योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-84, verse-56

समञ्जरीभिर्वल्लीभिः स चकारोटजालयम् ।
प्रावृट्कालः सविद्युद्भिर्नीलाभ्रैरिव पञ्जरम् ॥ ५६ ॥

samañjarībhirvallībhiḥ sa cakāroṭajālayam ,
prāvṛṭkālaḥ savidyudbhirnīlābhrairiva pañjaram 56

56. sa samañjarībhiḥ vallībhiḥ cakāra oṭajālayam
prāvṛṭkālaḥ savidyudbhiḥ nīlābhraiḥ iva pañjaram

56. sa samañjarībhiḥ vallībhiḥ oṭajālayam cakāra
prāvṛṭkālaḥ savidyudbhiḥ nīlābhraiḥ iva pañjaram

56. He built a hut (oṭajālaya) with blossoming creepers, just as the monsoon season, with its lightning-filled blue clouds, forms a cage.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - He (the person building the hut) (he, that)

• समञ्जरीभिः (samañjarībhiḥ) - with blossoms (with clusters of blossoms, full of sprouts)

• वल्लीभिः (vallībhiḥ) - by creepers/vines

• चकार (cakāra) - he built (he made, he did)

• ओटजालयम् (oṭajālayam) - a hut, hermitage

• प्रावृट्कालः (prāvṛṭkālaḥ) - the rainy season, monsoon

• सविद्युद्भिः (savidyudbhiḥ) - with lightning, accompanied by lightning

• नीलाभ्रैः (nīlābhraiḥ) - by blue clouds

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• पञ्जरम् (pañjaram) - a cage, an enclosure

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - He (the person building the hut) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

समञ्जरीभिः (samañjarībhiḥ) - with blossoms (with clusters of blossoms, full of sprouts)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of samañjarī

samañjarī - having clusters of blossoms, full of sprouts

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+mañjarī)

• sa – with, accompanied by, having
  indeclinable
• mañjarī – cluster of blossoms, sprout, shoot
  noun (feminine)

Note: Modifies vallībhiḥ.

वल्लीभिः (vallībhiḥ) - by creepers/vines

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of vallī

vallī - creeper, vine

चकार (cakāra) - he built (he made, he did)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of kṛ

perfect active

3rd person singular, perfect active, Parasmaipada

Root: kṛ (class 8)

ओटजालयम् (oṭajālayam) - a hut, hermitage

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of oṭajālaya

oṭajālaya - hut of leaves/reeds, hermitage

Compound type : tatpurusha (oṭaja+ālaya)

• oṭaja – made of leaves, thatch
  adjective (masculine)
• ālaya – abode, dwelling, house, shrine
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā

प्रावृट्कालः (prāvṛṭkālaḥ) - the rainy season, monsoon

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāvṛṭkāla

prāvṛṭkāla - rainy season, monsoon

Compound type : tatpurusha (prāvṛṭ+kāla)

• prāvṛṣ – rainy season, monsoon
  noun (feminine)
• kāla – time, season
  noun (masculine)

सविद्युद्भिः (savidyudbhiḥ) - with lightning, accompanied by lightning

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of savidyut

savidyut - with lightning

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+vidyut)

• sa – with, accompanied by, having
  indeclinable
• vidyut – lightning, flash of lightning
  noun (feminine)

Note: Modifies nīlābhraiḥ.

नीलाभ्रैः (nīlābhraiḥ) - by blue clouds

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of nīlābhra

nīlābhra - blue cloud

Compound type : tatpurusha (nīla+abhra)

• nīla – blue, dark blue, indigo
  adjective (neuter)
• abhra – cloud, sky
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

पञ्जरम् (pañjaram) - a cage, an enclosure

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pañjara

pañjara - cage, enclosure, skeleton

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