योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-45, verse-26

नृत्यद्रत्नांशुकच्छन्नमार्गवृक्षलताङ्गनम् ।
आगुल्फाकीर्णकुसुमं चन्दनागुरुसुन्दरम् ॥ २६ ॥

nṛtyadratnāṃśukacchannamārgavṛkṣalatāṅganam ,
āgulphākīrṇakusumaṃ candanāgurusundaram 26

26. nṛtyadrattnāṃśukacchannamārgavṛkṣalatāṅganam
āgulphākīrṇakusumam candanāguruśundaram

26. nṛtyadrattnāṃśukacchannamārgavṛkṣalatāṅganam
āgulphākīrṇakusumam candanāguruśundaram

26. Its roads, trees, creepers, and courtyards were covered by the dancing rays of jewels; it was strewn with flowers up to the ankles; and it was beautiful with sandalwood and aloe wood.

26. שם היו הרחובות, העצים, הגפנים והחצרות מכוסים בבדים משובצי אבנים טובות, פרחים כסו את האדמה עד לגובה הקרסוליים, והעיר כולה בוסמה בניחוח סנדל ואַגוּרוּ.

Words meanings summery:

• नृत्यद्रत्त्नांशुकच्छन्नमार्गवृक्षलताङ्गनम् (nṛtyadrattnāṁśukacchannamārgavṛkṣalatāṅganam) - whose roads, trees, creepers, and courtyards are covered by the dancing rays of jewels

• आगुल्फाकीर्णकुसुमम् (āgulphākīrṇakusumam) - strewn with flowers up to the ankles

• चन्दनागुरुशुन्दरम् (candanāguruśundaram) - beautiful with sandalwood and aloe wood

Words meanings and morphology

नृत्यद्रत्त्नांशुकच्छन्नमार्गवृक्षलताङ्गनम् (nṛtyadrattnāṁśukacchannamārgavṛkṣalatāṅganam) - whose roads, trees, creepers, and courtyards are covered by the dancing rays of jewels

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nṛtyadrattnāṃśukacchannamārgavṛkṣalatāṅgana

nṛtyadrattnāṁśukacchannamārgavṛkṣalatāṅgana - covered with dancing jewel-rays on its paths, trees, creepers, and courtyards

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nṛtyat+ratna+aṃśu+cchanna+mārga+vṛkṣa+latā+aṅgana)

• nṛtyat – dancing
  adjective (neuter)
  present active participle
  from root `nṛt`
  Root: nṛt (class 4)
• ratna – jewel, gem
  noun (neuter)
• aṃśu – ray, beam of light
  noun (masculine)
• cchanna – covered, concealed
  adjective (neuter)
  past passive participle
  from root `chad` (with initial `cch` in compounds)
  Root: chad (class 1)
• mārga – path, road
  noun (masculine)
  Root: mṛg (class 1)
• vṛkṣa – tree
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vṛkṣ (class 1)
• latā – creeper, vine
  noun (feminine)
• aṅgana – courtyard, open space
  noun (neuter)

Note: describes `purīm` (city)

आगुल्फाकीर्णकुसुमम् (āgulphākīrṇakusumam) - strewn with flowers up to the ankles

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āgulphākīrṇakusuma

āgulphākīrṇakusuma - with flowers scattered up to the ankles

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (āgulpha+ākīrṇa+kusuma)

• āgulpha – up to the ankles
  indeclinable
  `ā` (up to) + `gulpha` (ankle)
  Prefix: ā
• ākīrṇa – scattered, strewn
  adjective (neuter)
  past passive participle
  from root `kīr` with prefix `ā`
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kīr (class 6)
• kusuma – flower
  noun (neuter)

Note: describes `purīm` (city)

चन्दनागुरुशुन्दरम् (candanāguruśundaram) - beautiful with sandalwood and aloe wood

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of candanāguruśundara

candanāguruśundara - beautiful with sandalwood and aloe wood

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (candana+aguru+sundara)

• candana – sandalwood
  noun (neuter)
• aguru – aloe wood, agallochum
  noun (neuter)
• sundara – beautiful, handsome
  adjective (neuter)

Note: describes `purīm` (city)

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