योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-84, verse-15

स्तबकस्तनधारिण्यो रक्तपल्लवपाणयः ।
मञ्जरीजालहारिण्यो लोलशुभ्राम्बुदांशुकाः ॥ १५ ॥

stabakastanadhāriṇyo raktapallavapāṇayaḥ ,
mañjarījālahāriṇyo lolaśubhrāmbudāṃśukāḥ 15

15. stabaka-stana-dhāriṇyaḥ rakta-pallava-pāṇayaḥ |
mañjarī-jāla-hāriṇyaḥ lola-śubhra-ambuda-aṃśukāḥ || 15 ||

15. stabaka-stana-dhāriṇyaḥ rakta-pallava-pāṇayaḥ
mañjarī-jāla-hāriṇyaḥ lola-śubhra-ambuda-aṃśukāḥ 15

15. [Women] with breasts like flower clusters, with hands like red sprouts, bearing garlands of networks of blossoms, and whose garments are like swaying white clouds.

15. זמורות היער, הנושאות אשכולות פרחים כשדיים, עלים אדומים ככפות ידיים, עוטות מחרוזות ניצנים ולובשות גלימות של עננים לבנים ונעים,

Words meanings summery:

• स्तबक-स्तन-धारिण्यः (stabaka-stana-dhāriṇyaḥ) - bearing breasts like flower clusters

• रक्त-पल्लव-पाणयः (rakta-pallava-pāṇayaḥ) - with hands like red sprouts

• मञ्जरी-जाल-हारिण्यः (mañjarī-jāla-hāriṇyaḥ) - wearing garlands of networks of blossoms

• लोल-शुभ्र-अम्बुद-अंशुकाः (lola-śubhra-ambuda-aṁśukāḥ) - whose garments are like swaying white clouds

Words meanings and morphology

स्तबक-स्तन-धारिण्यः (stabaka-stana-dhāriṇyaḥ) - bearing breasts like flower clusters

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of stabaka-stana-dhāriṇī

stabaka-stana-dhāriṇī - one whose breasts are like flower clusters

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (stabaka+stana+dhārin)

• stabaka – flower cluster; bouquet
  noun (masculine)
• stana – breast
  noun (masculine)
• dhārin – bearing; holding; wearing
  adjective (feminine)
  Agent noun
  From root 'dhṛ' + -in.
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies implied women/nymphs.

रक्त-पल्लव-पाणयः (rakta-pallava-pāṇayaḥ) - with hands like red sprouts

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of rakta-pallava-pāṇi

rakta-pallava-pāṇi - one whose hands are like red sprouts

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (rakta+pallava+pāṇi)

• rakta – red; colored; dyed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'rañj'.
  Root: rañj (class 1)
• pallava – sprout; young leaf; shoot
  noun (masculine)
• pāṇi – hand
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies implied women/nymphs.

मञ्जरी-जाल-हारिण्यः (mañjarī-jāla-hāriṇyaḥ) - wearing garlands of networks of blossoms

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of mañjarī-jāla-hāriṇī

mañjarī-jāla-hāriṇī - one bearing garlands made of networks of flower-clusters/blossoms

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mañjarī+jāla+hārin)

• mañjarī – blossom; flower-cluster; spike of a plant
  noun (feminine)
• jāla – net; network; web; cluster
  noun (neuter)
• hārin – wearing (a garland); carrying; ravishing
  adjective (feminine)
  Agent noun
  From root 'hṛ' + -in.
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies implied women/nymphs.

लोल-शुभ्र-अम्बुद-अंशुकाः (lola-śubhra-ambuda-aṁśukāḥ) - whose garments are like swaying white clouds

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of lola-śubhra-ambuda-aṃśukā

lola-śubhra-ambuda-aṁśukā - one whose garments are like swaying, white clouds

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (lola+śubhra+ambuda+aṃśuka)

• lola – swaying; tremulous; moving; restless
  adjective (masculine)
• śubhra – white; bright; pure
  adjective (masculine)
• ambuda – cloud (giver of water)
  noun (masculine)
  Compound: ambu (water) + da (giver).
• aṃśuka – garment; cloth; fine cloth
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies implied women/nymphs.

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