योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-63, verse-1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
स कदाचिद्ददर्शाथ रुद्रं रुद्रपुरे खगः ।
वैरिञ्चनलिनीनाललीलालाभेन लीलया ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ,
sa kadāciddadarśātha rudraṃ rudrapure khagaḥ ,
vairiñcanalinīnālalīlālābhena līlayā 1

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca saḥ kadācit dadarśa atha rudram
rudrapure khagaḥ vairiñcanalinīnālalīlālābhena līlayā

1. śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ uvāca atha kadācit saḥ khagaḥ rudrapure
rudram vairiñcanalinīnālalīlālābhena līlayā dadarśa

1. Shri Vasishtha said: Then, at one point, that bird saw Rudra in Rudra's city. He did so with the same ease and playfulness as if playfully acquiring a lotus stalk from Brahma's pond.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Shri Vasishtha

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• कदाचित् (kadācit) - once, at some time, sometimes

• ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw, beheld

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

• रुद्रम् (rudram) - Rudra (Shiva)

• रुद्रपुरे (rudrapure) - in Rudra's city

• खगः (khagaḥ) - the crow-sage Bhushunda (bird, one who moves in the sky)

• वैरिञ्चनलिनीनाललीलालाभेन (vairiñcanalinīnālalīlālābhena) - by the playful attainment of a lotus stalk from Brahma's pond

• लीलया (līlayā) - playfully, easily, by means of play

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीवसिष्ठः (śrīvasiṣṭhaḥ) - Shri Vasishtha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīvasiṣṭha

śrīvasiṣṭha - Venerable Vasishtha (name of a sage)

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (śrī+vasiṣṭha)

• śrī – splendor, prosperity, revered
  indeclinable
  Honorific prefix
• vasiṣṭha – Vasishtha (a prominent Vedic sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (Lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कदाचित् (kadācit) - once, at some time, sometimes

(indeclinable)

ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw, beheld

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (Lit) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

(indeclinable)

रुद्रम् (rudram) - Rudra (Shiva)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rudra

rudra - Rudra (a Vedic deity, later identified with Shiva)

रुद्रपुरे (rudrapure) - in Rudra's city

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of rudrapura

rudrapura - city of Rudra

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (rudra+pura)

• rudra – Rudra
  proper noun (masculine)
• pura – city, town, fortress
  noun (neuter)

खगः (khagaḥ) - the crow-sage Bhushunda (bird, one who moves in the sky)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of khaga

khaga - bird, planet, arrow, cloud

Compound type : Upapada Tatpuruṣa (kha+ga)

• kha – sky, ether, space
  noun (neuter)
• ga – going, moving
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun from root 'gam'
  From root 'gam' (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

वैरिञ्चनलिनीनाललीलालाभेन (vairiñcanalinīnālalīlālābhena) - by the playful attainment of a lotus stalk from Brahma's pond

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vairiñcanalinīnālalīlālābha

vairiñcanalinīnālalīlālābha - acquisition/attainment of a lotus stalk from Brahma's pond as if in play

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (complex nested) (vairiñca+nalinī+nāla+līlā+lābha)

• vairiñca – related to Brahma, Brahmic
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from 'virīñca' (Brahma)
• nalinī – lotus pond, lotus flower
  noun (feminine)
• nāla – stalk, stem (of a lotus)
  noun (masculine)
• līlā – play, sport, ease, grace
  noun (feminine)
• lābha – attainment, acquisition, gain
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'labh' (to obtain)
  Root: labh (class 1)

लीलया (līlayā) - playfully, easily, by means of play

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of līlā

līlā - play, sport, pastime, ease

Note: Used adverbially

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