योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-61, verse-9

स बभूव परं मित्रं सुरघो रघुनन्दन ।
नन्दनोद्यानसंस्थस्य मदनस्येव माधवः ॥ ९ ॥

sa babhūva paraṃ mitraṃ suragho raghunandana ,
nandanodyānasaṃsthasya madanasyeva mādhavaḥ 9

9. saḥ babhūva param mitram suraghoḥ raghunandana
nandanodyānasaṃsthasya madanasya eva mādhavaḥ

9. raghunandana saḥ suraghoḥ param mitram babhūva
nandanodyānasaṃsthasya madanasya eva mādhavaḥ

9. O Rāghunandana, he (Parigha) became a most excellent friend to Suraghu, just as the spring season (mādhava) is to Madana (the god of love) dwelling in the Nandana garden.

9. הוא היה חברו הקרוב של סוּרַגְהוּ, הוי רָאמָה, ממש כפי שהאביב הוא חברו של אל ההנאה והאהבה בגן השמימי.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - He (Parigha) (he, that (masculine))

• बभूव (babhūva) - he became, he was

• परम् (param) - most excellent (supreme, excellent, highest)

• मित्रम् (mitram) - friend, alliance, sun

• सुरघोः (suraghoḥ) - of Suraghu

• रघुनन्दन (raghunandana) - O Rāma (O descendent of Raghu, O delight of the Raghus)

• नन्दनोद्यानसंस्थस्य (nandanodyānasaṁsthasya) - of Madana, who is situated in the Nandana garden (of the one situated in the Nandana garden)

• मदनस्य (madanasya) - of Madana, of the god of love

• एव (eva) - just as (part of the simile) (indeed, just as, only, like)

• माधवः (mādhavaḥ) - the spring season (Mādhava, the spring season, a bee, Viṣṇu, Kṛṣṇa)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - He (Parigha) (he, that (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

बभूव (babhūva) - he became, he was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of √bhū

Perfect Active

Third person singular, Perfect tense, Active voice

Root: √bhū (class 1)

परम् (param) - most excellent (supreme, excellent, highest)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, excellent, other, ultimate

Note: Here used as an adjective modifying 'mitram'.

मित्रम् (mitram) - friend, alliance, sun

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mitra

mitra - friend, companion, alliance, sun

सुरघोः (suraghoḥ) - of Suraghu

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of suraghu

suraghu - Suraghu (a proper name)

रघुनन्दन (raghunandana) - O Rāma (O descendent of Raghu, O delight of the Raghus)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of raghunandana

raghunandana - delight of the Raghus, descendent of Raghu (an epithet for Rāma)

Compound: Raghu (proper noun) + nandana (delight, son).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (raghu+nandana)

• raghu – Raghu (name of an ancient king, ancestor of Rāma)
  proper noun (masculine)
• nandana – delight, joy, son, foster-child
  noun (masculine)
  From root √nand (to rejoice).
  Root: √nand (class 1)

नन्दनोद्यानसंस्थस्य (nandanodyānasaṁsthasya) - of Madana, who is situated in the Nandana garden (of the one situated in the Nandana garden)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nandanodyānasaṃstha

nandanodyānasaṁstha - dwelling in the Nandana garden

Bahuvrihi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nandana+udyāna+saṃstha)

• nandana – Nandana (name of Indra's celestial garden); delighting
  proper noun (neuter)
• udyāna – garden, park
  noun (neuter)
  From prefix ut- and root √yam, meaning 'to go out, to raise'.
  Prefix: ut
  Root: √yam (class 1)
• saṃstha – standing, existing, situated, abiding
  adjective (masculine)
  From prefix sam- and root √sthā (to stand) + a suffix. Means 'being in, belonging to'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: √sthā (class 1)

Note: Declines like a noun.

मदनस्य (madanasya) - of Madana, of the god of love

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of madana

madana - intoxication, passion, god of love (Kāmadeva)

From root √mad (to be intoxicated, delighted).

Root: √mad (class 4)

एव (eva) - just as (part of the simile) (indeed, just as, only, like)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle, also used for comparison.

माधवः (mādhavaḥ) - the spring season (Mādhava, the spring season, a bee, Viṣṇu, Kṛṣṇa)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mādhava

mādhava - pertaining to spring, spring season, a bee, a name of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa

From madhu (honey, spring) + aṇ suffix.

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