योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-116, verse-42

कूजन्निर्जरवारयः परिसरत्प्रोन्निद्रतालद्रुमा हेलोल्लासितपुष्पपल्लववलद्वल्लीवितानाम्बराः ।
पर्यन्तोन्नतसाललम्बिजलदा रम्या गिरिग्रामकाश्चन्द्राश्वत्थमितावनिं शशिपुरस्योद्यानभागा इव ॥ ४२ ॥

kūjannirjaravārayaḥ parisaratpronnidratāladrumā helollāsitapuṣpapallavavaladvallīvitānāmbarāḥ ,
paryantonnatasālalambijaladā ramyā girigrāmakāścandrāśvatthamitāvaniṃ śaśipurasyodyānabhāgā iva 42

42. kūjannirjaravārayaḥ parisaratpronnidratāladrumāḥ
helollāsitapuṣpapallavavaladvallīvitānāmbarāḥ
paryantonnatasālalambijaladāḥ ramyāḥ girigrāmakāḥ
candrāśvatthamitāvanim śaśipurasya udyānabhāgāḥ iva

42. ramyāḥ girigrāmakāḥ kūjannirjaravārayaḥ
parisaratpronnidratāladrumāḥ helollāsitapuṣpapallavavaladvallīvitānāmbarāḥ
paryantonnatasālalambijaladāḥ
candrāśvatthamitāvanim śaśipurasya udyānabhāgāḥ iva

42. The delightful mountain villages, with their murmuring stream waters, where profusely blooming palmyra trees spread widely, whose canopy-like skies are formed by swaying creepers playfully adorned with flowers and young shoots, and where tall Sala trees on their outskirts are graced by hanging clouds, resemble the garden sections of Śaśipura (Moon City), that land which extends as far as the moon and the Ashvattha tree.

Words meanings summery:

• कूजन्निर्जरवारयः (kūjannirjaravārayaḥ) - whose murmuring stream waters

• परिसरत्प्रोन्निद्रतालद्रुमाः (parisaratpronnidratāladrumāḥ) - whose fully bloomed palmyra trees spread widely

• हेलोल्लासितपुष्पपल्लववलद्वल्लीवितानाम्बराः (helollāsitapuṣpapallavavaladvallīvitānāmbarāḥ) - whose canopy-like skies are formed by swaying creepers playfully adorned with flowers and young shoots

• पर्यन्तोन्नतसाललम्बिजलदाः (paryantonnatasālalambijaladāḥ) - whose high Sala trees at the borders have hanging clouds

• रम्याः (ramyāḥ) - charming, delightful

• गिरिग्रामकाः (girigrāmakāḥ) - mountain villages

• चन्द्राश्वत्थमितावनिम् (candrāśvatthamitāvanim) - the land measured by the moon and Ashvattha trees

• शशिपुरस्य (śaśipurasya) - of Śaśipura (Moon City)

• उद्यानभागाः (udyānabhāgāḥ) - garden sections, garden parts

• इव (iva) - like, as if

Words meanings and morphology

कूजन्निर्जरवारयः (kūjannirjaravārayaḥ) - whose murmuring stream waters

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kūjannirjaravāri

kūjannirjaravāri - having murmuring waters of waterfalls/streams

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (kūjat+nirjara+vāri)

• kūjat – murmuring, chirping, humming
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  From root kūj 'to hum, chirp'
  Root: kūj (class 1)
• nirjara – waterfall, cascade, stream, god
  noun (masculine)
  Literally 'without decay', often refers to divine or flowing entities.
• vāri – water
  noun (neuter)

Note: Compound adjective for girigrāmakāḥ

परिसरत्प्रोन्निद्रतालद्रुमाः (parisaratpronnidratāladrumāḥ) - whose fully bloomed palmyra trees spread widely

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parisaratpronnidratāladruma

parisaratpronnidratāladruma - having widely spreading, profusely blooming palmyra trees

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (parisarat+pronnidra+tāladruma)

• parisarat – spreading, moving around, flowing
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  From root pari-sṛ 'to spread around'
  Prefix: pari
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• pronnidra – fully bloomed, wide awake, fully open
  adjective (masculine)
  From pra-ud-nidrā 'to wake up, bloom'
  Prefixes: pra+ud
  Root: nidrā (class 1)
• tāladruma – palmyra tree
  noun (masculine)
  tāla (palmyra) + druma (tree)

Note: Compound adjective for girigrāmakāḥ

हेलोल्लासितपुष्पपल्लववलद्वल्लीवितानाम्बराः (helollāsitapuṣpapallavavaladvallīvitānāmbarāḥ) - whose canopy-like skies are formed by swaying creepers playfully adorned with flowers and young shoots

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of helollāsitapuṣpapallavavaladvallīvitānāmbara

helollāsitapuṣpapallavavaladvallīvitānāmbara - having a sky-canopy of swaying creepers playfully agitated by flowers and young shoots

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (hela+ullāsita+puṣpa+pallava+valat+vallī+vitāna+ambara)

• hela – play, sport, coquetry
  noun (feminine)
  Root: hil (class 1)
• ullāsita – agitated, gladdened, made to shine
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From ut-las 'to shine forth, sport'
  Prefix: ud
  Root: las (class 1)
• puṣpa – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
  Root: puṣ (class 4)
• pallava – young shoot, sprout, tender leaf
  noun (masculine)
• valat – swaying, moving, turning
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  From root val 'to turn, move'
  Root: val (class 1)
• vallī – creeper, vine
  noun (feminine)
• vitāna – canopy, expanse, roof
  noun (neuter)
  From vi-tan 'to spread out'
  Prefix: vi
  Root: tan (class 8)
• ambara – sky, atmosphere, garment
  noun (neuter)

Note: Compound adjective for girigrāmakāḥ

पर्यन्तोन्नतसाललम्बिजलदाः (paryantonnatasālalambijaladāḥ) - whose high Sala trees at the borders have hanging clouds

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paryantonnatasālalambijalada

paryantonnatasālalambijalada - having high Sala trees at the borders with hanging clouds

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (paryanta+unnata+sāla+lambi+jalada)

• paryanta – border, limit, extremity
  noun (masculine)
• unnata – high, elevated, prominent
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From ud-nam 'to rise up'
  Prefix: ud
  Root: nam (class 1)
• sāla – Sala tree (Shorea robusta)
  noun (masculine)
• lambi – hanging, suspended
  adjective (feminine)
  From root lamb 'to hang'
  Root: lamb (class 1)
• jalada – cloud (giver of water)
  noun (masculine)
  jala (water) + da (giver)
  Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Compound adjective for girigrāmakāḥ

रम्याः (ramyāḥ) - charming, delightful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ramya

ramya - charming, delightful, beautiful

Gerundive

From root ram 'to delight in'

Root: ram (class 1)

गिरिग्रामकाः (girigrāmakāḥ) - mountain villages

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of girigrāmaka

girigrāmaka - mountain village

giri (mountain) + grāmaka (small village)

Compound type : Tatpurusha (giri+grāmaka)

• giri – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
  Root: gṛ (class 6)
• grāmaka – small village, village
  noun (masculine)
  Diminutive of grāma

Note: Subject of the sentence, being compared.

चन्द्राश्वत्थमितावनिम् (candrāśvatthamitāvanim) - the land measured by the moon and Ashvattha trees

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of candrāśvatthamitāvani

candrāśvatthamitāvani - land measured/bounded by the moon and Ashvattha tree

Compound type : Tatpurusha (candra+aśvattha+mita+avani)

• candra – moon, lunar
  noun (masculine)
• aśvattha – sacred fig tree, Ficus religiosa
  noun (masculine)
• mita – measured, bounded, limited
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root mā 'to measure'
  Root: mā (class 2)
• avani – earth, land, ground
  noun (feminine)
  Root: av (class 1)

Note: Object of implied 'seeing' or 'experiencing', describing Śaśipura

शशिपुरस्य (śaśipurasya) - of Śaśipura (Moon City)

(proper noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of śaśipura

śaśipura - Moon City, city of the moon

śaśin (moon) + pura (city)

Compound type : Tatpurusha (śaśin+pura)

• śaśin – moon
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śaś (class 1)
• pura – city, town, fortress
  noun (neuter)

उद्यानभागाः (udyānabhāgāḥ) - garden sections, garden parts

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of udyānabhāga

udyānabhāga - garden section, part of a garden

udyāna (garden) + bhāga (part)

Compound type : Tatpurusha (udyāna+bhāga)

• udyāna – garden, park
  noun (neuter)
  From ud-yā 'to go up, rise'
  Prefix: ud
  Root: yā (class 2)
• bhāga – part, portion, share
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhaj 'to divide'
  Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: Part of the simile

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison

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