योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-22, verse-3

गौरीसरस्वतीलक्ष्मीगायत्र्याद्यासु भूरिषु ।
मेरुमन्दरकैलासहिमवद्दर्दुरादिषु ॥ ३ ॥

gaurīsarasvatīlakṣmīgāyatryādyāsu bhūriṣu ,
merumandarakailāsahimavaddardurādiṣu 3

3. gaurīsaravatīlakṣmīgāyatryādyāsu bhūriṣu
merumandarakailāsahimavaddardurādiṣu

3. bhūriṣu gaurīsaravatīlakṣmīgāyatryādyāsu
merumandarakailāsahimavaddardurādiṣu

3. Among Gaurī, Sarasvatī, Lakṣmī, Gāyatrī, and many other similar goddesses; and among Meru, Mandara, Kailāsa, Himavat, Dardura, and other such mountains...

Words meanings summery:

• गौरीसरवतीलक्ष्मीगायत्र्याद्यासु (gaurīsaravatīlakṣmīgāyatryādyāsu) - among Gaurī, Sarasvatī, Lakṣmī, Gāyatrī, and others

• भूरिषु (bhūriṣu) - (among) many (goddesses/beings) (among many, in great number)

• मेरुमन्दरकैलासहिमवद्दर्दुरादिषु (merumandarakailāsahimavaddardurādiṣu) - among Meru, Mandara, Kailāsa, Himavat, Dardura, and others (mountains)

Words meanings and morphology

गौरीसरवतीलक्ष्मीगायत्र्याद्यासु (gaurīsaravatīlakṣmīgāyatryādyāsu) - among Gaurī, Sarasvatī, Lakṣmī, Gāyatrī, and others

(proper noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of gaurīsaravatīlakṣmīgāyatryādi

gaurīsaravatīlakṣmīgāyatryādi - Gaurī, Sarasvatī, Lakṣmī, Gāyatrī, etc. (goddesses)

Compound type : dvandva (gaurī+sarasvatī+lakṣmī+gāyatrī+ādi)

• gaurī – Gaurī (a name of Pārvatī)
  proper noun (feminine)
• sarasvatī – Sarasvatī (goddess of knowledge, music, arts)
  proper noun (feminine)
• lakṣmī – Lakṣmī (goddess of wealth, fortune, prosperity)
  proper noun (feminine)
• gāyatrī – Gāyatrī (a Vedic meter, also a goddess, personification of the Gāyatrī mantra)
  proper noun (feminine)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, et cetera, others
  noun (feminine)

Note: Refers to a group of goddesses.

भूरिषु (bhūriṣu) - (among) many (goddesses/beings) (among many, in great number)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, plural of bhūri

bhūri - much, many, abundant, numerous

Note: Can be masculine, feminine or neuter. Here it agrees with the goddesses.

मेरुमन्दरकैलासहिमवद्दर्दुरादिषु (merumandarakailāsahimavaddardurādiṣu) - among Meru, Mandara, Kailāsa, Himavat, Dardura, and others (mountains)

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of merumandarakailāsahimavaddardurādi

merumandarakailāsahimavaddardurādi - Meru, Mandara, Kailāsa, Himavat, Dardura, etc. (mountains)

Compound type : dvandva (meru+mandara+kailāsa+himavat+dardura+ādi)

• meru – Meru (a mythical mountain, center of the universe)
  proper noun (masculine)
• mandara – Mandara (a mythical mountain, used for churning the ocean)
  proper noun (masculine)
• kailāsa – Kailāsa (a sacred mountain, abode of Śiva)
  proper noun (masculine)
• himavat – Himavat (the Himālaya mountains, personified as a king)
  proper noun (masculine)
• dardura – Dardura (a mountain range in South India)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, et cetera, others
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to a group of mountains.

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