योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-65, verse-3

पुनःपुनरुपायाति जलकल्लोलकारणम् ।
मेघनीलतमःश्यामा संसृतिप्रावृडाकुला ॥ ३ ॥

punaḥpunarupāyāti jalakallolakāraṇam ,
meghanīlatamaḥśyāmā saṃsṛtiprāvṛḍākulā 3

3. punaḥpunaḥ upāyāti jalakallolakāraṇam
meghanīlatamaḥśyāmā saṃsṛtiprāvṛḍākulā

3. meghanīlatamaḥśyāmā saṃsṛtiprāvṛḍākulā
punaḥpunaḥ jalakallolakāraṇam upāyāti

3. The cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra), dark as the deepest blue of a cloud and agitated by its own rainy season, repeatedly manifests as the cause of water waves (i.e., disturbances).

Words meanings summery:

• पुनःपुनः (punaḥpunaḥ) - again and again, repeatedly

• उपायाति (upāyāti) - comes, approaches, manifests, attains

• जलकल्लोलकारणम् (jalakallolakāraṇam) - the cause of water waves, that which causes ripples/disturbances

• मेघनीलतमःश्यामा (meghanīlatamaḥśyāmā) - dark as the deepest blue of a cloud, intensely dark blue like a cloud

• संसृतिप्रावृडाकुला (saṁsṛtiprāvṛḍākulā) - agitated by the rainy season of transmigration (saṃsāra)

Words meanings and morphology

पुनःपुनः (punaḥpunaḥ) - again and again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

Note: Reduplication indicates repetition.

उपायाति (upāyāti) - comes, approaches, manifests, attains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of upāyā

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: yā (class 2)

जलकल्लोलकारणम् (jalakallolakāraṇam) - the cause of water waves, that which causes ripples/disturbances

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jalakallolakāraṇa

jalakallolakāraṇa - the cause of water waves

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jala+kallola+kāraṇa)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• kallola – a large wave, billow, surge
  noun (masculine)
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)

मेघनीलतमःश्यामा (meghanīlatamaḥśyāmā) - dark as the deepest blue of a cloud, intensely dark blue like a cloud

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of meghanīlatamaḥśyāmā

meghanīlatamaḥśyāmā - dark-complexioned like the blue darkness of a cloud

Compound type : tatpuruṣa / karmadhāraya (megha+nīla+tamas+śyāmā)

• megha – cloud
  noun (masculine)
• nīla – blue, dark blue
  adjective (neuter)
• tamas – darkness, gloom, ignorance
  noun (neuter)
• śyāmā – dark-colored, blackish-blue, dark-complexioned (feminine form)
  adjective (feminine)

संसृतिप्रावृडाकुला (saṁsṛtiprāvṛḍākulā) - agitated by the rainy season of transmigration (saṃsāra)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃsṛtiprāvṛḍākulā

saṁsṛtiprāvṛḍākulā - distressed/agitated by the rainy season of saṃsāra

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (saṃsṛti+prāvṛṭ+ākulā)

• saṃsṛti – transmigration, wandering through successive states of existence (saṃsāra)
  noun (feminine)
• prāvṛṭ – rainy season
  noun (feminine)
• ākulā – agitated, distressed, confused, full of
  adjective (feminine)

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