योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-47, verse-5

स्मृतस्वरूपोऽथ पदमुद्दध्रे स जलान्तरात् ।
शिशिरान्ते प्रवृत्तास्यं सरोजमिव माधवः ॥ ५ ॥

smṛtasvarūpo'tha padamuddadhre sa jalāntarāt ,
śiśirānte pravṛttāsyaṃ sarojamiva mādhavaḥ 5

5. smṛtasvarūpaḥ atha padam uddadhr`e` saḥ jalāntarāt
śiśirānte pravṛttāsyam sarojam iva mādhavaḥ

5. atha smṛtasvarūpaḥ saḥ mādhavaḥ śiśirānte
pravṛttāsyam sarojam iva jalāntarāt padam uddadhr`e`

5. Having remembered his true nature (svarūpa), he then lifted his foot from within the water, just as a lotus opens its face at the end of winter, and like Mādhava (Viṣṇu in his Boar incarnation) who lifts (the earth from the primordial waters).

5. לאחר שניזכר בטבעו האמיתי, הרים את רגלו ויצא מתוך המים, כמו פרח לוטוס המרים את ראשו בסוף החורף עם בוא האביב.

Words meanings summery:

• स्मृतस्वरूपः (smṛtasvarūpaḥ) - having remembered his own nature/form, one whose nature/form is remembered

• अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

• पदम् (padam) - foot, step, place, word

• उद्दध्र्`ए` (uddadhr`e`) - he lifted, he held up

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• जलान्तरात् (jalāntarāt) - from within the water, from the interior of water

• शिशिरान्ते (śiśirānte) - at the end of winter

• प्रवृत्तास्यम् (pravṛttāsyam) - whose face/mouth is opened/emerged, having an opened face/mouth

• सरोजम् (sarojam) - a lotus

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• माधवः (mādhavaḥ) - Viṣṇu (as the one who lifted the earth, e.g., Varaha avatara) (Viṣṇu, Lord of Lakṣmī; the month of Vaiśākha (Spring))

Words meanings and morphology

स्मृतस्वरूपः (smṛtasvarūpaḥ) - having remembered his own nature/form, one whose nature/form is remembered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of smṛtasvarūpa

smṛtasvarūpa - one whose nature/form is remembered

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (smṛta+svarūpa)

• smṛta – remembered, recollected
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: smṛ (class 1)
• svarūpa – one's own form, true nature, intrinsic nature
  noun (neuter)

अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

(indeclinable)

पदम् (padam) - foot, step, place, word

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pada

pada - foot, step, place, word

उद्दध्र्`ए` (uddadhr`e`) - he lifted, he held up

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, Perfect (Lit) of dhā

Prefix: ud

Root: dhā (class 3)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

जलान्तरात् (jalāntarāt) - from within the water, from the interior of water

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of jalāntara

jalāntara - interior of water

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (jala+antara)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• antara – interior, middle, interval
  noun (neuter)

शिशिरान्ते (śiśirānte) - at the end of winter

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of śiśirānta

śiśirānta - end of winter

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (śiśira+anta)

• śiśira – cold, winter
  noun (masculine)
• anta – end, limit
  noun (masculine)

प्रवृत्तास्यम् (pravṛttāsyam) - whose face/mouth is opened/emerged, having an opened face/mouth

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pravṛttāsya

pravṛttāsya - having an opened face/mouth

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pravṛtta+āsya)

• pravṛtta – arisen, commenced, opened, proceeded
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: pra
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• āsya – mouth, face
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies 'sarojam'.

सरोजम् (sarojam) - a lotus

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saroja

saroja - lotus (born in a lake)

Derived from saras (lake) + ja (born)

Root: jan (class 4)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

माधवः (mādhavaḥ) - Viṣṇu (as the one who lifted the earth, e.g., Varaha avatara) (Viṣṇu, Lord of Lakṣmī; the month of Vaiśākha (Spring))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mādhava

mādhava - Viṣṇu, Spring (month), descendant of Madhu

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