योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-5, chapter-45, verse-38
विचित्रवर्णसौगन्ध्यैः पुष्पैरावलयन्स्त्रियः ।
वनं मधुश्रिय इव तं लोलकरपल्लवाः ॥ ३८ ॥
वनं मधुश्रिय इव तं लोलकरपल्लवाः ॥ ३८ ॥
vicitravarṇasaugandhyaiḥ puṣpairāvalayanstriyaḥ ,
vanaṃ madhuśriya iva taṃ lolakarapallavāḥ 38
vanaṃ madhuśriya iva taṃ lolakarapallavāḥ 38
38.
vicitra-varṇa-saugandhyaiḥ puṣpaiḥ āvalayan striyaḥ
vanam madhu-śriyaḥ iva tam lola-kara-pallavāḥ
vanam madhu-śriyaḥ iva tam lola-kara-pallavāḥ
38.
lola-kara-pallavāḥ striyaḥ vicitra-varṇa-saugandhyaiḥ
puṣpaiḥ tam āvalayan madhu-śriyaḥ vanam iva
puṣpaiḥ tam āvalayan madhu-śriyaḥ vanam iva
38.
The women, with their trembling, tender hands, surrounded him with flowers of diverse colors and fragrances, just as the splendors of spring adorn a forest.
Words meanings summery:
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- विचित्र-वर्ण-सौगन्ध्यैः (vicitra-varṇa-saugandhyaiḥ) - with diverse colors and fragrances
- पुष्पैः (puṣpaiḥ) - with flowers
- आवलयन् (āvalayan) - they surrounded, they encircled, they covered
- स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women
- वनम् (vanam) - forest, grove, wood
- मधु-श्रियः (madhu-śriyaḥ) - the splendors of spring (glories of spring, beauties of spring, prosperity of spring)
- इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)
- तम् (tam) - him (the hero/king) (him, that (masculine))
- लोल-कर-पल्लवाः (lola-kara-pallavāḥ) - having trembling, tender hands (having trembling creeper-like hands, having unsteady sprout-like hands)
Words meanings and morphology
विचित्र-वर्ण-सौगन्ध्यैः (vicitra-varṇa-saugandhyaiḥ) - with diverse colors and fragrances
(adjective)
Instrumental, neuter, plural of vicitra-varṇa-saugandhya
vicitra-varṇa-saugandhya - of diverse colors and fragrances; having diverse colors and fragrances
Compound adjective.
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vicitra+varṇa+saugandhya)
- vicitra – diverse, varied, colorful
adjective - varṇa – color, hue, caste, letter
noun (masculine) - saugandhya – fragrance, perfume, pleasant smell
noun (neuter)
Derived from sugandha (fragrant) with ñya suffix for abstract noun.
Note: Adjective modifying 'puṣpaiḥ'.
पुष्पैः (puṣpaiḥ) - with flowers
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, plural of puṣpa
puṣpa - flower, blossom
Root: puṣ (class 4)
आवलयन् (āvalayan) - they surrounded, they encircled, they covered
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of āvalay
Causative from root val
From root val (to move, to surround) with ā prefix, in causative form valayati.
Prefix: ā
Root: val (class 1)
स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, plural of strī
strī - woman, female
Note: Subject of āvalayan.
वनम् (vanam) - forest, grove, wood
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of vana
vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket
Note: Object of implied adornment in simile.
मधु-श्रियः (madhu-śriyaḥ) - the splendors of spring (glories of spring, beauties of spring, prosperity of spring)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, plural of madhu-śrī
madhu-śrī - glory of spring, beauty of spring, prosperity of honey/spring
Compound noun.
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (madhu+śrī)
- madhu – honey, sweet, spring season
noun (neuter) - śrī – glory, beauty, prosperity, wealth, goddess Lakṣmī
noun (feminine)
Note: Subject of the simile, implicitly performing the action of adorning.
इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)
(indeclinable)
तम् (tam) - him (the hero/king) (him, that (masculine))
(pronoun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
Demonstrative pronoun.
Note: Object of āvalayan.
लोल-कर-पल्लवाः (lola-kara-pallavāḥ) - having trembling, tender hands (having trembling creeper-like hands, having unsteady sprout-like hands)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, plural of lola-kara-pallava
lola-kara-pallava - having unsteady/trembling sprout-like hands
Compound adjective describing striyaḥ.
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (lola+kara+pallava)
- lola – trembling, unsteady, moving
adjective
Root: lul (class 1) - kara – hand, ray, tax
noun (masculine)
Root: kṛ (class 8) - pallava – sprout, young leaf, tendril
noun (masculine)
Note: Adjective agreeing with striyaḥ.