योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-31, verse-48

इयं सा हेलयाक्रान्तत्रैलोक्यतरुखण्डिका ।
जया स्फुरति मे पार्श्वे लता कल्पतरोरिव ॥ ४८ ॥

iyaṃ sā helayākrāntatrailokyatarukhaṇḍikā ,
jayā sphurati me pārśve latā kalpataroriva 48

48. iyam sā helayā ākrānta-trailokya-taru-khaṇḍikā
jayā sphurati me pārśve latā kalpa-taroḥ iva

48. sā iyam ākrānta-trailokya-taru-khaṇḍikā helayā
jayā latā kalpa-taroḥ iva me pārśve sphurati

48. This very Jaya, who effortlessly conquered the three worlds as if they were a mere tree branch, shines by my side like a creeper of the wish-fulfilling tree.

Words meanings summery:

• इयम् (iyam) - this, this one

• सा (sā) - she, that (female)

• हेलया (helayā) - with ease, playfully, effortlessly

• आक्रान्त-त्रैलोक्य-तरु-खण्डिका (ākrānta-trailokya-taru-khaṇḍikā) - she who has conquered the three worlds as if they were a tree branch

• जया (jayā) - Jaya (a proper name), victory

• स्फुरति (sphurati) - shines, trembles, quivers, manifests

• मे (me) - my, to me, for me

• पार्श्वे (pārśve) - by the side, on the side

• लता (latā) - creeper, vine

• कल्प-तरोः (kalpa-taroḥ) - of the wish-fulfilling tree, of the celestial tree

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

इयम् (iyam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Demonstrative pronoun.

सा (sā) - she, that (female)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

Note: Demonstrative pronoun.

हेलया (helayā) - with ease, playfully, effortlessly

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of helā

helā - play, sport, ease, grace, feigned indifference

आक्रान्त-त्रैलोक्य-तरु-खण्डिका (ākrānta-trailokya-taru-khaṇḍikā) - she who has conquered the three worlds as if they were a tree branch

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ākrānta-trailokya-taru-khaṇḍikā

ākrānta-trailokya-taru-khaṇḍikā - she who has conquered the three worlds as if they were a tree branch (lit. 'conquered the three-world-tree-fragment')

Compound type : bahuvrihi (ākrānta+trailokya+taru+khaṇḍikā)

• ākrānta – conquered, overcome, assailed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kram- with prefix ā-
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kram (class 1)
• trailokya – the three worlds (heaven, earth, and netherworld)
  noun (neuter)
• taru – tree
  noun (masculine)
• khaṇḍikā – small piece, fragment, branch, twig
  noun (feminine)

Note: Bahuvrihi compound, describing Jaya.

जया (jayā) - Jaya (a proper name), victory

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jayā

jayā - Jaya (name of a goddess, attendant of Durgā); victory, conquest

Note: The proper name of an attendant.

स्फुरति (sphurati) - shines, trembles, quivers, manifests

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sphur

Root: sphur (class 6)

मे (me) - my, to me, for me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Enclitic form.

पार्श्वे (pārśve) - by the side, on the side

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of pārśva

pārśva - side, flank

लता (latā) - creeper, vine

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of latā

latā - creeper, vine

कल्प-तरोः (kalpa-taroḥ) - of the wish-fulfilling tree, of the celestial tree

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kalpa-taru

kalpa-taru - wish-fulfilling tree, celestial tree

Compound type : tatpurusha (kalpa+taru)

• kalpa – a cosmic age, decree, wish, resolve
  noun (masculine)
• taru – tree
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle expressing comparison.

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