योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-54, verse-49

निद्राव्यपगमे तस्य भावयामास तन्मनः ।
व्योमश्यामलदृग्जन्तुर्नभसीव शिखण्डकान् ॥ ४९ ॥

nidrāvyapagame tasya bhāvayāmāsa tanmanaḥ ,
vyomaśyāmaladṛgjanturnabhasīva śikhaṇḍakān 49

49. nidrā-vyapagame tasya bhāvayāmāsa tat manaḥ
vyoma-śyāmala-dṛg-jantuḥ nabhasi iva śikhaṇḍakān

49. nidrā-vyapagame tasya manaḥ vyoma-śyāmala-dṛg-jantuḥ
nabhasi śikhaṇḍakān iva bhāvayāmāsa

49. When sleep departed from him, his mind began to conjure visions, just as a peacock, with eyes dark like the sky, might perceive other peacocks in the expanse of the heavens.

49. כשתפוגגה השינה, חשיבתו החלה לדמיין דברים, כפי שאדם המביט בשמיים הכהים רואה נוצות טווס בדמיונו.

Words meanings summery:

• निद्रा-व्यपगमे (nidrā-vyapagame) - upon the departure of sleep, at the cessation of sleep

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of him, of that

• भावयामास (bhāvayāmāsa) - he caused to be, he produced, he imagined, he conjured

• तत् (tat) - his own (mind) (that, its, his)

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, thought

• व्योम-श्यामल-दृग्-जन्तुः (vyoma-śyāmala-dṛg-jantuḥ) - a peacock, due to its dark eyes and association with the sky/clouds (a creature whose eyes are dark like the sky)

• नभसि (nabhasi) - in the sky, in the atmosphere, in space

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• शिखण्डकान् (śikhaṇḍakān) - peacocks

Words meanings and morphology

निद्रा-व्यपगमे (nidrā-vyapagame) - upon the departure of sleep, at the cessation of sleep

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of nidrā-vyapagama

nidrā-vyapagama - departure of sleep, cessation of sleep

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nidrā+vyapagama)

• nidrā – sleep, slumber
  noun (feminine)
• vyapagama – departure, cessation, passing away
  noun (masculine)
  From prefix vi + apa + root gam (to go) + suffix a
  Prefixes: vi+apa
  Root: gam (class 1)

तस्य (tasya) - his, of him, of that

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the person whose sleep departed.

भावयामास (bhāvayāmāsa) - he caused to be, he produced, he imagined, he conjured

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of bhāvaya

Causative stem of bhū

From root bhū + causal suffix āp + secondary suffix āmāsa (for perfect tense)

Root: bhū (class 1)

तत् (tat) - his own (mind) (that, its, his)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Functions as a possessive adjective 'his' or 'its own' referring to 'manaḥ'.

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, thought

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, understanding, thought

व्योम-श्यामल-दृग्-जन्तुः (vyoma-śyāmala-dṛg-jantuḥ) - a peacock, due to its dark eyes and association with the sky/clouds (a creature whose eyes are dark like the sky)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyoma-śyāmala-dṛg-jantu

vyoma-śyāmala-dṛg-jantu - creature with eyes dark like the sky

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vyoma+śyāmala+dṛś+jantu)

• vyoma – sky, space, ether
  noun (neuter)
• śyāmala – dark, dark-blue, blackish, dusky
  adjective (masculine)
• dṛś – eye, sight
  noun (feminine)
• jantu – creature, living being, animal
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jan (class 4)

नभसि (nabhasi) - in the sky, in the atmosphere, in space

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of nabhas

nabhas - sky, atmosphere, space, heaven

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

शिखण्डकान् (śikhaṇḍakān) - peacocks

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śikhaṇḍaka

śikhaṇḍaka - peacock, crest

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