योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-76, verse-8

पश्यास्मिन्प्रसृता राम वीचयश्चारुचञ्चलाः ।
इमा मुग्धाङ्गनानाम्न्यः शिखराकर्षणक्षमाः ॥ ८ ॥

paśyāsminprasṛtā rāma vīcayaścārucañcalāḥ ,
imā mugdhāṅganānāmnyaḥ śikharākarṣaṇakṣamāḥ 8

8. paśya asmin prasṛtāḥ rāma vīcayaḥ cārucañcalāḥ
imāḥ mugdhāṅganānāmnyaḥ śikharākarṣaṇakṣamāḥ

8. rāma paśya asmin prasṛtāḥ cārucañcalāḥ imāḥ
vīcayaḥ mugdhāṅganānāmnyaḥ śikharākarṣaṇakṣamāḥ

8. Look, O Rama, these charmingly restless waves are spread out here. They are named 'charming women', capable of captivating with their attractive top-knots.

Words meanings summery:

• पश्य (paśya) - See! Look!

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this scene/context (in this, on this)

• प्रसृताः (prasṛtāḥ) - spread out, extended, diffused

• राम (rāma) - O Rama!

• वीचयः (vīcayaḥ) - waves, currents, ripples

• चारुचञ्चलाः (cārucañcalāḥ) - charmingly restless, gracefully playful, beautifully unsteady

• इमाः (imāḥ) - these

• मुग्धाङ्गनानाम्न्यः (mugdhāṅganānāmnyaḥ) - named 'charming women', bearing the name of charming women

• शिखराकर्षणक्षमाः (śikharākarṣaṇakṣamāḥ) - capable of captivating with their attractive top-knots/braids (capable of attracting peaks/crests/braids)

Words meanings and morphology

पश्य (paśya) - See! Look!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of dṛś

imperative, 2nd person singular, active voice

From root dṛś (class 1, paśyati). paśya is the thematic stem used in present tense and imperative.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this scene/context (in this, on this)

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Locative singular of idam (this). Can be masculine, feminine, or neuter, depending on the noun it refers to.

Note: Refers to an implied location or context.

प्रसृताः (prasṛtāḥ) - spread out, extended, diffused

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of prasṛta

prasṛta - spread out, extended, diffused

Past Passive Participle

From root sṛ (to move, flow) with prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with vīcayaḥ, imāḥ, mugdhāṅganānāmnyaḥ, śikharākarṣaṇakṣamāḥ.

राम (rāma) - O Rama!

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (a celebrated hero, seventh avatar of Vishnu); pleasing, charming

वीचयः (vīcayaḥ) - waves, currents, ripples

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vīci

vīci - wave, ripple, current; a manner, way

Note: The main subject of the adjectives, identified metaphorically with women.

चारुचञ्चलाः (cārucañcalāḥ) - charmingly restless, gracefully playful, beautifully unsteady

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of cārucañcala

cārucañcala - charmingly restless, gracefully playful

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cāru+cañcala)

• cāru – charming, beautiful, lovely
  adjective (masculine)
• cañcala – restless, unsteady, flickering, playful
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: cal (class 1)

Note: Agrees with vīcayaḥ.

इमाः (imāḥ) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

Nominative plural feminine of idam (this).

Note: Agrees with vīcayaḥ.

मुग्धाङ्गनानाम्न्यः (mugdhāṅganānāmnyaḥ) - named 'charming women', bearing the name of charming women

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of mugdhāṅganānāmnya

mugdhāṅganānāmnya - named 'charming women', bearing the name of charming women

Formed from mugdhāṅganānāman (the name of charming women).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mugdhā+aṅganā+nāman)

• mugdhā – charming, beautiful, innocent, bewildered
  adjective (feminine)
• aṅganā – woman, beautiful woman
  noun (feminine)
• nāman – name, appellation
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with vīcayaḥ.

शिखराकर्षणक्षमाः (śikharākarṣaṇakṣamāḥ) - capable of captivating with their attractive top-knots/braids (capable of attracting peaks/crests/braids)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śikharākarṣaṇakṣama

śikharākarṣaṇakṣama - capable of attracting peaks/crests; capable of captivating with top-knots/braids

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śikhara+ākarṣaṇa+kṣama)

• śikhara – peak, summit, crest (of a wave), top-knot, braid (of hair)
  noun (neuter)
• ākarṣaṇa – attraction, drawing, pulling
  noun (neuter)
  verbal noun
  Derived from root kṛṣ with prefix ā-
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛṣ (class 1)
• kṣama – capable, able, fit
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: kṣam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with vīcayaḥ.

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