योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-84, verse-53

रटत्प्रणालसलिलवापीवलितपादपम् ।
शीर्णवेद्यालयज्ञातभूतपूर्वद्विजाश्रमम् ॥ ५३ ॥

raṭatpraṇālasalilavāpīvalitapādapam ,
śīrṇavedyālayajñātabhūtapūrvadvijāśramam 53

53. raṭatpraṇālasalilavāpīvalitapādapam
śīrṇavedyālayajñātabhūtapūrvadvijāśramam

53. raṭatpraṇālasalilavāpīvalitapādapam
śīrṇavedyālayajñātabhūtapūrvadvijāśramam

53. This place had trees encircled by ponds where water murmured through channels, and its ruined altars and shrines revealed it to be a former hermitage (āśrama) for Brahmins (dvija).

Words meanings summery:

• रटत्प्रणालसलिलवापीवलितपादपम् (raṭatpraṇālasalilavāpīvalitapādapam) - having trees surrounded by ponds whose waters murmur through channels

• शीर्णवेद्यालयज्ञातभूतपूर्वद्विजाश्रमम् (śīrṇavedyālayajñātabhūtapūrvadvijāśramam) - known by its ruined altars and shrines to be a former hermitage (āśrama) of Brahmins (dvija)

Words meanings and morphology

रटत्प्रणालसलिलवापीवलितपादपम् (raṭatpraṇālasalilavāpīvalitapādapam) - having trees surrounded by ponds whose waters murmur through channels

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of raṭatpraṇālasalilavāpīvalitapādapa

raṭatpraṇālasalilavāpīvalitapādapa - one whose trees are surrounded by ponds having murmuring water in channels

Compound type : bahuvrihi (raṭat+praṇāla+salila+vāpī+valita+pādapa)

• raṭat – murmuring, roaring, buzzing
  participle (neuter)
  present active participle
  From root raṭ
  Root: raṭ (class 1)
• praṇāla – channel, conduit, drain
  noun (masculine)
• salila – water
  noun (neuter)
• vāpī – pond, large well, reservoir
  noun (feminine)
• valita – surrounded, encircled, enclosed
  participle (neuter)
  past passive participle
  From root val (to cover, surround)
  Root: val (class 1)
• pādapa – tree (one who drinks with its feet)
  noun (masculine)

Note: This compound acts as an adjective modifying an implied neuter noun like vanam or sthānam.

शीर्णवेद्यालयज्ञातभूतपूर्वद्विजाश्रमम् (śīrṇavedyālayajñātabhūtapūrvadvijāśramam) - known by its ruined altars and shrines to be a former hermitage (āśrama) of Brahmins (dvija)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śīrṇavedyālayajñātabhūtapūrvadvijāśrama

śīrṇavedyālayajñātabhūtapūrvadvijāśrama - that which is known by its ruined altars and shrines to be a former hermitage (āśrama) of Brahmins (dvija)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śīrṇa+vedī+ālaya+jñāta+bhūtapūrva+dvija+āśrama)

• śīrṇa – ruined, decayed, worn out
  participle (neuter)
  past passive participle
  From root śṛ (to break, tear)
  Root: śṛ (class 9)
• vedī – altar, sacrificial ground
  noun (feminine)
• ālaya – abode, dwelling, house, shrine
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
• jñāta – known, understood, perceived
  participle (neuter)
  past passive participle
  From root jñā (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• bhūtapūrva – former, previous, having been before
  adjective (masculine)
• dvija – Brahmin, twice-born, bird, snake
  noun (masculine)
• āśrama – hermitage (āśrama), monastery, stage of life
  noun (masculine)

Note: This compound acts as an adjective modifying an implied neuter noun like vanam or sthānam.

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