योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-8, verse-17

अधोब्रह्माण्डखण्डेषु स्वालवालेन जालिता ।
विधृताशेषजलधिजलक्षीरादिसेचना ॥ १७ ॥

adhobrahmāṇḍakhaṇḍeṣu svālavālena jālitā ,
vidhṛtāśeṣajaladhijalakṣīrādisecanā 17

17. adho-brahmāṇḍa-khaṇḍeṣu sva-ālavālena jālitā
vidhṛta-aśeṣa-jaladhi-jala-kṣīra-ādi-secanā

17. adho-brahmāṇḍa-khaṇḍeṣu sva-ālavālena jālitā
vidhṛta-aśeṣa-jaladhi-jala-kṣīra-ādi-secanā

17. It is encompassed by its own basin in the lower cosmic realms, and irrigated by the waters, milk, and other liquids from all the oceans.

17. שורשיה נטועים בעולמות התחתונים בערוגה משלה, והיא מושקית במימי כל האוקיינוסים, החלב ושאר הנוזלים.

Words meanings summery:

• अधो-ब्रह्माण्ड-खण्डेषु (adho-brahmāṇḍa-khaṇḍeṣu) - in the lower parts of the universe, in the lower cosmic sections

• स्व-आलवालेन (sva-ālavālena) - by its own basin/trough

• जालिता (jālitā) - enclosed, covered, bound

• विधृत-अशेष-जलधि-जल-क्षीर-आदि-सेचना (vidhṛta-aśeṣa-jaladhi-jala-kṣīra-ādi-secanā) - having its irrigation from the water, milk, and other liquids of all oceans; watered by the milk, water, etc., from all the oceans

Words meanings and morphology

अधो-ब्रह्माण्ड-खण्डेषु (adho-brahmāṇḍa-khaṇḍeṣu) - in the lower parts of the universe, in the lower cosmic sections

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of adho-brahmāṇḍa-khaṇḍa

adho-brahmāṇḍa-khaṇḍa - lower cosmic section, lower part of the universe

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (adhas+brahmāṇḍa+khaṇḍa)

• adhas – below, underneath, lower
  indeclinable
• brahmāṇḍa – universe, cosmic egg
  noun (neuter)
• khaṇḍa – part, piece, section
  noun (neuter)

स्व-आलवालेन (sva-ālavālena) - by its own basin/trough

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of sva-ālavāla

sva-ālavāla - one's own basin, its own trough

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+ālavāla)

• sva – own, self's
  pronoun
• ālavāla – basin for watering plants, trough
  noun (neuter)

जालिता (jālitā) - enclosed, covered, bound

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jālita

jālita - covered, veiled, bound, enclosed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √jal (to cover, bind) in its causative form (jālayati).

Root: √jal (class 1)

विधृत-अशेष-जलधि-जल-क्षीर-आदि-सेचना (vidhṛta-aśeṣa-jaladhi-jala-kṣīra-ādi-secanā) - having its irrigation from the water, milk, and other liquids of all oceans; watered by the milk, water, etc., from all the oceans

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vidhṛta-aśeṣa-jaladhi-jala-kṣīra-ādi-secanā

vidhṛta-aśeṣa-jaladhi-jala-kṣīra-ādi-secanā - (an entity) whose irrigation/watering is provided by the held/sustained water, milk, and so forth, from all oceans

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vidhṛta+aśeṣa+jaladhi+jala+kṣīra+ādi+secanā)

• vidhṛta – held, supported, sustained
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root √dhṛ (to hold) with the prefix 'vi-'.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: √dhṛ (class 1)
• aśeṣa – all, entire, without remainder
  adjective
• jaladhi – ocean (lit. water-holder)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: √dhā (class 3)
• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• kṣīra – milk
  noun (neuter)
• ādi – beginning, and so forth, etcetera
  indeclinable
• secanā – irrigation, watering, sprinkling
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from the root √sic (to sprinkle).
  Root: √sic (class 6)

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