योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-85, verse-97

स्फुरज्जलखगप्रोतात्सप्ताब्ध्येकालवाडकात् ।
स्तनस्तबकवृन्देषु स्पर्धयातिरसान्वितम् ॥ ९७ ॥

sphurajjalakhagaprotātsaptābdhyekālavāḍakāt ,
stanastabakavṛndeṣu spardhayātirasānvitam 97

97. sphurajjalakhagaprotāt saptābhyekālavāḍakāt
stanastabakavṛndeṣu spardhayā atirasānvitam

97. sphurajjalakhagaprotāt saptābhyekālavāḍakāt
stanastabakavṛndeṣu spardhayā atirasānvitam

97. [and arising] from that which is strung with gleaming water-birds, [and] from the one ocean-fire (vāḍava) of the seven oceans; (and that which is) endowed with excessive passion (rasa), due to rivalry, among the clusters of breasts.

97. תשוקה עזה ניצתה למראה אשכולות החזה השופעים שלהן, שהתחרו זה בזה ביופיים.

Words meanings summery:

• स्फुरज्जलखगप्रोतात् (sphurajjalakhagaprotāt) - from that which is strung with gleaming water-birds

• सप्ताभ्येकालवाडकात् (saptābhyekālavāḍakāt) - from the one ocean-fire of the seven oceans

• स्तनस्तबकवृन्देषु (stanastabakavṛndeṣu) - among the clusters of breasts (referring to a female form) (among the clusters of breasts; in the multitude of flower-bunches)

• स्पर्धया (spardhayā) - by rivalry, with emulation, in competition

• अतिरसान्वितम् (atirasānvitam) - endowed with excessive emotion/taste/juice; excessively passionate

Words meanings and morphology

स्फुरज्जलखगप्रोतात् (sphurajjalakhagaprotāt) - from that which is strung with gleaming water-birds

(adjective)

Ablative, neuter, singular of sphurajjalakhagaprota

sphurajjalakhagaprota - strung or pierced with gleaming/shimmering water-birds

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sphurat+jala+khaga+prota)

• sphurat – gleaming, shimmering, trembling
  participle
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from the root √sphur (to throb, gleam)
  Root: sphur (class 6)
• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• khaga – bird (literally 'sky-goer')
  noun (masculine)
• prota – strung, pierced, woven
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root √pro (to string, weave)
  Root: pro (class 1)

सप्ताभ्येकालवाडकात् (saptābhyekālavāḍakāt) - from the one ocean-fire of the seven oceans

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of saptābhyekālavāḍaka

saptābhyekālavāḍaka - the single submarine fire of the seven oceans

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (sapta+abdhi+eka+vāḍaka)

• sapta – seven
  numeral
• abdhi – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• eka – one, single
  numeral
• vāḍaka – submarine fire (vāḍava), mare, female elephant
  noun (masculine)

स्तनस्तबकवृन्देषु (stanastabakavṛndeṣu) - among the clusters of breasts (referring to a female form) (among the clusters of breasts; in the multitude of flower-bunches)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of stanastabakavṛnda

stanastabakavṛnda - a group/multitude of breast-like flower clusters

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (stana+stabaka+vṛnda)

• stana – breast, udder
  noun (masculine)
• stabaka – cluster, bunch of flowers
  noun (masculine)
• vṛnda – multitude, group, host
  noun (neuter)

स्पर्धया (spardhayā) - by rivalry, with emulation, in competition

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of spardhā

spardhā - rivalry, emulation, competition, contention

Note: Indicates the cause or means of 'excessive passion'.

अतिरसान्वितम् (atirasānvitam) - endowed with excessive emotion/taste/juice; excessively passionate

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of atirasānvita

atirasānvita - endowed with excessive rasa (emotion, taste, juice)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (atirasā+anvita)

• atirasā – excessive juice/taste/emotion
  noun (feminine)
• anvita – accompanied by, endowed with, possessed of
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from anu-√i (to go after, follow)
  Prefix: anu
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Agrees with the implicit object being described throughout these verses.

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