योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-48, verse-7

कौलेयककुटुम्बिन्यः पिण्याकपलवर्धिताः ।
इह बद्धा वरत्राभिर्मृतेभरदकाष्ठके ॥ ७ ॥

kauleyakakuṭumbinyaḥ piṇyākapalavardhitāḥ ,
iha baddhā varatrābhirmṛtebharadakāṣṭhake 7

7. kauleyakakuṭumbinyaḥ piṇyākapalavardhitāḥ
iha baddhāḥ varatrābhiḥ mṛtebharadakāṣṭhake

7. iha piṇyākapalavardhitāḥ kauleyakakuṭumbinyaḥ
varatrābhiḥ mṛtebharadakāṣṭhake baddhāḥ

7. Here, families of she-dogs, nourished on oil-cake and meat, were tied with leather straps to a wooden post for the tusks of dead elephants.

7. כאן היו קשורות הכלבות של משק הבית, שגודלו על גפת שמן ובשר, ברצועות עור אל עמודי עץ בצורת פילים מתים.

Words meanings summery:

• कौलेयककुटुम्बिन्यः (kauleyakakuṭumbinyaḥ) - families of she-dogs, groups of female dogs

• पिण्याकपलवर्धिताः (piṇyākapalavardhitāḥ) - nourished by oil-cake and meat

• इह (iha) - here, in this place

• बद्धाः (baddhāḥ) - tied, bound, fastened

• वरत्राभिः (varatrābhiḥ) - with ropes, with leather straps

• मृतेभरदकाष्ठके (mṛtebharadakāṣṭhake) - on a wooden post used for processing or discarding the tusks of dead elephants (on a wooden post for dead elephant tusks)

Words meanings and morphology

कौलेयककुटुम्बिन्यः (kauleyakakuṭumbinyaḥ) - families of she-dogs, groups of female dogs

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kauleyakakuṭumbinī

kauleyakakuṭumbinī - family of dogs, female dogs in a group

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (kauleyaka+kuṭumbinī)

• kauleyaka – dog
  noun (masculine)
• kuṭumbinī – female householder, mistress, family (collective)
  noun (feminine)

पिण्याकपलवर्धिताः (piṇyākapalavardhitāḥ) - nourished by oil-cake and meat

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, plural of piṇyākapalavardhita

piṇyākapalavardhita - nourished by oil-cake and meat

Past Passive Participle

Compound formed with 'vardhita' (nourished) by 'piṇyāka' (oil-cake) and 'pala' (meat).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi or instrumental tatpuruṣa (piṇyāka+pala+vardhita)

• piṇyāka – oil-cake (residue after pressing oil)
  noun (masculine)
• pala – meat, flesh
  noun (neuter)
• vardhita – nourished, grown, increased
  participle (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root 'vṛdh' (to grow, increase).
  Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying 'kauleyakakuṭumbinyaḥ'.

इह (iha) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

बद्धाः (baddhāḥ) - tied, bound, fastened

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, plural of baddha

baddha - tied, bound, fettered, restrained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'bandh' (to bind).

Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Adjective modifying 'kauleyakakuṭumbinyaḥ'.

वरत्राभिः (varatrābhiḥ) - with ropes, with leather straps

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of varatrā

varatrā - leather strap, thong, rope

मृतेभरदकाष्ठके (mṛtebharadakāṣṭhake) - on a wooden post used for processing or discarding the tusks of dead elephants (on a wooden post for dead elephant tusks)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mṛtebharadakāṣṭhaka

mṛtebharadakāṣṭhaka - wooden post for dead elephant tusks

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛta+ibha+rada+kāṣṭhaka)

• mṛta – dead
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root 'mṛ' (to die).
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• ibha – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• rada – tusk, tooth, tearing
  noun (masculine)
• kāṣṭhaka – wooden post, stake
  noun (neuter)

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