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.

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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