योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-114, verse-2

देव पश्यास्य शैलस्य येयमभ्रंकषाग्रभूः ।
समरुन्मध्यदेशादेरश्मदेशमुपेयुषः ॥ २ ॥

deva paśyāsya śailasya yeyamabhraṃkaṣāgrabhūḥ ,
samarunmadhyadeśāderaśmadeśamupeyuṣaḥ 2

2. deva paśya asya śailasya yā iyam abhraṃ-kaṣa-agra-bhūḥ
| samarut-madhya-deśa-ādeḥ aśma-deśam upeyuṣaḥ || 2 ||

2. O god, behold this mountain! Its cloud-scraping summit extends from its windy middle parts and so on, up to its rocky regions.

2. מלכי, הבט בפסגת ההר הזה המגרדת את העננים, כשאנו עוברים מאזור הרוחות אל ארץ הסלעים!

Words meanings summery:

• देव (deva) - O god, divine being, lord

• पश्य (paśya) - see, behold, look

• अस्य (asya) - of this, of him, of it

• शैलस्य (śailasya) - of the mountain, of the rock

• या (yā) - which (feminine singular nominative)

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine singular nominative)

• अभ्रं-कष-अग्र-भूः (abhraṁ-kaṣa-agra-bhūḥ) - the uppermost part of the mountain that touches the clouds (cloud-scraping summit/peak/highest ground)

• समरुत्-मध्य-देश-आदेः (samarut-madhya-deśa-ādeḥ) - describing the origin point of the mountain's extension (from the windy middle region and so on, of the windy middle region etc.)

• अश्म-देशम् (aśma-deśam) - the destination of the mountain's extension (to the rocky region, stony land)

• उपेयुषः (upeyuṣaḥ) - referring to the mountain's state of extending to the rocky region (having reached, having approached, having obtained)

Words meanings and morphology

देव (deva) - O god, divine being, lord

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, divine, celestial, lord

Root: div (class 1)

पश्य (paśya) - see, behold, look

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of dṛś

Present active, 2nd person singular, imperative mood

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अस्य (asya) - of this, of him, of it

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to the mountain.

शैलस्य (śailasya) - of the mountain, of the rock

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śaila

śaila - mountain, rock, peak

या (yā) - which (feminine singular nominative)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

Note: Relative pronoun, referring to 'abhraṃ-kaṣa-agra-bhūḥ'.

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine singular nominative)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Demonstrative pronoun.

अभ्रं-कष-अग्र-भूः (abhraṁ-kaṣa-agra-bhūḥ) - the uppermost part of the mountain that touches the clouds (cloud-scraping summit/peak/highest ground)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of abhraṃ-kaṣa-agra-bhū

abhraṁ-kaṣa-agra-bhū - cloud-scraping summit/peak

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (abhraṃ-kaṣa+agra-bhū)

• abhraṃ-kaṣa – cloud-scraping, touching the clouds
  adjective (masculine)
  From abhra (cloud) + kaṣa (scraping)
  Root: kaṣ (class 1)
• agra-bhū – summit, highest ground, peak
  noun (feminine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

समरुत्-मध्य-देश-आदेः (samarut-madhya-deśa-ādeḥ) - describing the origin point of the mountain's extension (from the windy middle region and so on, of the windy middle region etc.)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of samarut-madhya-deśa-ādi

samarut-madhya-deśa-ādi - windy middle region and so on

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (samarut+madhya-deśa+ādi)

• samarut – with wind, windy
  adjective (masculine)
  From 'sa' (with) + 'marut' (wind)
  Prefix: sa
• madhya-deśa – middle region, central part
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  noun (masculine)

Note: The ablative implies origin or starting point.

अश्म-देशम् (aśma-deśam) - the destination of the mountain's extension (to the rocky region, stony land)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of aśma-deśa

aśma-deśa - rocky region, stony land

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aśman+deśa)

• aśman – stone, rock
  noun (masculine)
• deśa – region, country, place
  noun (masculine)
  Root: diś (class 6)

Note: Denotes destination.

उपेयुषः (upeyuṣaḥ) - referring to the mountain's state of extending to the rocky region (having reached, having approached, having obtained)

(verbal derivative)

Note: This participle modifies 'śailasya'.

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