योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-48, verse-25

चामरौघा इमे चन्द्रकरसंपिण्डपाण्डुराः ।
स्थिरनिर्झरसंकाशाः काशपुष्पचया इव ॥ २५ ॥

cāmaraughā ime candrakarasaṃpiṇḍapāṇḍurāḥ ,
sthiranirjharasaṃkāśāḥ kāśapuṣpacayā iva 25

25. cāmaraughāḥ ime candrakarasampiṇḍapāṇḍurāḥ
sthiranirjharasaṅkāśāḥ kāśapuṣpacayāḥ iva

25. ime cāmaraughāḥ candrakarasampiṇḍapāṇḍurāḥ
sthiranirjharasaṅkāśāḥ kāśapuṣpacayāḥ iva (santi)

25. These masses of yak-tail whisks are white like accumulated moonbeams, resembling motionless waterfalls, or appearing like heaps of kāśa flowers.

Words meanings summery:

• चामरौघाः (cāmaraughāḥ) - masses of yak-tail whisks, heaps of chowries

• इमे (ime) - these

• चन्द्रकरसम्पिण्डपाण्डुराः (candrakarasampiṇḍapāṇḍurāḥ) - white like accumulated moonbeams

• स्थिरनिर्झरसङ्काशाः (sthiranirjharasaṅkāśāḥ) - resembling fixed waterfalls, like motionless streams

• काशपुष्पचयाः (kāśapuṣpacayāḥ) - heaps of kāśa flowers, piles of kāśa blossoms

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

Words meanings and morphology

चामरौघाः (cāmaraughāḥ) - masses of yak-tail whisks, heaps of chowries

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of cāmaraugha

cāmaraugha - mass/heap of yak-tail whisks (chowries)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cāmara+ogha)

• cāmara – yak-tail whisk, chowrie
  noun (neuter)
• ogha – stream, flood, multitude, mass, heap
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'santi'.

इमे (ime) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Refers to the cāmaraughāḥ.

चन्द्रकरसम्पिण्डपाण्डुराः (candrakarasampiṇḍapāṇḍurāḥ) - white like accumulated moonbeams

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of candrakarasampiṇḍapāṇḍura

candrakarasampiṇḍapāṇḍura - white like accumulated moonbeams

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (candra+kara+sampiṇḍa+pāṇḍura)

• candra – moon
  noun (masculine)
• kara – ray, beam of light, hand
  noun (masculine)
• sampiṇḍa – accumulated, collected, heaped up
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root piṇḍ (to collect) with prefix sam-.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: piṇḍ
• pāṇḍura – white, yellowish-white
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Predicate adjective.

स्थिरनिर्झरसङ्काशाः (sthiranirjharasaṅkāśāḥ) - resembling fixed waterfalls, like motionless streams

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sthiranirjharasaṅkāśa

sthiranirjharasaṅkāśa - resembling fixed waterfalls

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sthira+nirjhara+saṅkāśa)

• sthira – fixed, steady, motionless
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• nirjhara – waterfall, cascade, mountain stream
  noun (masculine)
• saṅkāśa – resembling, like, similar to
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root kāś (to shine) with prefix sam-.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kāś (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective.

काशपुष्पचयाः (kāśapuṣpacayāḥ) - heaps of kāśa flowers, piles of kāśa blossoms

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kāśapuṣpacaya

kāśapuṣpacaya - heap of kāśa flowers

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāśa+puṣpa+caya)

• kāśa – kāśa grass (Saccharum spontaneum), a type of reed with white flowers
  noun (masculine)
• puṣpa – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
• caya – heap, pile, collection, multitude
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root ci (to collect).
  Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Predicate nominative, used with iva.

इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates comparison.

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