योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-6, verse-40

परिपालयति प्रीता मयूरी वारिदं यथा ।
नेत्रलोलालिनीलोला स्फुरिताधरपल्लवा ॥ ४० ॥

paripālayati prītā mayūrī vāridaṃ yathā ,
netralolālinīlolā sphuritādharapallavā 40

40. prītā mayūrī vāridam yathā paripālayati
netralolālinīlolā sphuritādharapallavā

40. yathā prītā mayūrī vāridam paripālayati
netralolālinīlolā sphuritādharapallavā (nārī)

40. Just as a delighted peahen cherishes a cloud, so too does she whose eyes are restless like swarming bees and whose quivering lower lip is like a tender sprout (cherish her beloved).

Words meanings summery:

• प्रीता (prītā) - delighted, pleased, beloved

• मयूरी (mayūrī) - peahen

• वारिदम् (vāridam) - cloud

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

• परिपालयति (paripālayati) - she protects, she cherishes, she guards

• नेत्रलोलालिनीलोला (netralolālinīlolā) - whose eyes are restless like swarming bees

• स्फुरिताधरपल्लवा (sphuritādharapallavā) - whose quivering lower lip is like a sprout

Words meanings and morphology

प्रीता (prītā) - delighted, pleased, beloved

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prīta

prīta - pleased, delighted, beloved, dear

Past Passive Participle

From root 'prī' (to please, to love) + -ta suffix.

Root: prī (class 9)

Note: Qualifies 'mayūrī'.

मयूरी (mayūrī) - peahen

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mayūrī

mayūrī - peahen

Feminine form of 'mayūra' (peacock).

Note: Subject of 'paripālayati'.

वारिदम् (vāridam) - cloud

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vārida

vārida - cloud (lit. 'water-giver')

Compound of 'vāri' (water) and 'da' (giver).

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (vāri+da)

• vāri – water
  noun (neuter)
• da – giver, bestower
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun suffix
  From root 'dā' (to give) + -a suffix.
  Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Object of 'paripālayati'.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a comparison.

परिपालयति (paripālayati) - she protects, she cherishes, she guards

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of paripālaya

Present Active Third Singular (Causative/Denominative derived from 'pāl')

From prefix 'pari' and root 'pāl' (to protect) in causative form.

Prefix: pari

Root: pāl (class 10)

Note: The action performed by the peahen and implicitly by the woman.

नेत्रलोलालिनीलोला (netralolālinīlolā) - whose eyes are restless like swarming bees

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of netralolālinīlola

netralolālinīlola - whose eyes are restless like swarming bees

Bahuvrīhi compound: 'netra' (eye) + 'lola' (restless) + 'alinī' (female bee, swarm of bees) + 'lola' (restless). Specifically, 'eyes restless like restless bees'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (netra+lola+alinī+lola)

• netra – eye
  noun (neuter)
• lola – restless, unsteady, flickering
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: lul (class 1)
• alinī – female bee, swarm of bees
  noun (feminine)
  Feminine of 'ali' (bee).
• lola – restless, unsteady, flickering
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: lul (class 1)

Note: Qualifies an implied female subject.

स्फुरिताधरपल्लवा (sphuritādharapallavā) - whose quivering lower lip is like a sprout

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sphuritādharapallava

sphuritādharapallava - whose quivering lower lip is like a sprout

Bahuvrīhi compound: 'sphurita' (quivering) + 'adhara' (lower lip) + 'pallava' (sprout, young leaf).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sphurita+adhara+pallava)

• sphurita – trembling, throbbing, quivering
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'sphur' (to throb, to quiver) + -ta suffix.
  Root: sphur (class 6)
• adhara – lower lip, lower part
  noun (masculine)
• pallava – sprout, young shoot, tender leaf
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies an implied female subject.