योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-45, verse-29

इयमुद्दामसौगन्ध्यस्वर्गश्रीपुष्पमञ्जरी ।
जगज्जरठवृक्षस्य रजोनरकमूलिनः ॥ २९ ॥

iyamuddāmasaugandhyasvargaśrīpuṣpamañjarī ,
jagajjaraṭhavṛkṣasya rajonarakamūlinaḥ 29

29. iyam uddāmasaugandhyasvargaśrīpuṣpamañjarī
jagajjarathavṛkṣasya rajonarakamūlinaḥ

29. iyam uddāmasaugandhyasvargaśrīpuṣpamañjarī
rajonarakamūlinaḥ jagajjarathavṛkṣasya

29. This (manifestation) is a cluster of flowers endowed with intense fragrance and heavenly glory. It belongs to the ancient world-tree whose roots are the dust and hell (naraka).

Words meanings summery:

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• उद्दामसौगन्ध्यस्वर्गश्रीपुष्पमञ्जरी (uddāmasaugandhyasvargaśrīpuṣpamañjarī) - a cluster of flowers possessing excellent fragrance and heavenly glory

• जगज्जरथवृक्षस्य (jagajjarathavṛkṣasya) - of the ancient world-tree

• रजोनरकमूलिनः (rajonarakamūlinaḥ) - whose roots are the dust and hell

Words meanings and morphology

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

उद्दामसौगन्ध्यस्वर्गश्रीपुष्पमञ्जरी (uddāmasaugandhyasvargaśrīpuṣpamañjarī) - a cluster of flowers possessing excellent fragrance and heavenly glory

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of uddāmasaugandhyasvargaśrīpuṣpamañjarī

uddāmasaugandhyasvargaśrīpuṣpamañjarī - a flower cluster of unrestrained fragrance and heavenly glory

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (uddāma+saugandhya+svarga+śrī+puṣpa+mañjarī)

• uddāma – excellent, unrestrained, excessive, strong
  adjective (masculine)
• saugandhya – fragrance, perfume, sweet scent
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from 'sugandha' (fragrant)
• svarga – heaven, paradise
  noun (masculine)
• śrī – glory, splendor, beauty, prosperity
  noun (feminine)
• puṣpa – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
• mañjarī – cluster, bunch (of flowers), sprout, shoot
  noun (feminine)

जगज्जरथवृक्षस्य (jagajjarathavṛkṣasya) - of the ancient world-tree

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jagajjarathavṛkṣa

jagajjarathavṛkṣa - the old/ancient tree of the world

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (jagat+jaratha+vṛkṣa)

• jagat – world, universe
  noun (neuter)
  Present Active Participle (used as noun)
  From root 'gam' (to go)
  Root: gam
• jaratha – old, aged, decrepit
  adjective (masculine)
• vṛkṣa – tree
  noun (masculine)

रजोनरकमूलिनः (rajonarakamūlinaḥ) - whose roots are the dust and hell

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rajonarakamūlin

rajonarakamūlin - having its roots in dust and hell

Bahuvrīhi compound, describing 'vṛkṣa'

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (rajas+naraka+mūlin)

• rajas – dust, dirt, defilement, passion (a guṇa)
  noun (neuter)
• naraka – hell, infernal region
  noun (masculine)
• mūlin – having roots, rooted, founded
  adjective (masculine)
  From 'mūla' (root) with suffix '-in'

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