योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-44, verse-3

अस्त्यस्मिन्वसुधापीठे कोसलो नाम मण्डलः ।
कल्पवृक्षवनं मेराविव रत्नगणाकरः ॥ ३ ॥

astyasminvasudhāpīṭhe kosalo nāma maṇḍalaḥ ,
kalpavṛkṣavanaṃ merāviva ratnagaṇākaraḥ 3

3. asti asmin vasudhā-pīṭhe kosalaḥ nāma maṇḍalaḥ
kalpa-vṛkṣa-vanam merau iva ratna-gaṇa-ākaraḥ

3. asmin vasudhā-pīṭhe kosalaḥ nāma maṇḍalaḥ asti
merau kalpa-vṛkṣa-vanam iva ratna-gaṇa-ākaraḥ

3. On this earth, there is a region named Kosala, which is like a forest of wish-fulfilling trees (kalpavṛkṣa) on Mount Meru, a veritable mine of jewels.

Words meanings summery:

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this, on this (locative)

• वसुधा-पीठे (vasudhā-pīṭhe) - on the earth-platform, on the surface of the earth

• कोसलः (kosalaḥ) - Name of a specific region or kingdom. (Kosala)

• नाम (nāma) - by name, named, called

• मण्डलः (maṇḍalaḥ) - region, district, circle

• कल्प-वृक्ष-वनम् (kalpa-vṛkṣa-vanam) - a forest of wish-fulfilling trees

• मेरौ (merau) - Mount Meru, a mythical sacred mountain in Hindu cosmology. (on Mount Meru)

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• रत्न-गण-आकरः (ratna-gaṇa-ākaraḥ) - a mine of jewels, an abundance of gems

Words meanings and morphology

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

present active indicative

3rd person singular, present tense

Root: as (class 2)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this, on this (locative)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, these

वसुधा-पीठे (vasudhā-pīṭhe) - on the earth-platform, on the surface of the earth

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vasudhā-pīṭha

vasudhā-pīṭha - earth-platform, surface of the earth

Compound of 'vasudhā' (earth) and 'pīṭha' (seat, platform, surface).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vasudhā+pīṭha)

• vasudhā – the earth (bearer of wealth)
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vas (class 1)
• pīṭha – seat, stool, pedestal, surface, platform
  noun (masculine)

कोसलः (kosalaḥ) - Name of a specific region or kingdom. (Kosala)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kosala

kosala - name of a country or region

नाम (nāma) - by name, named, called

(indeclinable)

मण्डलः (maṇḍalaḥ) - region, district, circle

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maṇḍala

maṇḍala - circle, disc, region, district, province

कल्प-वृक्ष-वनम् (kalpa-vṛkṣa-vanam) - a forest of wish-fulfilling trees

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kalpa-vṛkṣa-vana

kalpa-vṛkṣa-vana - forest of wish-fulfilling trees

Compound of 'kalpa-vṛkṣa' (wish-fulfilling tree) and 'vana' (forest).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kalpa-vṛkṣa+vana)

• kalpa-vṛkṣa – wish-fulfilling tree, mythical tree granting all desires
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of 'kalpa' (a mythical age, able to) and 'vṛkṣa' (tree).
• vana – forest, wood, grove, garden
  noun (neuter)

मेरौ (merau) - Mount Meru, a mythical sacred mountain in Hindu cosmology. (on Mount Meru)

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of meru

meru - Mount Meru, the mythical golden mountain, center of the universe

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

रत्न-गण-आकरः (ratna-gaṇa-ākaraḥ) - a mine of jewels, an abundance of gems

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ratna-gaṇa-ākara

ratna-gaṇa-ākara - a mine of jewels or collections of gems

Compound of 'ratna' (jewel), 'gaṇa' (multitude, collection), and 'ākara' (mine, source).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ratna+gaṇa+ākara)

• ratna – jewel, gem, precious stone
  noun (neuter)
• gaṇa – multitude, collection, troop, host, group
  noun (masculine)
• ākara – mine, source, origin, collection
  noun (masculine)
  From ā-√kṛ (to collect, bring near)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

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