योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-58, verse-12

सुरघुर्नाम बलवान्सुरघोरारिदर्पहा ।
अर्कः पराक्रम इव मूर्तिमानिव मारुतः ॥ १२ ॥

suraghurnāma balavānsuraghorāridarpahā ,
arkaḥ parākrama iva mūrtimāniva mārutaḥ 12

12. suraghuḥ nāma balavān suraghora-ari-darpahā
arkaḥ parākramaḥ iva mūrtimān iva mārutaḥ

12. suraghuḥ nāma balavān suraghora-ari-darpahā
[saḥ] parākramaḥ arkaḥ iva mūrtimān mārutaḥ iva

12. His name was Suraghu, a powerful individual who crushed the pride of the gods' terrible enemies. He was like the sun in his valor, as if the wind personified.

12. שמו היה סוּרָאגְהוּ, שליט עוצמתי המכניע את גאוות אויביו האכזרים, זהור כשמש בעוז רוחו וכמו הרוח הפיזית הלובשת דמות.

Words meanings summery:

• सुरघुः (suraghuḥ) - The name of the king being described. (Suraghu (a proper name))

• नाम (nāma) - by name (name; by name; indeed; certainly)

• बलवान् (balavān) - powerful (mighty, powerful, strong)

• सुरघोर-अरि-दर्पहा (suraghora-ari-darpahā) - who crushed the pride of the gods' terrible enemies (destroyer of the pride of the terrible enemies of the gods)

• अर्कः (arkaḥ) - the sun (sun; ray; plant; praise)

• पराक्रमः (parākramaḥ) - valor, might (valor, might, heroism, strength, prowess)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• मूर्तिमान् (mūrtimān) - personified (embodied, personified, having a form)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

• मारुतः (mārutaḥ) - the wind (wind, air; god of wind)

Words meanings and morphology

सुरघुः (suraghuḥ) - The name of the king being described. (Suraghu (a proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suraghu

suraghu - a proper name, Suraghu

नाम (nāma) - by name (name; by name; indeed; certainly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here as an indeclinable particle meaning 'by name'.

बलवान् (balavān) - powerful (mighty, powerful, strong)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of balavat

balavat - powerful, mighty, strong

Derived from 'bala' (strength) with suffix '-vat'.

Note: Modifies 'Suraghu'.

सुरघोर-अरि-दर्पहा (suraghora-ari-darpahā) - who crushed the pride of the gods' terrible enemies (destroyer of the pride of the terrible enemies of the gods)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suraghora-ari-darpaha

suraghora-ari-darpaha - destroyer of the pride of the terrible enemies of the gods

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sura+ghora+ari+darpa+ha)

• sura – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• ghora – terrible, dreadful, fierce
  adjective
• ari – enemy, foe
  noun (masculine)
• darpa – pride, arrogance, conceit
  noun (masculine)
• ha – destroying, removing, taking away (as a suffix)
  adjective
  Derived from root 'han' (to strike, kill).
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'Suraghu'.

अर्कः (arkaḥ) - the sun (sun; ray; plant; praise)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arka

arka - sun, ray, plant, praise

पराक्रमः (parākramaḥ) - valor, might (valor, might, heroism, strength, prowess)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parākrama

parākrama - valor, might, heroism, strength, prowess

From 'parā' (prefix) + root 'kram' (to step, go).

Prefix: parā

Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Used as a quality for comparison.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

मूर्तिमान् (mūrtimān) - personified (embodied, personified, having a form)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mūrtimat

mūrtimat - embodied, personified, having a form

Derived from 'mūrti' (form, embodiment) with suffix '-mat'.

Note: Modifies 'mārutaḥ' implicitly in the simile.

इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

मारुतः (mārutaḥ) - the wind (wind, air; god of wind)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of māruta

māruta - wind, air, god of wind

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