योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-77, verse-27

आलोला तां निवेक्ष्यामि बालां भुजलतानुगाम् ।
मृणालहारकुन्देन्दुवृन्दवल्लयभिलाषिणी ॥ २७ ॥

ālolā tāṃ nivekṣyāmi bālāṃ bhujalatānugām ,
mṛṇālahārakundenduvṛndavallayabhilāṣiṇī 27

27. ālolā tām nivekṣyāmi bālām bhujalatānugām
mṛṇālahārakundenduvṛndavallayabhilāṣiṇī

27. ālolā bhujalatānugām
mṛṇālahārakundenduvṛndavallayabhilāṣiṇī tām bālām nivekṣyāmi

27. When will I embrace that swaying young woman, who clings to my creeper-like arms, and who desires clusters of lotus-stalks, garlands, jasmine flowers, and moon-like creepers?

Words meanings summery:

• आलोला (ālolā) - swaying (due to being carried or held, or delicate movements) (trembling, unsteady, swaying, agitated)

• ताम् (tām) - her, that (feminine)

• निवेक्ष्यामि (nivekṣyāmi) - I will embrace (I will cause to enter, I will place, I will embrace)

• बालाम् (bālām) - young woman, girl

• भुजलतानुगाम् (bhujalatānugām) - clinging to my creeper-like arms (implied 'my') (following creeper-like arms, clinging to creeper-like arms)

• मृणालहारकुन्देन्दुवृन्दवल्लयभिलाषिणी (mṛṇālahārakundenduvṛndavallayabhilāṣiṇī) - desiring clusters of lotus-stalks, garlands, jasmine flowers, and moon-like creepers

Words meanings and morphology

आलोला (ālolā) - swaying (due to being carried or held, or delicate movements) (trembling, unsteady, swaying, agitated)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ālolā

ālolā - trembling, unsteady, swaying, agitated (feminine)

From ā-√lul (to swing, sway, agitate).

Prefix: ā

Root: lul

Note: Qualifies 'bālāṃ' as a descriptive epithet.

ताम् (tām) - her, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to the beloved.

निवेक्ष्यामि (nivekṣyāmi) - I will embrace (I will cause to enter, I will place, I will embrace)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of ni-√viś

Future form of the root with prefix 'ni'.

Prefix: ni

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: First person singular future active.

बालाम् (bālām) - young woman, girl

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bālā

bālā - young girl, young woman, juvenile

Feminine of bāla (young, child).

भुजलतानुगाम् (bhujalatānugām) - clinging to my creeper-like arms (implied 'my') (following creeper-like arms, clinging to creeper-like arms)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhujalatānugā

bhujalatānugā - (a woman) following or clinging to creeper-like arms

Bahuvrīhi compound: 'anugā bhujalatā' (following creeper-like arms)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhuja+latā+anugā)

• bhuja – arm, hand
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhuj (class 7)
• latā – creeper, vine
  noun (feminine)
• anugā – following, going after, clinging to (feminine)
  adjective (feminine)
  Agent noun from anu-√gam (to follow).
  Prefix: anu
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'bālāṃ'.

मृणालहारकुन्देन्दुवृन्दवल्लयभिलाषिणी (mṛṇālahārakundenduvṛndavallayabhilāṣiṇī) - desiring clusters of lotus-stalks, garlands, jasmine flowers, and moon-like creepers

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mṛṇālahārakundenduvṛndavallayabhilāṣiṇī

mṛṇālahārakundenduvṛndavallayabhilāṣiṇī - (a woman) desiring collections of lotus stalks, necklaces, jasmine flowers, moon-like objects, and creepers

Agent noun (feminine)

Bahuvrīhi compound, from abhilāṣiṇī (desiring) and a long list of desired objects.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mṛṇāla+hāra+kunda+indu+vṛnda+vallī+abhilāṣiṇī)

• mṛṇāla – lotus stalk, water-lily stalk
  noun (neuter)
• hāra – necklace, garland, string of pearls
  noun (masculine)
  From √hṛ (to seize, carry).
  Root: hṛ
• kunda – jasmine flower, a species of jasmine
  noun (neuter)
• indu – moon, drop, soma
  noun (masculine)
• vṛnda – multitude, host, cluster, collection
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vṛnd
• vallī – creeper, vine, tendril
  noun (feminine)
  Root: val
• abhilāṣiṇī – desiring, longing for, wishing (feminine)
  adjective (feminine)
  Agent noun
  From abhi-√lāṣ (to desire, long for).
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: lāṣ

Note: Qualifies 'bālāṃ'.