योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-132, verse-8

विद्याधरामरविहारविमानभूमावभ्रंलिहाचलनितम्बकदम्बकच्छे ।
आसं समाः समरसोऽमरसोमनामा सप्तान्यसप्त ससमुद्रतटे तपस्वी ॥ ८ ॥

vidyādharāmaravihāravimānabhūmāvabhraṃlihācalanitambakadambakacche ,
āsaṃ samāḥ samaraso'marasomanāmā saptānyasapta sasamudrataṭe tapasvī 8

8. vidyādharāmaravihāravimānabhūmau
abhraṃlihācalanitambakadambakacche āsam
samāḥ samarasah amarasomanāmā saptan
anya sapta sa-samudra-taṭe tapasvī

8. amarasomanāmā samarasah tapasvī saptan
anya sapta samāḥ vidyādharāmaravihāravimānabhūmau
abhraṃlihācalanitambakadambakacche
sa-samudra-taṭe āsam

8. I, an ascetic named Amarasoma, remaining tranquil (samarasa), resided for fourteen years in a region graced by the pleasure-airships of the Vidyādharas and immortals, amidst thickets formed by clusters of cloud-scraping mountain slopes, and by the seashore.

8. בממלכת כלי הטיס של הַוִידְיָאדְהָרָה (בעלי הידע השמיימיים) והאלים, למרגלות ההרים הנוגעים בעננים, חייתי כפרוש בעל שלווה פנימית בשם אַמַרַסוֹמַה במשך ארבע עשרה שנים על שפת הים.

Words meanings summery:

• विद्याधरामरविहारविमानभूमौ (vidyādharāmaravihāravimānabhūmau) - on the ground/region of the pleasure-airships of the Vidyādharas and Immortals

• अभ्रंलिहाचलनितम्बकदम्बकच्छे (abhraṁlihācalanitambakadambakacche) - in a thicket of collections of cloud-scraping mountain flanks

• आसम् (āsam) - I was, I existed

• समाः (samāḥ) - years

• समरसह् (samarasah) - tranquil, equanimous, of equal taste/feeling

• अमरसोमनामा (amarasomanāmā) - named Amarasoma

• सप्तन् (saptan) - seven

• अन्य (anya) - other

• सप्त (sapta) - seven

• ससमुद्रतटे (sasamudrataṭe) - on the seashore, at the ocean's edge

• तपस्वी (tapasvī) - ascetic, penitent

Words meanings and morphology

विद्याधरामरविहारविमानभूमौ (vidyādharāmaravihāravimānabhūmau) - on the ground/region of the pleasure-airships of the Vidyādharas and Immortals

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of vidyādharāmaravihāravimānabhūmi

vidyādharāmaravihāravimānabhūmi - region of the pleasure-airships of Vidyādharas and immortals

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vidyādhara+amara+vihāra+vimāna+bhūmi)

• vidyādhara – a class of celestial beings (lit. knowledge-bearer)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• vidyā – knowledge, science
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vid (class 2)
• dhara – bearing, holding
  adjective
  from root dhṛ (to hold)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• amara – immortal, god
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: a
• vihāra – pleasure-ground, recreation, roaming
  noun (masculine)
  from root hṛ (to take) with vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: hṛ (class 1)
• vimāna – aerial car, airship, palace
  noun (neuter)
  from root mā (to measure) with vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: mā (class 2)
• bhūmi – earth, ground, region, land
  noun (feminine)

अभ्रंलिहाचलनितम्बकदम्बकच्छे (abhraṁlihācalanitambakadambakacche) - in a thicket of collections of cloud-scraping mountain flanks

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of abhraṃlihācalanitambakadambakaccha

abhraṁlihācalanitambakadambakaccha - thicket of clustered cloud-scraping mountain slopes

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (abhraṃliha+acala+nitamba+kadambaka+kaccha)

• abhraṃliha – cloud-scraping, very high
  adjective
  from abhra + lih (to lick)
  Root: lih (class 2)
• abhra – cloud
  noun (neuter)
• acala – mountain (lit. immovable)
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: a
• nitamba – flank, slope (of a mountain), hip
  noun (masculine)
• kadambaka – cluster, collection, multitude
  noun (masculine/neuter)
• kaccha – thicket, marshy land, bank
  noun (masculine)

आसम् (āsam) - I was, I existed

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

समाः (samāḥ) - years

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of samā

samā - year

Note: Used adverbially for duration of time.

समरसह् (samarasah) - tranquil, equanimous, of equal taste/feeling

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samarasa

samarasa - equanimous, tranquil, having the same taste/feeling

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sama+rasa)

• sama – equal, same, tranquil
  adjective
• rasa – taste, feeling, essence, sentiment
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with implied 'aham'.

अमरसोमनामा (amarasomanāmā) - named Amarasoma

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of amarasomanāman

amarasomanāman - named Amarasoma

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (amarasoma+nāman)

• amarasoma – Amarasoma (proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)
• amara – immortal, god
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: a
• soma – Soma (a divine plant/drink, or a name)
  proper noun (masculine)
• nāman – name
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with implied 'aham'.

सप्तन् (saptan) - seven

(numeral)

Note: Modifies 'samāḥ'.

अन्य (anya) - other

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of anya

anya - other, another

Note: Used with 'sapta' to mean 'another seven'.

सप्त (sapta) - seven

(numeral)

Note: Modifies 'samāḥ'.

ससमुद्रतटे (sasamudrataṭe) - on the seashore, at the ocean's edge

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sasamudrataṭa

sasamudrataṭa - along with the seashore, on the seashore

Compound type : avyayībhāva (sa+samudrataṭa)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• samudrataṭa – seashore, ocean bank
  noun (masculine)
• samudra – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• taṭa – bank, shore, slope
  noun (masculine)

तपस्वी (tapasvī) - ascetic, penitent

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tapasvin

tapasvin - ascetic, one practicing austerities (tapas)

Note: Agrees with implied 'aham'.

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