योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-48, verse-24

इमास्ताः कीरकामिन्यः पद्मगर्भोपमत्वचः ।
कनकद्रववर्णिन्यो लोलनीलोत्पलेक्षणाः ॥ २४ ॥

imāstāḥ kīrakāminyaḥ padmagarbhopamatvacaḥ ,
kanakadravavarṇinyo lolanīlotpalekṣaṇāḥ 24

24. imāḥ tāḥ kīrakāminyaḥ padmagarbhopamatvacaḥ
kanakadravavarṇinyaḥ lolanīlotpalekṣaṇāḥ

24. imāḥ tāḥ kīrakāminyaḥ padmagarbhopamatvacaḥ
kanakadravavarṇinyaḥ lolanīlotpalekṣaṇāḥ (santi)

24. These are those charming parrot-like women, whose skin is comparable to the inner part of a lotus, whose complexions possess the color of molten gold, and whose eyes are like restless blue lotuses.

24. אלה הן אותן נשות קִירַה (בני שבט הקירה), שעורן זהוב כמו לבו של הלוטוס ועיניהן כנילופר כחול ורוטט.

Words meanings summery:

• इमाः (imāḥ) - these

• ताः (tāḥ) - those

• कीरकामिन्यः (kīrakāminyaḥ) - parrot-like beautiful women, charming women like parrots

• पद्मगर्भोपमत्वचः (padmagarbhopamatvacaḥ) - whose skin is like the inner part of a lotus

• कनकद्रववर्णिन्यः (kanakadravavarṇinyaḥ) - whose complexions are like molten gold, having the color of liquid gold

• लोलनीलोत्पलेक्षणाः (lolanīlotpalekṣaṇāḥ) - whose eyes are like restless blue lotuses

Words meanings and morphology

इमाः (imāḥ) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

ताः (tāḥ) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, she, they

कीरकामिन्यः (kīrakāminyaḥ) - parrot-like beautiful women, charming women like parrots

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kīrakāminī

kīrakāminī - parrot-like charming woman

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kīra+kāminī)

• kīra – parrot
  noun (masculine)
• kāminī – desirous woman, beautiful woman, lover
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root kam (to desire).
  Root: kam (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative.

पद्मगर्भोपमत्वचः (padmagarbhopamatvacaḥ) - whose skin is like the inner part of a lotus

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of padmagarbhopamatvac

padmagarbhopamatvac - having skin like the inner part of a lotus

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (padma+garbha+upama+tvac)

• padma – lotus
  noun (neuter)
• garbha – womb, interior, inner part
  noun (masculine)
• upama – comparison, resemblance, like
  adjective (feminine)
• tvac – skin, hide
  noun (feminine)

Note: Compound adjective modifying kīrakāminyaḥ.

कनकद्रववर्णिन्यः (kanakadravavarṇinyaḥ) - whose complexions are like molten gold, having the color of liquid gold

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kanakadravavarṇinī

kanakadravavarṇinī - having the color of molten gold

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kanaka+drava+varṇinī)

• kanaka – gold
  noun (neuter)
• drava – liquid, fluid, molten
  noun (masculine)
• varṇinī – having color, describing (feminine form of varṇin)
  adjective (feminine)

Note: Compound adjective modifying kīrakāminyaḥ.

लोलनीलोत्पलेक्षणाः (lolanīlotpalekṣaṇāḥ) - whose eyes are like restless blue lotuses

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of lolanīlotpalekṣaṇā

lolanīlotpalekṣaṇā - having eyes like restless blue lotuses

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (lola+nīla+utpala+īkṣaṇa)

• lola – moving, restless, tremulous
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: lul (class 1)
• nīla – blue, dark blue
  adjective (neuter)
• utpala – blue lotus, water-lily
  noun (neuter)
• īkṣaṇa – eye, looking, seeing
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root īkṣ (to see).
  Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Compound adjective modifying kīrakāminyaḥ.

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