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.

34. אחרות, שמחות ממשתה המשקה המשכר, שרו בקול שהרעיד את ההרים והמערות, כמו שאגת מים המהדהדת במעמקי חלל היקום.

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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