योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-85, verse-26

तारकाकारकुमुदं सूर्यांशुकवदाकृति ।
वीतहव्यो ममज्जाशु सरस्युद्भिन्नपङ्कजे ॥ २६ ॥

tārakākārakumudaṃ sūryāṃśukavadākṛti ,
vītahavyo mamajjāśu sarasyudbhinnapaṅkaje 26

26. tārakākārakumudam sūryāṁśukavadākṛti
vītahavyaḥ mamajja āśu sarasi udbhinnapaṅkaje

26. vītahavyaḥ āśu,
tārakākārakumudam sūryāṁśukavadākṛti udbhinnapaṅkaje sarasi mamajja

26. Vītahavya quickly plunged into the lake (saras) where lotuses (paṅkaja) had bloomed, a lake whose water lilies (kumuda) resembled stars and whose form shone like sunbeams.

Words meanings summery:

• तारकाकारकुमुदम् (tārakākārakumudam) - Describing the lake as having water lilies resembling stars. (having water lilies like stars in appearance)

• सूर्यांशुकवदाकृति (sūryāṁśukavadākṛti) - Describing the lake as having an appearance like sunbeams. (whose appearance is like sunbeams)

• वीतहव्यः (vītahavyaḥ) - Vītahavya (Proper Name)

• ममज्ज (mamajja) - he plunged, he sank

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

• सरसि (sarasi) - in the lake, in the pond

• उद्भिन्नपङ्कजे (udbhinnapaṅkaje) - Describing the lake as having blooming lotuses. (where lotuses have bloomed, with blooming lotuses)

Words meanings and morphology

तारकाकारकुमुदम् (tārakākārakumudam) - Describing the lake as having water lilies resembling stars. (having water lilies like stars in appearance)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tārakākārakumuda

tārakākārakumuda - having water lilies (kumuda) in the form of stars (tārakā-ākāra)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (tārakā+ākāra+kumuda)

• tārakā – star, pupil of the eye
  noun (feminine)
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance, resemblance
  noun (masculine)
• kumuda – water lily (Nymphaea esculenta), white lotus
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used here as a predicate adjective describing 'saras'.

सूर्यांशुकवदाकृति (sūryāṁśukavadākṛti) - Describing the lake as having an appearance like sunbeams. (whose appearance is like sunbeams)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sūryāṁśukavadākṛti

sūryāṁśukavadākṛti - having an appearance (ākṛti) like sunbeams (sūryāṁśuka)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sūryāṁśuka+vat+ākṛti)

• sūryāṁśuka – sunbeam
  noun (masculine)
• vat – like, similar to (suffix forming adjectives or adverbs)
  indeclinable
  Taddhita suffix 'vat'.
• ākṛti – form, shape, appearance, figure
  noun (feminine)

Note: Used here as a predicate adjective describing 'saras'.

वीतहव्यः (vītahavyaḥ) - Vītahavya (Proper Name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vītahavya

vītahavya - Vītahavya (name of a sage, literally 'one whose oblation has departed')

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vīta+havya)

• vīta – departed, gone, passed away
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'i' (to go) with prefix 'vi'.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: i (class 2)
• havya – oblation, sacrificial offering
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  From root 'hu' (to offer oblation).
  Root: hu (class 3)

ममज्ज (mamajja) - he plunged, he sank

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of majj

Perfect Active

Perfect 3rd person singular, active voice. Root 'majj'.

Root: majj (class 1)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

(indeclinable)

सरसि (sarasi) - in the lake, in the pond

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of saras

saras - lake, pond, pool; water

उद्भिन्नपङ्कजे (udbhinnapaṅkaje) - Describing the lake as having blooming lotuses. (where lotuses have bloomed, with blooming lotuses)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of udbhinnapaṅkaja

udbhinnapaṅkaja - having blooming lotuses

Compound type : bahuvrihi (udbhinna+paṅkaja)

• udbhinna – burst open, bloomed, sprouted
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'bhid' (to split, break) with prefix 'ud'.
  Prefix: ud
  Root: bhid (class 7)
• paṅkaja – lotus (literally 'mud-born')
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Previous Verse Next Verse