योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-65, verse-16

अभ्रनीलांशुकच्छन्ना मूकरत्नविभूषणाः ।
शिलाः कनकसुन्दर्यो यत्र श्रृङ्गाभिसारिकाः ॥ १६ ॥

abhranīlāṃśukacchannā mūkaratnavibhūṣaṇāḥ ,
śilāḥ kanakasundaryo yatra śrṛṅgābhisārikāḥ 16

16. abhranīlāṃśukacchannāḥ mūkaratnavibhūṣaṇāḥ
śilāḥ kanakasundaryaḥ yatra śṛṅgābhisārikāḥ

16. yatra śilāḥ kanakasundaryaḥ abhranīlāṃśukacchannāḥ
mūkaratnavibhūṣaṇāḥ śṛṅgābhisārikāḥ

16. Where the rocks, like golden beauties, wearing cloud-blue raiment and adorned with silent jewels, appeared as women venturing to meet their lovers on the peaks.

Words meanings summery:

• अभ्रनीलांशुकच्छन्नाः (abhranīlāṁśukacchannāḥ) - covered with cloud-blue garments

• मूकरत्नविभूषणाः (mūkaratnavibhūṣaṇāḥ) - adorned with silent jewels

• शिलाः (śilāḥ) - rocks, stones

• कनकसुन्दर्यः (kanakasundaryaḥ) - golden beauties

• यत्र (yatra) - where

• शृङ्गाभिसारिकाः (śṛṅgābhisārikāḥ) - women going to meet their lovers on the peaks

Words meanings and morphology

अभ्रनीलांशुकच्छन्नाः (abhranīlāṁśukacchannāḥ) - covered with cloud-blue garments

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of abhranīlāṃśukacchannā

abhranīlāṁśukacchannā - covered with garments blue like clouds

Compound type : tatpurusha (abhra+nīla+aṃśuka+channā)

• abhra – cloud, sky
  noun (neuter)
• nīla – blue, dark blue
  adjective (masculine)
• aṃśuka – garment, cloth
  noun (neuter)
• channā – covered, veiled
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root chad (to cover).
  Root: chad (class 1)

मूकरत्नविभूषणाः (mūkaratnavibhūṣaṇāḥ) - adorned with silent jewels

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of mūkaratnavibhūṣaṇā

mūkaratnavibhūṣaṇā - adorned with silent jewels

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mūka+ratna+vibhūṣaṇa)

• mūka – silent, mute, dumb
  adjective (masculine)
• ratna – jewel, gem
  noun (neuter)
• vibhūṣaṇa – ornament, adornment
  noun (neuter)

शिलाः (śilāḥ) - rocks, stones

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śilā

śilā - rock, stone, slab

कनकसुन्दर्यः (kanakasundaryaḥ) - golden beauties

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kanakasundarī

kanakasundarī - golden beautiful woman, golden beauty

Compound type : tatpurusha (kanaka+sundarī)

• kanaka – gold
  noun (neuter)
• sundarī – beautiful woman
  noun (feminine)

यत्र (yatra) - where

(indeclinable)

शृङ्गाभिसारिकाः (śṛṅgābhisārikāḥ) - women going to meet their lovers on the peaks

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śṛṅgābhisārikā

śṛṅgābhisārikā - woman going to a secret tryst on a mountain peak

Compound type : tatpurusha (śṛṅga+abhisārikā)

• śṛṅga – peak, horn, summit
  noun (neuter)
• abhisārikā – a woman who goes to a secret meeting with her lover
  noun (feminine)

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