योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-3, verse-21

वातायनेषु मृदुषु कुसुमाकीर्णभूमिषु ।
पर्यङ्केषूपविष्टासु पश्यन्तीषु पुरंध्रिषु ॥ २१ ॥

vātāyaneṣu mṛduṣu kusumākīrṇabhūmiṣu ,
paryaṅkeṣūpaviṣṭāsu paśyantīṣu puraṃdhriṣu 21

21. vātāyaneṣu mṛduṣu kusumākīrṇabhūmiṣu
paryaṅkeṣu upaviṣṭāsu paśyantīṣu purandhriṣu

21. mṛduṣu vātāyaneṣu kusumākīrṇabhūmiṣu
paryaṅkeṣu upaviṣṭāsu paśyantīṣu purandhriṣu

21. When ladies were seated on couches, on the floors covered with flowers, watching from the gentle windows.

Words meanings summery:

• वातायनेषु (vātāyaneṣu) - in/at the windows

• मृदुषु (mṛduṣu) - soft, gentle, delicate

• कुसुमाकीर्णभूमिषु (kusumākīrṇabhūmiṣu) - on the grounds/floors strewn with flowers

• पर्यङ्केषु (paryaṅkeṣu) - on the couches, on the beds

• उपविष्टासु (upaviṣṭāsu) - seated, sitting

• पश्यन्तीषु (paśyantīṣu) - watching, seeing, looking

• पुरन्ध्रिषु (purandhriṣu) - among the women, among the married women, among the ladies

Words meanings and morphology

वातायनेषु (vātāyaneṣu) - in/at the windows

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of vātāyana

vātāyana - window, air-hole

Compound. vāta (wind) + ayana (going, way, passage).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāta+ayana)

• vāta – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
• ayana – way, path, going, passage
  noun (neuter)

मृदुषु (mṛduṣu) - soft, gentle, delicate

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of mṛdu

mṛdu - soft, tender, gentle, delicate, mild

कुसुमाकीर्णभूमिषु (kusumākīrṇabhūmiṣu) - on the grounds/floors strewn with flowers

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of kusumākīrṇabhūmi

kusumākīrṇabhūmi - ground/floor strewn with flowers

Compound. kusuma (flower) + ākīrṇa (strewn) + bhūmi (ground).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kusuma+ākīrṇa+bhūmi)

• kusuma – flower
  noun (neuter)
• ākīrṇa – strewn, scattered, covered with
  adjective (masculine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kīr (to scatter) with prefix ā + kta suffix.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kīr (class 6)
• bhūmi – earth, ground, land, floor
  noun (feminine)

पर्यङ्केषु (paryaṅkeṣu) - on the couches, on the beds

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of paryaṅka

paryaṅka - couch, bed, sofa

उपविष्टासु (upaviṣṭāsu) - seated, sitting

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, plural of upaviṣṭa

upaviṣṭa - seated, sitting, having sat down

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root viś (to enter, sit) with prefix upa + kta suffix.

Prefix: upa

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Agrees with purandhriṣu.

पश्यन्तीषु (paśyantīṣu) - watching, seeing, looking

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, plural of paśyant

paśyant - seeing, watching, observing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root dṛś (to see) - form paśya in present tense + śatṛ suffix (feminine form paśyantī).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with purandhriṣu.

पुरन्ध्रिषु (purandhriṣu) - among the women, among the married women, among the ladies

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of purandhrī

purandhrī - a woman, wife, married woman, lady

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