योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-65, verse-23

विलासभासनामानौ वृद्धिमाययतुः क्रमात् ।
तौ पित्रोः पल्लवे दीर्घे लतापादपयोरिव ॥ २३ ॥

vilāsabhāsanāmānau vṛddhimāyayatuḥ kramāt ,
tau pitroḥ pallave dīrghe latāpādapayoriva 23

23. vilāsa-bhāsana-nāmānau vṛddhim āyayatuḥ kramāt
| tau pitroḥ pallave dīrghe latā-pādapayoḥ iva

23. vilāsa-bhāsana-nāmānau tau kramāt vṛddhim
āyayatuḥ pitroḥ dīrghe pallave latā-pādapayoḥ iva

23. The two, named Vilāsa and Bhāsana, gradually grew. They were like a creeper and a tree [nurtured] on the extensive care (pallava) of their parents.

Words meanings summery:

• विलास-भासन-नामानौ (vilāsa-bhāsana-nāmānau) - named Vilāsa and Bhāsana

• वृद्धिम् (vṛddhim) - growth, increase, prosperity

• आययतुः (āyayatuḥ) - they both attained, they both reached

• क्रमात् (kramāt) - gradually, successively, in due course

• तौ (tau) - they two, those two

• पित्रोः (pitroḥ) - of the parents, of the two fathers (or mother and father)

• पल्लवे (pallave) - in the care/support (metaphorical) (in the shoot, on the sprout, on the tender leaf, on the branch, in the care/support)

• दीर्घे (dīrghe) - long, extensive, prolonged

• लता-पादपयोः (latā-pādapayoḥ) - of the creeper and the tree

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

विलास-भासन-नामानौ (vilāsa-bhāsana-nāmānau) - named Vilāsa and Bhāsana

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vilāsa-bhāsana-nāman

vilāsa-bhāsana-nāman - having the names Vilāsa and Bhāsana

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vilāsa+bhāsana+nāman)

• vilāsa – play, sport, grace, charm, pleasure
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: las
• bhāsana – shining, illuminating, appearing, splendor
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bhās
• nāman – name, appellation
  noun (neuter)

वृद्धिम् (vṛddhim) - growth, increase, prosperity

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vṛddhi

vṛddhi - growth, increase, prosperity, welfare

Root: vṛdh

आययतुः (āyayatuḥ) - they both attained, they both reached

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, past perfect (liṭ) of ā-yā

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

क्रमात् (kramāt) - gradually, successively, in due course

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially

तौ (tau) - they two, those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

पित्रोः (pitroḥ) - of the parents, of the two fathers (or mother and father)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, parent

पल्लवे (pallave) - in the care/support (metaphorical) (in the shoot, on the sprout, on the tender leaf, on the branch, in the care/support)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of pallava

pallava - sprout, shoot, tender leaf, branch, tip; also care, support (metaphorical)

दीर्घे (dīrghe) - long, extensive, prolonged

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of dīrgha

dīrgha - long, tall, extensive, prolonged, deep

लता-पादपयोः (latā-pādapayoḥ) - of the creeper and the tree

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of latā-pādapa

latā-pādapa - creeper and tree

Compound type : dvandva (latā+pādapa)

• latā – creeper, vine
  noun (feminine)
• pādapa – tree (lit. 'foot-drinker')
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pā

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

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