योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-83, verse-6

मेरोरुपरि श्रृङ्गाणि लोकपालपुराणि च ।
दिग्व्योमोदररन्ध्राणि विजहार यथासुखम् ॥ ६ ॥

merorupari śrṛṅgāṇi lokapālapurāṇi ca ,
digvyomodararandhrāṇi vijahāra yathāsukham 6

6. meroḥ upari śṛṅgāṇi lokapālapurāṇi ca
digvyomodararandhrāṇi vijahāra yathāsukham

6. meroḥ śṛṅgāṇi upari lokapālapurāṇi ca
digvyomodararandhrāṇi yathāsukham vijahāra

6. It traveled as it pleased, above the peaks of Mount Meru, through the cities of the world-guardians (lokapālas), and through the hollow spaces within the vast expanse of the directions and the sky.

Words meanings summery:

• मेरोः (meroḥ) - of Meru, from Meru

• उपरि (upari) - above, over, on top of

• शृङ्गाणि (śṛṅgāṇi) - peaks, horns, summits

• लोकपालपुराणि (lokapālapurāṇi) - cities of the world-guardians (lokapālas)

• च (ca) - and, also

• दिग्व्योमोदररन्ध्राणि (digvyomodararandhrāṇi) - the cavities/spaces within the womb of the sky and directions

• विजहार (vijahāra) - roamed, sported, traveled

• यथासुखम् (yathāsukham) - at will, as it pleased, comfortably

Words meanings and morphology

मेरोः (meroḥ) - of Meru, from Meru

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of meru

meru - Mount Meru (mythical sacred mountain)

उपरि (upari) - above, over, on top of

(indeclinable)

शृङ्गाणि (śṛṅgāṇi) - peaks, horns, summits

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śṛṅga

śṛṅga - horn, peak, summit, top

लोकपालपुराणि (lokapālapurāṇi) - cities of the world-guardians (lokapālas)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of lokapālāpura

lokapālāpura - cities of the Lokapālas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (lokapāla+pura)

• lokapāla – world-guardian, protector of the world (lokapāla)
  noun (masculine)
• pura – city, town, fortress
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

दिग्व्योमोदररन्ध्राणि (digvyomodararandhrāṇi) - the cavities/spaces within the womb of the sky and directions

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of digvyomodararandhra

digvyomodararandhra - cavities of the womb of directions and sky

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (diś+vyoman+udara+randhra)

• diś – direction, quarter of the sky
  noun (feminine)
• vyoman – sky, atmosphere, space
  noun (neuter)
• udara – belly, womb, interior, cavity
  noun (neuter)
• randhra – hole, cavity, opening, vulnerable point
  noun (neuter)

विजहार (vijahāra) - roamed, sported, traveled

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of hṛ

Perfect tense (lit)

Reduplicated perfect form of the root hṛ with prefix vi.

Prefix: vi

Root: hṛ (class 1)

यथासुखम् (yathāsukham) - at will, as it pleased, comfortably

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+sukha)

• yathā – as, according to
  indeclinable
• sukha – happiness, pleasure, ease, comfort
  noun (neuter)

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