योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-122, verse-12

जलकल्लोलमातङ्गतुङ्गिताङ्गतया तया ।
दधाना निजराज्येभपृष्ठरोहस्थितिश्रियम् ॥ १२ ॥

jalakallolamātaṅgatuṅgitāṅgatayā tayā ,
dadhānā nijarājyebhapṛṣṭharohasthitiśriyam 12

12. jalakallolamātaṅgatuṅgitāṅgatayā dadhānāḥ
nijarājyebhapṛṣṭharohasthitiśriyam

12. jalakallolamātaṅgatuṅgitāṅgatayā dadhānāḥ
nijarājyebhapṛṣṭharohasthitiśriyam

12. Through the state of their bodies being lifted high by the water's waves, as if by elephants (mātaṅga), they assumed the majesty (śriyam) of the posture of riding on the backs of royal elephants (ibha) in their own kingdom.

Words meanings summery:

• जलकल्लोलमातङ्गतुङ्गिताङ्गतया (jalakallolamātaṅgatuṅgitāṅgatayā) - by the state of having bodies raised high like elephants by water waves

• दधानाः (dadhānāḥ) - bearing, holding, assuming, acquiring

• निजराज्येभपृष्ठरोहस्थितिश्रियम् (nijarājyebhapṛṣṭharohasthitiśriyam) - the splendor of the elevated position of riding on the back of state elephants in one's own kingdom

Words meanings and morphology

जलकल्लोलमातङ्गतुङ्गिताङ्गतया (jalakallolamātaṅgatuṅgitāṅgatayā) - by the state of having bodies raised high like elephants by water waves

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of jalakallolamātaṅgatuṅgitāṅgatā

jalakallolamātaṅgatuṅgitāṅgatā - the state of having bodies raised high like elephants by water waves

Derived from the adjective jalakallolamātaṅgatuṅgitāṅga with suffix -tā to form an abstract noun.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa / karmadhāraya (jala+kallola+mātaṅga+tuṅgita+aṅga+tā)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• kallola – large wave, billow
  noun (masculine)
• mātaṅga – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• tuṅgita – raised, elevated, made high
  adjective (masculine)
  Causative Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root tuṅg (to be high) in causative form
  Root: tuṅg
• aṅga – body, limb
  noun (neuter)
• tā – state, quality of being
  suffix (feminine)
  Suffix forming abstract feminine nouns.

Note: Describes the means by which the splendor is assumed.

दधानाः (dadhānāḥ) - bearing, holding, assuming, acquiring

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dadhāna

dadhāna - bearing, holding, carrying, assuming

Present Participle (Ātmanepada)

Derived from root dhā (to place, hold, bear)

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Describes the implicit subjects (e.g., the tossed bodies/people).

निजराज्येभपृष्ठरोहस्थितिश्रियम् (nijarājyebhapṛṣṭharohasthitiśriyam) - the splendor of the elevated position of riding on the back of state elephants in one's own kingdom

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nijarājyebhapṛṣṭharohasthitiśrī

nijarājyebhapṛṣṭharohasthitiśrī - the splendor of the state of riding on the backs of royal elephants (ibha) in one's own kingdom

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nija+rājya+ibha+pṛṣṭha+roha+sthiti+śrī)

• nija – own, one's own
  adjective (masculine)
• rājya – kingdom, realm, state
  noun (neuter)
• ibha – elephant (especially a royal or tame elephant)
  noun (masculine)
• pṛṣṭha – back, surface
  noun (neuter)
• roha – ascending, riding, growing
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ruh (class 1)
• sthiti – position, state, standing, condition
  noun (feminine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• śrī – splendor, beauty, glory, majesty
  noun (feminine)

Note: Object of 'dadhānāḥ'.

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