योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-116, verse-6

हस्तस्थितासिवरनीलसरोजदामश्यामो हयोत्थघनरेणुनिशागमोऽत्र ।
आलोकय क्रमणमेष कथं करोति प्रोन्नामहेतिभरभूषणभाजि लक्ष्म्याः ॥ ६ ॥

hastasthitāsivaranīlasarojadāmaśyāmo hayotthaghanareṇuniśāgamo'tra ,
ālokaya kramaṇameṣa kathaṃ karoti pronnāmahetibharabhūṣaṇabhāji lakṣmyāḥ 6

6. hastasthitāsuvaranīlasarojadāmaśyāmaḥ
hayotthaghanareṇuniśāgamaḥ atra
ālokaya kramaṇam eṣa katham karoti
pronnāmahetibharabhūṣaṇabhāji lakṣmyāḥ

6. atra hastasthitāsuvaranīlasarojadāmaśyāmaḥ
hayotthaghanareṇuniśāgamaḥ
eṣa pronnāmahetibharabhūṣaṇabhāji
lakṣmyāḥ kramaṇam katham karoti ālokaya

6. Behold, here is he who is dark like a garland of excellent blue lotuses with a sword held in hand, and whose arrival is like the onset of night due to the thick dust raised by horses. See how he moves, displaying the glory (Lakṣmī) of his raised heavy weapons and ornaments.

Words meanings summery:

• हस्तस्थितासुवरनीलसरोजदामश्यामः (hastasthitāsuvaranīlasarojadāmaśyāmaḥ) - (the warrior) dark like a garland of excellent blue lotuses, holding a sword in hand (dark like a garland of excellent blue lotuses with a sword held in hand)

• हयोत्थघनरेणुनिशागमः (hayotthaghanareṇuniśāgamaḥ) - (the warrior) whose presence causes darkness like night from dense horse-dust (whose arrival is like night due to thick dust risen from horses)

• अत्र (atra) - here (here, in this place)

• आलोकय (ālokaya) - behold (behold, look, see)

• क्रमणम् (kramaṇam) - movement (step, stride, movement)

• एष (eṣa) - this one, he (the warrior) (this one, he)

• कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner)

• करोति (karoti) - makes, performs (movement) (does, makes, performs)

• प्रोन्नामहेतिभरभूषणभाजि (pronnāmahetibharabhūṣaṇabhāji) - displaying the glory (Lakṣmī) of his raised heavy weapons and ornaments (possessing the glory of high-raised, heavy weapons and ornaments)

• लक्ष्म्याः (lakṣmyāḥ) - of glory (Lakṣmī) (of beauty, of prosperity, of fortune, of glory (Lakṣmī))

Words meanings and morphology

हस्तस्थितासुवरनीलसरोजदामश्यामः (hastasthitāsuvaranīlasarojadāmaśyāmaḥ) - (the warrior) dark like a garland of excellent blue lotuses, holding a sword in hand (dark like a garland of excellent blue lotuses with a sword held in hand)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hastasthitāsuvaranīlasarojadāmaśyāma

hastasthitāsuvaranīlasarojadāmaśyāma - dark-skinned, holding a sword, compared to a blue lotus garland

Bahuvrīhi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hasta+sthita+asi+vara+nīla+saroja+dāma+śyāma)

• hasta – hand
  noun (masculine)
• sthita – placed, situated, held
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• asi – sword
  noun (masculine)
• vara – excellent, best
  adjective (masculine)
• nīla – blue, dark blue
  adjective (neuter)
• saroja – lotus (born in a lake)
  noun (neuter)
  from saras (lake) + ja (born)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• dāma – garland, rope
  noun (neuter)
• śyāma – dark, dark-colored
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Qualifies eṣa.

हयोत्थघनरेणुनिशागमः (hayotthaghanareṇuniśāgamaḥ) - (the warrior) whose presence causes darkness like night from dense horse-dust (whose arrival is like night due to thick dust risen from horses)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hayotthaghanareṇuniśāgama

hayotthaghanareṇuniśāgama - (one) for whom thick dust from horses creates the arrival of night

Bahuvrīhi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (haya+uttha+ghana+reṇu+niśā+āgama)

• haya – horse
  noun (masculine)
• uttha – risen, produced from
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from ud-sthā (to rise up)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• ghana – dense, thick
  adjective (masculine)
• reṇu – dust
  noun (masculine)
• niśā – night
  noun (feminine)
• āgama – arrival, coming
  noun (masculine)
  from ā-gam (to come)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies eṣa.

अत्र (atra) - here (here, in this place)

(indeclinable)

From pronoun idam + suffix tral.

आलोकय (ālokaya) - behold (behold, look, see)

(verb)

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

Imperative, active voice

From ā- (towards) + root lok (to see, perceive) in the causal form (lokayati).

Prefix: ā

Root: lok (class 10)

क्रमणम् (kramaṇam) - movement (step, stride, movement)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kramaṇa

kramaṇa - stepping, striding, movement, course

Action noun

From root kram (to step, move) + suffix ana.

Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Object of karoti.

एष (eṣa) - this one, he (the warrior) (this one, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Subject of karoti.

कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb.

करोति (karoti) - makes, performs (movement) (does, makes, performs)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Present active indicative

From root kṛ.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

प्रोन्नामहेतिभरभूषणभाजि (pronnāmahetibharabhūṣaṇabhāji) - displaying the glory (Lakṣmī) of his raised heavy weapons and ornaments (possessing the glory of high-raised, heavy weapons and ornaments)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pronnāmahetibharabhūṣaṇabhājin

pronnāmahetibharabhūṣaṇabhājin - endowed with the glory of uplifted weapons and heavy ornaments

Tatpuruṣa compound, derived from bhājin (possessing).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pronnāma+heti+bhara+bhūṣaṇa+bhājin)

• pronnāma – uplifted, high-raised
  noun (neuter)
  From pra-ud-nam (to bend up, rise)
  Prefixes: pra+ud
  Root: nam (class 1)
• heti – weapon, missile
  noun (feminine)
  Root: hi (class 3)
• bhara – load, weight, abundance
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhṛ (to bear)
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)
• bhūṣaṇa – ornament, decoration
  noun (neuter)
  From root bhūṣ (to adorn)
  Root: bhūṣ (class 10)
• bhājin – possessing, sharing in, enjoying
  adjective (masculine)
  From root bhaj (to share, possess) + suffix -in.
  Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: Agrees with eṣa.

लक्ष्म्याः (lakṣmyāḥ) - of glory (Lakṣmī) (of beauty, of prosperity, of fortune, of glory (Lakṣmī))

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of lakṣmī

lakṣmī - fortune, prosperity, beauty, glory, goddess Lakṣmī

Note: Connected to bhāji.

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