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.

74. זמורת הפרחים יכולה לשאת את ניקור ניצניה הרכים בידי הקוקייה, אך לא את רמיסתם של האנפה, הנשר, הקורמורן, החסידה, התרנגול והעורב.

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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