योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-81, verse-63

मांसं कुयन्त्रजठरे स्थितं श्लिष्टमुखं मिथः ।
ऊर्ध्वाधःसंमिलत्स्थूलद्ध्यम्भःस्थैरिव वैतसम् ॥ ६३ ॥

māṃsaṃ kuyantrajaṭhare sthitaṃ śliṣṭamukhaṃ mithaḥ ,
ūrdhvādhaḥsaṃmilatsthūladdhyambhaḥsthairiva vaitasam 63

63. māṃsam kuyantrajathare sthitam śliṣṭamukham mithaḥ
ūrdhvādhaḥsaṃmilatsthūladvyambhaḥsthaiḥ iva vaitasam

63. māṃsam kuyantrajathare sthitam mithaḥ śliṣṭamukham
iva ūrdhvādhaḥsaṃmilatsthūladvyambhaḥsthaiḥ vaitasam

63. Flesh, situated within the interior of a complex apparatus, with its surfaces mutually joined, (is transformed) like a piece of cane (vaitasa) whose thick, twin parts, meeting both above and below, are situated in water.

63. הבשר הנמצא בתוך הבטן, שהיא מכונה קמאית, מצטרף בקצוותיו זה לזה, כמו קנים במים הלחוצים בין זרמים בעוצמה מלמעלה ומלמטה.

Words meanings summery:

• मांसम् (māṁsam) - flesh, meat, muscle

• कुयन्त्रजथरे (kuyantrajathare) - in the belly/interior of a complex/bad machine

• स्थितम् (sthitam) - situated, placed, existing

• श्लिष्टमुखम् (śliṣṭamukham) - having mutually joined surfaces/mouths

• मिथः (mithaḥ) - mutually, together, reciprocally

• ऊर्ध्वाधःसंमिलत्स्थूलद्व्यम्भःस्थैः (ūrdhvādhaḥsaṁmilatsthūladvyambhaḥsthaiḥ) - by two thick ones meeting up and down, situated in water

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• वैतसम् (vaitasam) - a piece of cane/willow, made of cane

Words meanings and morphology

मांसम् (māṁsam) - flesh, meat, muscle

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of māṃsa

māṁsa - flesh, meat, muscle, pulp

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is'.

कुयन्त्रजथरे (kuyantrajathare) - in the belly/interior of a complex/bad machine

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kuyantrajathara

kuyantrajathara - interior of a bad/complex machine

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kuyantra+jaṭhara)

• kuyantra – bad machine, complex device, difficult contrivance
  noun (neuter)
  From 'ku' (bad) + 'yantra' (machine).
• jaṭhara – belly, abdomen, interior, inside
  noun (neuter)

Note: Indicates location.

स्थितम् (sthitam) - situated, placed, existing

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, stood still, existing, remaining, established, situated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'sthā' (to stand) + kta (passive participle suffix).

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Can also be accusative singular neuter.

श्लिष्टमुखम् (śliṣṭamukham) - having mutually joined surfaces/mouths

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śliṣṭamukha

śliṣṭamukha - having joined mouths/faces/edges, adhering at the surfaces

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śliṣṭa+mukha)

• śliṣṭa – joined, adhering, embraced
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'śliṣ' (to cling, to join) + kta (passive participle suffix).
  Root: śliṣ (class 1)
• mukha – mouth, face, surface, front
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adjective for 'māṃsam'.

मिथः (mithaḥ) - mutually, together, reciprocally

(indeclinable)

ऊर्ध्वाधःसंमिलत्स्थूलद्व्यम्भःस्थैः (ūrdhvādhaḥsaṁmilatsthūladvyambhaḥsthaiḥ) - by two thick ones meeting up and down, situated in water

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of ūrdhvādhaḥsaṃmilatsthūladvyambhaḥstha

ūrdhvādhaḥsaṁmilatsthūladvyambhaḥstha - (those) whose thick twin parts, meeting from above and below, are situated in water

Extensive Bahuvrīhi or Tatpuruṣa compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ūrdhvādhaḥsaṃmilat+sthūla+dvi+ambhaḥstha)

• ūrdhvādhaḥsaṃmilat – meeting above and below
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  From 'ūrdhva' (up) + 'adhaḥ' (down) + 'sam' (together) + 'mil' (to meet) + śatṛ suffix.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: mil (class 6)
• sthūla – thick, gross, large
  adjective (masculine)
• dvi – two
  numeral
• ambhaḥstha – situated in water, standing in water
  adjective (masculine)
  From 'ambhas' (water) + 'stha' (standing).
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Describes the characteristic parts of the 'vaitasam' in the simile, implying the manner of transformation.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

वैतसम् (vaitasam) - a piece of cane/willow, made of cane

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vaitasa

vaitasa - made of cane/willow, a cane/willow rod or branch

Derived from 'vetasa' (cane, willow) with suffix 'aṇ'.

Note: Can also be accusative singular neuter.

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