योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-84, verse-25

पुष्पधाना पुष्पमितजरसा सह काननम् ।
समं गृहाद्गमिष्यामो हंसा इव सरोवरात् ॥ २५ ॥

puṣpadhānā puṣpamitajarasā saha kānanam ,
samaṃ gṛhādgamiṣyāmo haṃsā iva sarovarāt 25

25. puṣpadhānāḥ puṣpamitajarasa saha kānanam
samam gṛhāt gamiṣyāmaḥ haṃsāḥ iva sarovarāt

25. puṣpadhānāḥ puṣpamitajarasa saha samam gṛhāt
kānanam gamiṣyāmaḥ haṃsāḥ sarovarāt iva

25. We, who have borne the flowers of youth, will go to the forest together, accompanied by an old age measured by many springs, leaving our homes just as swans depart from a lake.

Words meanings summery:

• पुष्पधानाः (puṣpadhānāḥ) - having (borne) flowers (of youth), possessing the receptacle of flowers

• पुष्पमितजरस (puṣpamitajarasa) - with old age measured by (the passing of) flowers (i.e., advanced age), with old age that has seen many seasons of flowers

• सह (saha) - with, together with

• काननम् (kānanam) - to the forest, grove

• समम् (samam) - together, simultaneously, equally

• गृहात् (gṛhāt) - from the house, from home

• गमिष्यामः (gamiṣyāmaḥ) - we shall go

• हंसाः (haṁsāḥ) - swans

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• सरोवरात् (sarovarāt) - from the lake, from the pond

Words meanings and morphology

पुष्पधानाः (puṣpadhānāḥ) - having (borne) flowers (of youth), possessing the receptacle of flowers

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of puṣpadhāna

puṣpadhāna - bearing flowers, receptacle of flowers

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (puṣpa+dhāna)

• puṣpa – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
• dhāna – receptacle, storing, holding, vessel
  noun (neuter)

पुष्पमितजरस (puṣpamitajarasa) - with old age measured by (the passing of) flowers (i.e., advanced age), with old age that has seen many seasons of flowers

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of puṣpamitjaras

puṣpamitjaras - old age measured by flowers

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (puṣpa+mita+jaras)

• puṣpa – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
• mita – measured, limited, moderate
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √mā
  Root: √mā
• jaras – old age, decrepitude
  noun (feminine)

सह (saha) - with, together with

(indeclinable)

काननम् (kānanam) - to the forest, grove

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kānana

kānana - forest, grove, garden

समम् (samam) - together, simultaneously, equally

(indeclinable)

गृहात् (gṛhāt) - from the house, from home

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of gṛha

gṛha - house, home, dwelling, family

गमिष्यामः (gamiṣyāmaḥ) - we shall go

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, future indicative (lṛṭ) of gam

Root: √gam (class 1)

हंसाः (haṁsāḥ) - swans

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of haṃsa

haṁsa - swan, goose, a mythical bird

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

सरोवरात् (sarovarāt) - from the lake, from the pond

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of sarovara

sarovara - lake, pond, pool

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