर्तशोभया (gartaśobhayā) - with the beauty of a hollow/pit
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, singular of gartaśobhā
gartaśobhā - the beauty of a hollow/pit
Tatpuruṣa compound (gartasya śobhā).
Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (garta+śobhā)
- garta – hollow, pit, hole, cavity
noun (masculine) - śobhā – beauty, splendor, brilliance, grace
noun (feminine)
From √śubh (to shine, be beautiful).
Root: √śubh (class 1)