योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-7, verse-4

क्रव्यादगृध्रगोमायुकौलेयकवलाङ्गिकाः ।
स्त्रियः समुपमीयन्ते चन्द्रचन्दनपङ्कजैः ॥ ४ ॥

kravyādagṛdhragomāyukauleyakavalāṅgikāḥ ,
striyaḥ samupamīyante candracandanapaṅkajaiḥ 4

4. kravyādagṛdhragomāyukauleyakavalāṅgikāḥ
striyaḥ samupamīyante candracandanapaṅkajaiḥ

4. Women, whose bodily forms are (mere) mouthfuls for flesh-eaters, vultures, jackals, and dogs, are (nonetheless) compared to the moon, sandalwood, and lotuses.

4. נשים, שאיבריהן אינם אלא מזון לציפורים טורפות, לנשרים, לתנים ולכלבים, מושוות בפי כסילים לירח, לעץ אלגום ולפרחי לוטוס!

Words meanings summery:

• क्रव्यादगृध्रगोमायुकौलेयकवलाङ्गिकाः (kravyādagṛdhragomāyukauleyakavalāṅgikāḥ) - whose bodies are morsels for flesh-eaters, vultures, jackals, and dogs

• स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

• समुपमीयन्ते (samupamīyante) - they are likened (they are compared, they are likened)

• चन्द्रचन्दनपङ्कजैः (candracandanapaṅkajaiḥ) - to the moon, sandalwood, and lotuses (by the moon, sandalwood, and lotuses)

Words meanings and morphology

क्रव्यादगृध्रगोमायुकौलेयकवलाङ्गिकाः (kravyādagṛdhragomāyukauleyakavalāṅgikāḥ) - whose bodies are morsels for flesh-eaters, vultures, jackals, and dogs

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kravyādagṛdhragomāyukauleyakavalāṅgika

kravyādagṛdhragomāyukauleyakavalāṅgika - those whose bodies are mouthfuls for carnivorous animals like vultures, jackals, and dogs

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kravyād+gṛdhra+gomāyu+kauleyaka+kavala+aṅgika)

• kravyād – flesh-eater, carnivorous
  noun (masculine)
  from kravya (raw flesh) + ad (to eat)
  Root: ad (class 2)
• gṛdhra – vulture
  noun (masculine)
  Root: gṛdh (class 4)
• gomāyu – jackal
  noun (masculine)
• kauleyaka – domestic dog
  noun (masculine)
  derived from kula (family) + eyaka
• kavala – mouthful, morsel, piece
  noun (masculine)
• aṅgika – body, limb (often small or delicate), part
  noun (feminine)
  derived from aṅga (limb, body)

स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female

समुपमीयन्ते (samupamīyante) - they are likened (they are compared, they are likened)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of samupamīya

passive verb, present tense

derived from root mā (to measure, compare) with prefixes sam, upa, and causative, then passive form.

Prefixes: sam+upa

Root: mā (class 3)

चन्द्रचन्दनपङ्कजैः (candracandanapaṅkajaiḥ) - to the moon, sandalwood, and lotuses (by the moon, sandalwood, and lotuses)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of candracandanapaṅkaja

candracandanapaṅkaja - moon, sandalwood, and lotus

Compound type : dvandva (candra+candana+paṅkaja)

• candra – moon
  noun (masculine)
  Root: cand (class 1)
• candana – sandalwood
  noun (neuter)
  Root: cand (class 1)
• paṅkaja – lotus (mud-born)
  noun (neuter)
  derived from paṅka (mud) + jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

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