योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-48, verse-6

आलिङ्ग्य श्वपचश्यामामिह केसरिचर्मणि ।
सुप्तमापीय मैरेयं तिक्तं गजमदेन च ॥ ६ ॥

āliṅgya śvapacaśyāmāmiha kesaricarmaṇi ,
suptamāpīya maireyaṃ tiktaṃ gajamadena ca 6

6. āliṅgya śvapacacyāmām iha kesaricarmaṇi
suptam āpīya maireyam tiktam gajamadena ca

6. iha kesaricarmaṇi śvapacacyāmām āliṅgya
gajamadena tiktam maireyam āpīya ca suptam

6. Here, having embraced a dark-skinned outcaste woman on a lion's skin, and having consumed Maireya wine made bitter by elephant ichor, one slept.

6. כאן, כשהוא מחבק נערת שְׁוַפָּצָה כהת עור על גבי עור אריה, נרדם לאחר ששתה יין מתוק המעורב בפרשותיהם המרורות של פילים.

Words meanings summery:

• आलिङ्ग्य (āliṅgya) - having embraced, having hugged

• श्वपचच्यामाम् (śvapacacyāmām) - a dark-skinned outcaste woman

• इह (iha) - here, in this place

• केसरिचर्मणि (kesaricarmaṇi) - on a lion's skin

• सुप्तम् (suptam) - slept (impersonally, referring to the act of sleeping after the previous actions) (slept, sleeping, asleep)

• आपीय (āpīya) - having drunk, having consumed

• मैरेयम् (maireyam) - Maireya wine (a type of intoxicating drink)

• तिक्तम् (tiktam) - bitter, pungent

• गजमदेन (gajamadena) - with the intoxicating secretion from an elephant's temples (with elephant ichor, with elephant rut)

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

आलिङ्ग्य (āliṅgya) - having embraced, having hugged

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Absolutive (gerund) formed from the root 'liṅg' with the prefix 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: liṅg (class 1)

श्वपचच्यामाम् (śvapacacyāmām) - a dark-skinned outcaste woman

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śvapacacyāmā

śvapacacyāmā - a dark-skinned woman of the outcaste class

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śvapaca+śyāmā)

• śvapaca – outcaste, dog-cooker
  noun (masculine)
• śyāmā – dark-skinned woman, black woman
  noun (feminine)

इह (iha) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

केसरिचर्मणि (kesaricarmaṇi) - on a lion's skin

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kesaricarmen

kesaricarmen - lion's skin

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kesarin+carman)

• kesarin – lion
  noun (masculine)
• carman – skin, hide, leather
  noun (neuter)

सुप्तम् (suptam) - slept (impersonally, referring to the act of sleeping after the previous actions) (slept, sleeping, asleep)

(participle)

Accusative, neuter, singular of supta

supta - slept, asleep, dormant

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'svap' (to sleep).

Root: svap (class 2)

Note: Used adverbially to denote the state or action of sleeping.

आपीय (āpīya) - having drunk, having consumed

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Absolutive (gerund) formed from the root 'pā' (to drink) with the prefix 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: pā (class 1)

मैरेयम् (maireyam) - Maireya wine (a type of intoxicating drink)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of maireya

maireya - Maireya (a kind of spirituous liquor)

तिक्तम् (tiktam) - bitter, pungent

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tikta

tikta - bitter, pungent, sharp

Note: Adjective modifying 'maireyam'.

गजमदेन (gajamadena) - with the intoxicating secretion from an elephant's temples (with elephant ichor, with elephant rut)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of gajamada

gajamada - elephant's ichor, elephant's rut

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gaja+mada)

• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• mada – ichor, rut, intoxication, pride
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

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