योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-58, verse-8

यो लतावृक्षगुल्मौघवापीहृदनदीनदैः ।
मृगैर्मृगगणैर्भूतैर्ब्रह्माण्डवदिवावृतः ॥ ८ ॥

yo latāvṛkṣagulmaughavāpīhṛdanadīnadaiḥ ,
mṛgairmṛgagaṇairbhūtairbrahmāṇḍavadivāvṛtaḥ 8

8. yaḥ latāvṛkṣagulmaughavāpīhṛdanadīnadaiḥ mṛgaiḥ
mṛgagaṇaiḥ bhūtaiḥ brahmāṇḍavat iva āvṛtaḥ

8. yaḥ latāvṛkṣagulmaughavāpīhṛdanadīnadaiḥ mṛgaiḥ
mṛgagaṇaiḥ bhūtaiḥ brahmāṇḍavat iva āvṛtaḥ

8. He who is enveloped, as if by a universe (brahmāṇḍa), with its vast array of creepers, trees, bushes, ponds, lakes, rivers, and streams, and by deer, herds of animals, and other living beings.

8. הר העטוף בשפע מטפסים, עצים, שיחים, בריכות, אגמים ונהרות, וכן בחיות בר, עדרי צבאים ויצורים, בדומה ליקום כולו.

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• लतावृक्षगुल्मौघवापीहृदनदीनदैः (latāvṛkṣagulmaughavāpīhṛdanadīnadaiḥ) - by masses of creepers, trees, bushes, ponds, lakes, rivers, and streams

• मृगैः (mṛgaiḥ) - by deer, by wild animals

• मृगगणैः (mṛgagaṇaiḥ) - by herds of deer, by groups of animals

• भूतैः (bhūtaiḥ) - by beings, by living creatures, by elements

• ब्रह्माण्डवत् (brahmāṇḍavat) - like the cosmic egg/universe (brahmāṇḍa) (like the universe, universally)

• इव (iva) - as if, like, resembling

• आवृतः (āvṛtaḥ) - surrounded, covered, enveloped

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

लतावृक्षगुल्मौघवापीहृदनदीनदैः (latāvṛkṣagulmaughavāpīhṛdanadīnadaiḥ) - by masses of creepers, trees, bushes, ponds, lakes, rivers, and streams

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of latāvṛkṣagulmaughavāpīhṛdanadīnada

latāvṛkṣagulmaughavāpīhṛdanadīnada - a mass of creepers, trees, bushes, ponds, lakes, rivers, and streams

Compound type : dvandva (latā+vṛkṣa+gulma+ogha+vāpī+hṛda+nadī+nada)

• latā – creeper, vine
  noun (feminine)
• vṛkṣa – tree
  noun (masculine)
• gulma – bush, shrub
  noun (masculine)
• ogha – flood, mass, multitude, abundance
  noun (masculine)
• vāpī – pond, large well, reservoir
  noun (feminine)
• hṛda – lake, deep pool
  noun (masculine)
• nadī – river
  noun (feminine)
• nada – stream, large river (masculine)
  noun (masculine)

मृगैः (mṛgaiḥ) - by deer, by wild animals

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal

मृगगणैः (mṛgagaṇaiḥ) - by herds of deer, by groups of animals

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mṛgagaṇa

mṛgagaṇa - herd of deer, group of animals

Compound type : tatpurusha (mṛga+gaṇa)

• mṛga – deer, wild animal
  noun (masculine)
• gaṇa – group, troop, herd
  noun (masculine)

भूतैः (bhūtaiḥ) - by beings, by living creatures, by elements

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element

Past Passive Participle

derived from root bhū (to be, to exist)

Root: bhū (class 1)

ब्रह्माण्डवत् (brahmāṇḍavat) - like the cosmic egg/universe (brahmāṇḍa) (like the universe, universally)

(indeclinable)

formed with the suffix -vat, indicating similarity

Compound type : tatpurusha (brahmāṇḍa+vat)

• brahmāṇḍa – Brahma's egg, the universe, the cosmos
  noun (neuter)
• vat – like, as, similar to
  indeclinable
  indeclinable suffix denoting similarity

इव (iva) - as if, like, resembling

(indeclinable)

आवृतः (āvṛtaḥ) - surrounded, covered, enveloped

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āvṛta

āvṛta - covered, surrounded, enveloped, concealed

Past Passive Participle

derived from root vṛ with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛ (class 5)

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