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).

16. אני משער כי נהרות הייחום הכבירים יזרמו כעת מרקות פילֵי האלים, ממש כפי שנהרות זורמים במורדות ההרים.

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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