योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-8, verse-16

नीलाकाशतमालाङ्गसंश्रयेणोन्नतिं गता ।
रोदसीजानुसुस्तम्भा भुवनोद्यानभूषिता ॥ १६ ॥

nīlākāśatamālāṅgasaṃśrayeṇonnatiṃ gatā ,
rodasījānusustambhā bhuvanodyānabhūṣitā 16

16. nīlākāśatamālāṅgasaṃśrayeṇa unnatiṃ gatā
rodasījānusustambhā bhuvanodyānabhūṣitā

16. nīlākāśatamālāṅgasaṃśrayeṇa unnatiṃ gatā
rodasījānusustambhā bhuvanodyānabhūṣitā

16. She achieved elevation by relying on her body, which resembles a dark tamāla tree against the blue sky. Her excellent pillars are the knees of heaven and earth, and she is adorned by the garden of the worlds.

16. היא מטפסת למרומים בהישענה על השמיים הכחולים כעל גזע עץ כהה, נתמכת בעמודי השמיים והארץ, ומקושטת בגני העולמות.

Words meanings summery:

• नीलाकाशतमालाङ्गसंश्रयेण (nīlākāśatamālāṅgasaṁśrayeṇa) - by resort to her body/limbs that are like dark-blue tamāla trees in the sky

• उन्नतिं (unnatiṁ) - elevation, height, growth

• गता (gatā) - attained, reached, gone

• रोदसीजानुसुस्तम्भा (rodasījānusustambhā) - she whose excellent pillars are the knees of heaven and earth

• भुवनोद्यानभूषिता (bhuvanodyānabhūṣitā) - she who is adorned by the garden of the worlds

Words meanings and morphology

नीलाकाशतमालाङ्गसंश्रयेण (nīlākāśatamālāṅgasaṁśrayeṇa) - by resort to her body/limbs that are like dark-blue tamāla trees in the sky

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of nīlākāśatamālāṅgasaṃśraya

nīlākāśatamālāṅgasaṁśraya - reliance on a body/limb like a dark-blue tamāla tree in the sky

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (nīlākāśatamālāṅga+saṃśraya)

• nīlākāśatamālāṅga – a body/limb resembling a dark tamāla tree against a blue sky
  noun (neuter)
• saṃśraya – refuge, resort, reliance, support
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root śri (to lean on) with prefix sam.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: śri (class 1)

उन्नतिं (unnatiṁ) - elevation, height, growth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of unnati

unnati - elevation, rise, progress, ascent

Derived from root nam (to bend) with prefix ud.

Prefix: ud

Root: nam (class 1)

गता (gatā) - attained, reached, gone

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gata

gata - gone, attained, reached, arrived

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

रोदसीजानुसुस्तम्भा (rodasījānusustambhā) - she whose excellent pillars are the knees of heaven and earth

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rodasījānusustambhā

rodasījānusustambhā - she who has the knees of heaven and earth as good pillars

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (rodasījānu+sustambha)

• rodasījānu – knees of heaven and earth
  noun (neuter)
• sustambha – good pillar, excellent support
  noun (masculine)

भुवनोद्यानभूषिता (bhuvanodyānabhūṣitā) - she who is adorned by the garden of the worlds

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhuvanodyānabhūṣitā

bhuvanodyānabhūṣitā - she who is decorated by the world-garden

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (bhuvanodyāna+bhūṣitā)

• bhuvanodyāna – garden of the worlds
  noun (neuter)
• bhūṣitā – adorned, decorated, embellished
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root bhūṣ (to adorn, decorate).
  Root: bhūṣ (class 10)

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