योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-84, verse-42

अथार्धरात्रसमये देशे निःशब्दतां गते ।
घननिद्राशिलाकोशनिलीने सकले जने ॥ ४२ ॥

athārdharātrasamaye deśe niḥśabdatāṃ gate ,
ghananidrāśilākośanilīne sakale jane 42

42. atha ardharātrasamaye deśe niḥśabdatām
gate ghananidrāśilākośanilīne sakale jane

42. atha ardharātrasamaye deśe niḥśabdatām
gate sakale jane ghananidrāśilākośanilīne

42. Then, at midnight, when the region had fallen silent, and all the people were immersed, as if hidden within the rock-like shell of deep slumber.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - now, then, thereupon

• अर्धरात्रसमये (ardharātrasamaye) - at midnight, at the time of midnight

• देशे (deśe) - in the place, in the region

• निःशब्दताम् (niḥśabdatām) - silence, noiselessness (accusative)

• गते (gate) - having become silent (having gone, having attained, having become)

• घननिद्राशिलाकोशनिलीने (ghananidrāśilākośanilīne) - hidden within the rock-like sheath of deep sleep

• सकले (sakale) - in all, in the entire

• जने (jane) - among the people, in the people

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - now, then, thereupon

(indeclinable)

अर्धरात्रसमये (ardharātrasamaye) - at midnight, at the time of midnight

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ardharātrasamaya

ardharātrasamaya - time of midnight

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ardharātra+samaya)

• ardharātra – midnight, middle of the night
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of ardha (half) and rātra (night).
• samaya – time, season, occasion, agreement
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root √i (to go) with prefix sam-.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: √i (class 2)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction.

देशे (deśe) - in the place, in the region

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of deśa

deśa - place, region, country, spot

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction.

निःशब्दताम् (niḥśabdatām) - silence, noiselessness (accusative)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of niḥśabdatā

niḥśabdatā - silence, noiselessness, absence of sound

Abstract noun derived from the adjective niḥśabda (noiseless) with the suffix -tā.

Note: Object of the participle 'gate'.

गते (gate) - having become silent (having gone, having attained, having become)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, moved, attained, reached, become

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √gam (to go, move) with the suffix -kta.

Root: √gam (class 1)

घननिद्राशिलाकोशनिलीने (ghananidrāśilākośanilīne) - hidden within the rock-like sheath of deep sleep

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of ghananidrāśilākośanilīna

ghananidrāśilākośanilīna - one who is hidden, immersed, or dissolved in the rock-like sheath of deep sleep

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ghananidrāśilākośa+nilīna)

• ghananidrāśilākośa – the rock-like sheath of deep sleep
  noun (masculine)
  A complex compound: ghana (deep) + nidrā (sleep) = ghananidrā (deep sleep, Karmadhāraya). śilā (rock) + kośa (sheath) = śilākośa (rock-like sheath, Upamāna Karmadhāraya). Then, ghananidrāyāḥ śilākośaḥ (sheath of rock of deep sleep, Genitive Tatpuruṣa).
• nilīna – hidden, immersed, dissolved, disappeared
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √lī (to cling, dissolve) with prefix ni- and the suffix -kta.
  Prefix: ni
  Root: √lī (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'jane'. Part of a locative absolute construction.

सकले (sakale) - in all, in the entire

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of sakala

sakala - all, entire, whole, complete

Compound of sa (with) and kala (part, portion).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+kala)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
  Prefix meaning 'with' or 'together'.
• kala – part, portion, digit, art
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'jane'. Part of a locative absolute construction.

जने (jane) - among the people, in the people

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - person, people, creature, man

Derived from root √jan (to be born, produced).

Root: √jan (class 4)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction.

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