योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-1, verse-5

कराम्भोरुहहंसेषु लीनेषु श्रवणादिव ।
मुक्तघुर्घुरवादेषु वायसेषु तराविव ॥ ५ ॥

karāmbhoruhahaṃseṣu līneṣu śravaṇādiva ,
muktaghurghuravādeṣu vāyaseṣu tarāviva 5

5. karāmbhoruhahaṃseṣu līneṣu śravaṇāt iva
muktaghurghuravādeṣu vāyaseṣu tarau iva

5. karāmbhoruhahaṃseṣu līneṣu śravaṇāt iva
vāyaseṣu tarau muktaghurghuravādeṣu iva

5. Their lotus-like hands, resembling swans, were still, as if ceased from sound; and the crows on the tree, whose croaking had ceased, were also still, as if from hearing.

5. ...וכאשר הברזים נאלמו כאילו התרכזו בהקשבה, והעורבים על העצים חדלו מקולות קרקורם...

Words meanings summery:

• कराम्भोरुहहंसेषु (karāmbhoruhahaṁseṣu) - among the swan-like hands which resembled lotuses (among the swans that were the lotus-like hands)

• लीनेषु (līneṣu) - among those (swans/hands) that were still/motionless (among those hidden, merged, still)

• श्रवणात् (śravaṇāt) - from (the act of) hearing/listening (from hearing, due to hearing, by listening)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

• मुक्तघुर्घुरवादेषु (muktaghurghuravādeṣu) - among those (crows) whose croaking sound was stopped (among those whose croaking sound was ceased)

• वायसेषु (vāyaseṣu) - among the crows

• तरौ (tarau) - on the tree

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

Words meanings and morphology

कराम्भोरुहहंसेषु (karāmbhoruhahaṁseṣu) - among the swan-like hands which resembled lotuses (among the swans that were the lotus-like hands)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of karāmbhoruhahaṃsa

karāmbhoruhahaṁsa - a swan which is a lotus-like hand

Compound type : rupaka-tatpuruṣa (kara+ambhoruha+haṃsa)

• kara – hand, arm
  noun (masculine)
• ambhoruha – lotus (born from water)
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from 'ambhas' (water) and 'ruha' (growing).
  Root: ruh (class 1)
• haṃsa – swan, goose
  noun (masculine)

लीनेषु (līneṣu) - among those (swans/hands) that were still/motionless (among those hidden, merged, still)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of līna

līna - hidden, merged, dissolved, still, absorbed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root lī (to cling, dissolve).

Root: lī (class 4)

Note: Modifies 'karāmbhoruhahaṃseṣu'.

श्रवणात् (śravaṇāt) - from (the act of) hearing/listening (from hearing, due to hearing, by listening)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of śravaṇa

śravaṇa - hearing, ear, listening, the act of hearing

From root śru (to hear).

Root: śru (class 1)

Note: Indicates cause or source.

इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

मुक्तघुर्घुरवादेषु (muktaghurghuravādeṣu) - among those (crows) whose croaking sound was stopped (among those whose croaking sound was ceased)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of muktaghurghuravāda

muktaghurghuravāda - one whose croaking/cawing sound is released/stopped

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mukta+ghurghuravāda)

• mukta – released, freed, abandoned, stopped
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root muc (to release).
  Root: muc (class 6)
• ghurghuravāda – croaking sound, cawing sound (onomatopoeic 'ghurghura' + 'vāda' sound)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'vāyaseṣu'.

वायसेषु (vāyaseṣu) - among the crows

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of vāyasa

vāyasa - crow

तरौ (tarau) - on the tree

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of taru

taru - tree

इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

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