योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-31, verse-16

मन्ये दानमहानद्यः सुरेभकटभित्तिषु ।
प्रवृत्तास्ता भविष्यन्ति शैलसानुष्विवापगाः ॥ १६ ॥

manye dānamahānadyaḥ surebhakaṭabhittiṣu ,
pravṛttāstā bhaviṣyanti śailasānuṣvivāpagāḥ 16

16. manye dānamahānadyaḥ surebhakaṭabhittiṣu
pravṛttāḥ tāḥ bhaviṣyanti śailasānuṣu iva apagāḥ

16. manye dānamahānadyaḥ tāḥ surebhakaṭabhittiṣu
pravṛttāḥ bhaviṣyanti śailasānuṣu iva apagāḥ

16. I believe that the great rivers of ichor (dāna) will flow from the temples of the divine elephants, just as rivers (apagāḥ) flow on mountain slopes (śailasānuṣu).

Words meanings summery:

• मन्ये (manye) - I think, I believe

• दानमहानद्यः (dānamahānadyaḥ) - great rivers of ichor

• सुरेभकटभित्तिषु (surebhakaṭabhittiṣu) - on the temples/cheeks of divine elephants

• प्रवृत्ताः (pravṛttāḥ) - having begun, having flowed, initiated

• ताः (tāḥ) - referring to the great rivers of ichor (those, they)

• भविष्यन्ति (bhaviṣyanti) - they will be, they will become

• शैलसानुषु (śailasānuṣu) - on mountain slopes/peaks

• इव (iva) - like, as

• अपगाः (apagāḥ) - rivers

Words meanings and morphology

मन्ये (manye) - I think, I believe

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

Present Middle

Class 4, Ātmanepada, Present Tense, 1st Person, Singular

Root: man (class 4)

दानमहानद्यः (dānamahānadyaḥ) - great rivers of ichor

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of dānamahānadī

dānamahānadī - great river of ichor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (dāna+mahānadī)

• dāna – ichor, fluid discharge from elephant's temples; gift, charity
  noun (neuter)
  Root: dā (class 3)
• mahānadī – great river
  noun (feminine)
  Compound of mahat (great) and nadī (river).

सुरेभकटभित्तिषु (surebhakaṭabhittiṣu) - on the temples/cheeks of divine elephants

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of surebhakaṭabhitti

surebhakaṭabhitti - temples of divine elephants

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (sura+ibha+kaṭa+bhitti)

• sura – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• ibha – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• kaṭa – temple (of an elephant), cheek
  noun (masculine)
• bhitti – wall, surface
  noun (feminine)

Note: The compound is a Dative/Locative of place.

प्रवृत्ताः (pravṛttāḥ) - having begun, having flowed, initiated

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of pravṛtta

pravṛtta - begun, started, flowed, engaged in

Past Passive Participle

Formed from pra- + vṛt (to turn, exist)

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Participle acting as an adjective.

ताः (tāḥ) - referring to the great rivers of ichor (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Feminine nominative plural.

भविष्यन्ति (bhaviṣyanti) - they will be, they will become

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

Future Tense

Class 1, Parasmaipada, Future Tense, 3rd Person, Plural

Root: bhū (class 1)

शैलसानुषु (śailasānuṣu) - on mountain slopes/peaks

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of śailasānu

śailasānu - mountain slope, mountain peak

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (śaila+sānu)

• śaila – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from śilā (rock).
• sānu – slope, peak, ridge
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

अपगाः (apagāḥ) - rivers

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of apagā

apagā - river

Prefix: apa

Root: gam (class 1)

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