योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-18, verse-34

अन्या जगुर्ध्वनच्छैलग्रहमापानतोषिताः ।
वारीव रववद्रञ्जज्जगन्मण्डलकोटरे ॥ ३४ ॥

anyā jagurdhvanacchailagrahamāpānatoṣitāḥ ,
vārīva ravavadrañjajjaganmaṇḍalakoṭare 34

34. anyā jaguḥ dhvanatśailagraham āpānatoṣitāḥ |
vārī iva ravavat rañjat jaganmaṇḍalakoṭare ||

34. anyāḥ āpānatoṣitāḥ dhvanatśailagraham jaguḥ
vārī iva ravavat rañjat jaganmaṇḍalakoṭare

34. Other women, pleased by their drinking session (āpāna), sang, making the mountains reverberate completely; their voices, like water, filled with sound (ravavat), delighting the hollow of the entire world.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्या (anyā) - other (apsaras) (others, other women)

• जगुः (jaguḥ) - sang

• ध्वनत्शैलग्रहम् (dhvanatśailagraham) - causing the mountains to resound completely, making the mountains reverberate

• आपानतोषिताः (āpānatoṣitāḥ) - satisfied by a drinking bout, pleased by drinking

• वारी (vārī) - water

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• रववत् (ravavat) - with sound, noisy, resounding

• रञ्जत् (rañjat) - delighting (the world) (delighting, charming, coloring)

• जगन्मण्डलकोटरे (jaganmaṇḍalakoṭare) - in the hollow/cavity of the world-orb

Words meanings and morphology

अन्या (anyā) - other (apsaras) (others, other women)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of anya

anya - other, another

Note: Subject of `jaguḥ`.

जगुः (jaguḥ) - sang

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of gai

Perfect active

Root `gai` (to sing, class 1).

Root: gai (class 1)

ध्वनत्शैलग्रहम् (dhvanatśailagraham) - causing the mountains to resound completely, making the mountains reverberate

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhvanatśailagraha

dhvanatśailagraha - making the mountains resound fully, reverberating through mountains

Bahuvrīhi compound describing the action of sound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dhvanat+śaila+graha)

• dhvanat – resounding, making noise, causing to resound
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  From root `dhvan` (to sound).
  Root: dhvan (class 1)
• śaila – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from `śilā` (rock).
• graha – grasping, seizing, holding, planet
  noun (masculine)
  From root `grah` (to seize, take).
  Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Functions adverbially.

आपानतोषिताः (āpānatoṣitāḥ) - satisfied by a drinking bout, pleased by drinking

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of āpānatoṣita

āpānatoṣita - satisfied/pleased by a drinking session

Past Passive Participle (for `toṣita`)

Tatpuruṣa compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āpāna+toṣita)

• āpāna – drinking, drinking bout, carousal, feast
  noun (neuter)
  From root `pā` (to drink) with `ā`.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: pā (class 1)
• toṣita – pleased, satisfied, gladdened
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `tuṣ` (to be pleased, satisfied), causative `toṣayati`.
  Root: tuṣ (class 4)

Note: Qualifies `anyāḥ`.

वारी (vārī) - water

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāri

vāri - water

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Used in comparison with `iva`.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

रववत् (ravavat) - with sound, noisy, resounding

(adjective)

singular of ravavat

ravavat - possessing sound, noisy, reverberating

Derived from `rava` (sound) + possessive suffix `vat`.

Note: Adverbial.

रञ्जत् (rañjat) - delighting (the world) (delighting, charming, coloring)

(adjective)

singular of rañjat

rañjat - delighting, charming, coloring, exciting

Present Active Participle

From root `rañj` (to be colored, to be pleased, to delight).

Root: rañj (class 1)

Note: Adverbial.

जगन्मण्डलकोटरे (jaganmaṇḍalakoṭare) - in the hollow/cavity of the world-orb

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jaganmaṇḍalakoṭara

jaganmaṇḍalakoṭara - the cavity/hollow of the world's sphere/region

Tatpuruṣa compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jagat+maṇḍala+koṭara)

• jagat – world, universe, moving
  noun (neuter)
  Root `gam` (to go) + `kvip`.
  Root: gam (class 1)
• maṇḍala – circle, orb, region, disk
  noun (neuter)
  Root: maṇḍ (class 1)
• koṭara – hollow, cavity, hole (especially of a tree)
  noun (neuter)

Note: Locative of place.

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