योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-51, verse-53

बालालोकपरिम्लानां कोमलाशब्दमारुताम् ।
मञ्जरीजटिलोपेतां बालां मालावतीमिव ॥ ५३ ॥

bālālokaparimlānāṃ komalāśabdamārutām ,
mañjarījaṭilopetāṃ bālāṃ mālāvatīmiva 53

53. bālāloka parimlānām komalāśabdamārutām
mañjarījaṭilopetām bālām mālavatīm iva

53. bālāloka parimlānām komalāśabdamārutām
mañjarījaṭilopetām bālām mālavatīm iva

53. Like a young Malavati creeper, somewhat faded by the gentle light, possessing softly murmuring breezes, and adorned with dense clusters of blossoms.

53. היא הייתה עטופה באור שחר רך, מלטפת ברוח חרישית, ומעוטרת במקבצי פרחים כמו נערה עוטה עדי.

Words meanings summery:

• बालालोक (bālāloka) - young light, tender radiance

• परिम्लानाम् (parimlānām) - faded, delicate (withered, faded, languid, exhausted)

• कोमलाशब्दमारुताम् (komalāśabdamārutām) - having soft murmuring winds

• मञ्जरीजटिलोपेताम् (mañjarījaṭilopetām) - adorned with dense clusters of blossoms, accompanied by entangled flower spikes

• बालाम् (bālām) - tender creeper (young girl, young woman, tender creeper)

• मालवतीम् (mālavatīm) - Malavati creeper (Malavati (a proper name or a type of creeper), possessing garlands)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

बालालोक (bālāloka) - young light, tender radiance

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bālāloka

bālāloka - young light, tender radiance

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bāla+āloka)

• bāla – young, tender, new, fresh
  adjective
• āloka – light, sight, radiance, appearance
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adjective modifying an implied feminine noun like 'creeper' or 'cave'.

परिम्लानाम् (parimlānām) - faded, delicate (withered, faded, languid, exhausted)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of parimlāna

parimlāna - withered, faded, languid, exhausted

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √mlai (to fade, wither) with prefix pari-.

Prefix: pari

Root: mlai

कोमलाशब्दमारुताम् (komalāśabdamārutām) - having soft murmuring winds

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of komalāśabdamāruta

komalāśabdamāruta - having soft murmuring winds

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (komala+āśabda+māruta)

• komala – soft, tender, delicate
  adjective
• āśabda – sound, murmur, noise
  noun (masculine)
• māruta – wind, air, breeze
  noun (masculine)

मञ्जरीजटिलोपेताम् (mañjarījaṭilopetām) - adorned with dense clusters of blossoms, accompanied by entangled flower spikes

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mañjarījaṭilopeta

mañjarījaṭilopeta - adorned with, or full of, entangled clusters of blossoms

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mañjarī+jaṭila+upeta)

• mañjarī – cluster of blossoms, spike, sprout
  noun (feminine)
• jaṭila – matted, entangled, complicated, dense
  adjective
• upeta – endowed with, accompanied by, possessed of
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √i (to go) with prefix upa-.
  Prefix: upa
  Root: i

बालाम् (bālām) - tender creeper (young girl, young woman, tender creeper)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bālā

bālā - young girl, young woman, tender creeper, a species of plant

मालवतीम् (mālavatīm) - Malavati creeper (Malavati (a proper name or a type of creeper), possessing garlands)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mālavatī

mālavatī - a female name; a creeper (Jasminum grandiflorum); possessing garlands

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

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