योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-116, verse-74

मृदुकुसुमाङ्कुरदलनं सोढुमलं कोकिलस्य कुसुमलता ।
न तु कङ्कगृध्रमद्गुकबककुक्कुटवायसादीनाम् ॥ ७४ ॥

mṛdukusumāṅkuradalanaṃ soḍhumalaṃ kokilasya kusumalatā ,
na tu kaṅkagṛdhramadgukabakakukkuṭavāyasādīnām 74

74. mṛdukusu māṅkuradalanam soḍhum alam kokilasya kusumalatā
na tu kaṅkagṛdhramadgukabakakukkuṭavāyasādīnām

74. kusumalatā kokilasya mṛdukusu māṅkuradalanam soḍhum
alam tu kaṅkagṛdhramadgukabakakukkuṭavāyasādīnām na

74. A flowering creeper is capable of enduring the gentle plucking of its soft flower buds by a cuckoo, but not by herons, vultures, grebes, cranes, cocks, crows, and other such birds.

Words meanings summery:

• मृदुकुसु माङ्कुरदलनम् (mṛdukusu māṅkuradalanam) - the crushing/plucking of soft flower-buds

• सोढुम् (soḍhum) - to bear, to endure, to tolerate

• अलम् (alam) - capable, sufficient, enough

• कोकिलस्य (kokilasya) - of the cuckoo, by the cuckoo

• कुसुमलता (kusumalatā) - a flowering creeper, a flower vine

• न (na) - not

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand

• कङ्कगृध्रमद्गुकबककुक्कुटवायसादीनाम् (kaṅkagṛdhramadgukabakakukkuṭavāyasādīnām) - of herons, vultures, grebes, cranes, cocks, crows, and others

Words meanings and morphology

मृदुकुसु माङ्कुरदलनम् (mṛdukusu māṅkuradalanam) - the crushing/plucking of soft flower-buds

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mṛdukusu māṅkuradalana

mṛdukusu māṅkuradalana - the crushing/plucking of soft flower-buds

Compound type : tatpurusha (mṛdu+kusuma+aṅkura+dalana)

• mṛdu – soft, tender, gentle
  adjective
• kusuma – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
• aṅkura – sprout, bud, shoot
  noun (masculine)
• dalana – crushing, breaking, tearing
  noun (neuter)
  from root dal
  Root: dal (class 1)

Note: object of soḍhum

सोढुम् (soḍhum) - to bear, to endure, to tolerate

(verb)

infinitive of sah

Infinitive

root sah + tumun (suffix)

Root: sah (class 1)

अलम् (alam) - capable, sufficient, enough

(indeclinable)

कोकिलस्य (kokilasya) - of the cuckoo, by the cuckoo

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kokila

kokila - a cuckoo

Note: Agent of the action "soḍhum alam"

कुसुमलता (kusumalatā) - a flowering creeper, a flower vine

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kusumalatā

kusumalatā - a flowering creeper, a flower vine

Compound type : tatpurusha (kusuma+latā)

• kusuma – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
• latā – creeper, vine
  noun (feminine)

Note: Subject of the sentence

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: negation

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

Note: particle of contrast

कङ्कगृध्रमद्गुकबककुक्कुटवायसादीनाम् (kaṅkagṛdhramadgukabakakukkuṭavāyasādīnām) - of herons, vultures, grebes, cranes, cocks, crows, and others

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kaṅkagṛdhramadgukabakakukkuṭavāyasādi

kaṅkagṛdhramadgukabakakukkuṭavāyasādi - herons, vultures, grebes, cranes, cocks, crows, and others

Compound type : dvandva/tatpurusha (kaṅka+gṛdhra+madgu+baka+kukkuṭa+vāyasa+ādi)

• kaṅka – a heron, a species of heron
  noun (masculine)
• gṛdhra – a vulture
  noun (masculine)
• madgu – a diver bird, grebe, cormorant
  noun (masculine)
• baka – a crane, a heron
  noun (masculine)
• kukkuṭa – a cock, a domestic fowl
  noun (masculine)
• vāyasa – a crow
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, and so forth, et cetera
  indeclinable

Note: Genitive with na and alam (implicitly, "not by these")

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