योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-65, verse-12

स्कन्धेषु देवैर्वलितः पादेषु वलितो नरैः ।
पाताले वलितो नागैर्जगद्गृहमिवापरम् ॥ १२ ॥

skandheṣu devairvalitaḥ pādeṣu valito naraiḥ ,
pātāle valito nāgairjagadgṛhamivāparam 12

12. skandheṣu devaiḥ valitaḥ pādeṣu valitaḥ naraiḥ
pātāle valitaḥ nāgaiḥ jagat gṛham iva aparam

12. skandheṣu devaiḥ valitaḥ pādeṣu naraiḥ valitaḥ
pātāle nāgaiḥ valitaḥ aparam jagat gṛham iva

12. On its slopes, it is frequented by gods; at its base, by men; and in the nether regions (pātāla), by Nāgas, as if it were another house for the world.

Words meanings summery:

• स्कन्धेषु (skandheṣu) - on the slopes (of the mountain) (on the shoulders, on the slopes, on the prominent parts)

• देवैः (devaiḥ) - by gods, by divine beings

• वलितः (valitaḥ) - attended or frequented (by gods) (surrounded, encompassed, attended, adorned)

• पादेषु (pādeṣu) - at the base (of the mountain) (on the feet, at the base, at the foot)

• वलितः (valitaḥ) - attended or frequented (by men) (surrounded, encompassed, attended, adorned)

• नरैः (naraiḥ) - by men, by humans

• पाताले (pātāle) - in the nether regions (pātāla) (in the netherworld, in the lower regions)

• वलितः (valitaḥ) - attended or frequented (by Nāgas) (surrounded, encompassed, attended, adorned)

• नागैः (nāgaiḥ) - by the serpents (Nāgas), mythical semi-divine beings associated with water and the netherworld (by Nāgas, by serpents)

• जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

• गृहम् (gṛham) - house, home, abode

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

• अपरम् (aparam) - another, other, second

Words meanings and morphology

स्कन्धेषु (skandheṣu) - on the slopes (of the mountain) (on the shoulders, on the slopes, on the prominent parts)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of skandha

skandha - shoulder, trunk (of a tree), mass, part, section, prominent part, slope of a mountain

देवैः (devaiḥ) - by gods, by divine beings

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

वलितः (valitaḥ) - attended or frequented (by gods) (surrounded, encompassed, attended, adorned)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of valita

valita - surrounded, encompassed, attended, adorned

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root val (to move, to be around)

Root: val (class 1)

पादेषु (pādeṣu) - at the base (of the mountain) (on the feet, at the base, at the foot)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of pāda

pāda - foot, leg, base, root, quarter

वलितः (valitaḥ) - attended or frequented (by men) (surrounded, encompassed, attended, adorned)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of valita

valita - surrounded, encompassed, attended, adorned

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root val (to move, to be around)

Root: val (class 1)

नरैः (naraiḥ) - by men, by humans

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, human, person

पाताले (pātāle) - in the nether regions (pātāla) (in the netherworld, in the lower regions)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pātāla

pātāla - the netherworld, one of the seven regions below the earth

वलितः (valitaḥ) - attended or frequented (by Nāgas) (surrounded, encompassed, attended, adorned)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of valita

valita - surrounded, encompassed, attended, adorned

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root val (to move, to be around)

Root: val (class 1)

नागैः (nāgaiḥ) - by the serpents (Nāgas), mythical semi-divine beings associated with water and the netherworld (by Nāgas, by serpents)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nāga

nāga - serpent, snake, a mythical semi-divine being with a human face and a serpent body (Nāga)

जगत् (jagat) - world, universe

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, living beings, moving

गृहम् (gṛham) - house, home, abode

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gṛha

gṛha - house, home, abode

इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

(indeclinable)

अपरम् (aparam) - another, other, second

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of apara

apara - other, another, subsequent, inferior, western

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