योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-46, verse-12

रक्तकण्ठं मानयति रागवानिव कोकिलम् ।
आपूरयति वा कच्चिद्गृहवस्त्रासनार्पणैः ॥ १२ ॥

raktakaṇṭhaṃ mānayati rāgavāniva kokilam ,
āpūrayati vā kaccidgṛhavastrāsanārpaṇaiḥ 12

12. rakta-kaṇṭham mānayati rāga-vān iva kokilam
āpūrayati vā kaccit gṛha-vastra-āsana-arpaṇaiḥ

12. (iha rājā) geya-kriyā-vidam bhavantam
rāgavān kokilam iva rakta-kaṇṭham
mānayati kaccit? vā
gṛha-vastra-āsana-arpaṇaiḥ āpūrayati kaccit?

12. ...as a passionate person honors a red-throated cuckoo? Or does he perhaps satisfy you with offerings of houses, clothes, and seats?

12. האם הוא מוקיר את קולך הערב כפי שחובב מוזיקה מוקיר את הקוקייה? האם הוא מעניק לך בית, בגדים ומושב מכובד?

Words meanings summery:

• रक्त-कण्ठम् (rakta-kaṇṭham) - melodious-voiced, referring to the cuckoo and implicitly to the parrot king's singing skill (red-throated, melodious-voiced)

• मानयति (mānayati) - honors, respects, esteems

• राग-वान् (rāga-vān) - a person who is enamored by music/song (passionate, loving, desirous)

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• कोकिलम् (kokilam) - cuckoo

• आपूरयति (āpūrayati) - fills, satisfies, bestows abundantly

• वा (vā) - or, either

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - an interrogative particle implying hope or expectation (I hope that..., Is it that...?)

• गृह-वस्त्र-आसन-अर्पणैः (gṛha-vastra-āsana-arpaṇaiḥ) - with offerings of houses, clothes, and seats

Words meanings and morphology

रक्त-कण्ठम् (rakta-kaṇṭham) - melodious-voiced, referring to the cuckoo and implicitly to the parrot king's singing skill (red-throated, melodious-voiced)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rakta-kaṇṭha

rakta-kaṇṭha - red-throated, sweet-voiced (for birds), having a red neck

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (rakta+kaṇṭha)

• rakta – red, dyed, colored, passionate
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root rañj (to color, dye)
  Root: rañj (class 1)
• kaṇṭha – throat, neck, voice
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'kokilam', and by extension, refers to the parrot king's voice.

मानयति (mānayati) - honors, respects, esteems

(verb)

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

Causative stem

Derived from root man (to think, believe) with a causative suffix

Root: man (class 4)

राग-वान् (rāga-vān) - a person who is enamored by music/song (passionate, loving, desirous)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāga-vat

rāga-vat - possessing passion, loving, desirous, enamored

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (rāga+vat)

• rāga – color, hue, passion, love, melodic mode
  noun (masculine)
  From root rañj (to color, be red, to be affected with passion)
  Root: rañj (class 1)
• vat – possessing, having (suffix)
  suffix
  Possessive suffix

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

कोकिलम् (kokilam) - cuckoo

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kokila

kokila - cuckoo (a bird known for its melodious voice)

आपूरयति (āpūrayati) - fills, satisfies, bestows abundantly

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of ā-pūray

Causative stem

Derived from root pṝ (to fill) with causative suffix

Prefix: ā

Root: pṝ (class 9)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

कच्चित् (kaccit) - an interrogative particle implying hope or expectation (I hope that..., Is it that...?)

(indeclinable)

गृह-वस्त्र-आसन-अर्पणैः (gṛha-vastra-āsana-arpaṇaiḥ) - with offerings of houses, clothes, and seats

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of gṛha-vastra-āsana-arpaṇa

gṛha-vastra-āsana-arpaṇa - offering of house, clothes, and seat

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (gṛha+vastra+āsana+arpaṇa)

• gṛha – house, home, dwelling
  noun (neuter)
• vastra – cloth, garment, clothing
  noun (neuter)
• āsana – seat, sitting, posture
  noun (neuter)
• arpaṇa – offering, presenting, giving
  noun (neuter)
  From root ṛ (to go) with causative suffix and prefix a-
  Prefix: ā
  Root: ṛ (class 3)

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