योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-5, chapter-14, verse-19
दिशं प्रति गिरीन्द्रेषु पुलिन्दाद्या वने वने ।
निघ्नन्ति मृगलक्षाणि कैवात्र परिदेवना ॥ १९ ॥
निघ्नन्ति मृगलक्षाणि कैवात्र परिदेवना ॥ १९ ॥
diśaṃ prati girīndreṣu pulindādyā vane vane ,
nighnanti mṛgalakṣāṇi kaivātra paridevanā 19
nighnanti mṛgalakṣāṇi kaivātra paridevanā 19
19.
diśam prati girīndreṣu pulindādyāḥ vane vane |
nighnanti mṛgalakṣāṇi kā eva atra paridevanā ||
nighnanti mṛgalakṣāṇi kā eva atra paridevanā ||
19.
diśam prati girīndreṣu vane vane pulindādyāḥ
mṛgalakṣāṇi nighnanti atra kā eva paridevanā
mṛgalakṣāṇi nighnanti atra kā eva paridevanā
19.
In every direction, in the great mountain ranges and in every forest, tribes like the Pulindas slaughter hundreds of thousands of deer. What lamentation (paridevanā) can there possibly be here?
Words meanings summery:
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- दिशम् (diśam) - direction
- प्रति (prati) - towards, regarding, for each
- गिरीन्द्रेषु (girīndreṣu) - among the great mountains, in the lordly mountains
- पुलिन्दाद्याः (pulindādyāḥ) - Pulindas and others (referring to a tribe and similar people)
- वने (vane) - in the forest
- वने (vane) - in every forest (repetition emphasizes 'every')
- निघ्नन्ति (nighnanti) - they kill, they slay
- मृगलक्षाणि (mṛgalakṣāṇi) - hundreds of thousands of deer, lakhs of deer
- का (kā) - what, which
- एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only
- अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter
- परिदेवना (paridevanā) - lamentation, complaint
Words meanings and morphology
दिशम् (diśam) - direction
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of diś
diś - direction, quarter of the sky, region
प्रति (prati) - towards, regarding, for each
(indeclinable)
गिरीन्द्रेषु (girīndreṣu) - among the great mountains, in the lordly mountains
(noun)
Locative, masculine, plural of girīndra
girīndra - chief of mountains, a great mountain
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (giri+indra)
- giri – mountain, hill
noun (masculine) - indra – chief, lord, king; the god Indra
noun (masculine)
पुलिन्दाद्याः (pulindādyāḥ) - Pulindas and others (referring to a tribe and similar people)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of pulindādi
pulindādi - Pulindas etc.
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pulinda+ādi)
- pulinda – name of an ancient wild or aboriginal tribe
proper noun (masculine) - ādi – beginning, first, etcetera, and others
noun (masculine)
वने (vane) - in the forest
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of vana
vana - forest, wood, grove
वने (vane) - in every forest (repetition emphasizes 'every')
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of vana
vana - forest, wood, grove
Note: Repetition of locative singular noun implies 'in every (such place)'.
निघ्नन्ति (nighnanti) - they kill, they slay
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of han
Prefix: ni
Root: han (class 2)
मृगलक्षाणि (mṛgalakṣāṇi) - hundreds of thousands of deer, lakhs of deer
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of mṛgalakṣa
mṛgalakṣa - a lakh (100,000) of deer
Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (mṛga+lakṣa)
- mṛga – deer, wild animal
noun (masculine) - lakṣa – a lakh (100,000); target, mark
noun (neuter)
का (kā) - what, which
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of kim
kim - who, what, which; why, how
एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only
(indeclinable)
अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter
(indeclinable)
परिदेवना (paridevanā) - lamentation, complaint
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of paridevanā
paridevanā - lamentation, wailing, complaint
Prefix: pari
Root: div (class 4)