योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-134, verse-20

व्योम्नि नर्तनमारेभे स्वशरीरार्धपूरिते ।
पर्यन्तगिरिमालाग्रस्थितामरनिरीक्षिता ॥ २० ॥

vyomni nartanamārebhe svaśarīrārdhapūrite ,
paryantagirimālāgrasthitāmaranirīkṣitā 20

20. vyomni nartanam ārebhe svaśarīrārdhapūrite
paryantagirimālāgrasthitāmaranirīkṣitā

20. nartanam vyomni svaśarīrārdhapūrite ārebhe
paryantagirimālāgrasthitāmaranirīkṣitā

20. A dance began in the sky, which was half-filled by her own body. She was watched by immortals standing on the peaks of the surrounding mountain ranges.

20. היא החלה לרקוד בשמיים, שהיו מלאים עד מחציתם מגופה בלבד, כשהאלים הניצבים על פסגות הרי המסגרת צופים בה.

Words meanings summery:

• व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky, in space, in the atmosphere

• नर्तनम् (nartanam) - a dance, the act of dancing

• आरेभे (ārebhe) - began, started

• स्वशरीरार्धपूरिते (svaśarīrārdhapūrite) - in the sky that was half-filled by the dancer's own body (in the half-filled by its own body)

• पर्यन्तगिरिमालाग्रस्थितामरनिरीक्षिता (paryantagirimālāgrasthitāmaranirīkṣitā) - watched by immortals standing on the peaks of the surrounding mountain ranges

Words meanings and morphology

व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky, in space, in the atmosphere

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vyoman

vyoman - sky, atmosphere, space

नर्तनम् (nartanam) - a dance, the act of dancing

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nartana

nartana - dancing, a dance

action noun

Derived from root nṛt with suffix -ana.

Root: nṛt (class 4)

आरेभे (ārebhe) - began, started

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past perfect (liṭ) of ā-rabh

Prefix: ā

Root: rabh (class 1)

स्वशरीरार्धपूरिते (svaśarīrārdhapūrite) - in the sky that was half-filled by the dancer's own body (in the half-filled by its own body)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of svaśarīrārdhapūrita

svaśarīrārdhapūrita - half-filled by one's own body

Past Passive Participle

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (sva+śarīra+ardha+pūrita)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun (neuter)
• śarīra – body
  noun (neuter)
• ardha – half, a half
  noun (neuter)
• pūrita – filled, completed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root pṛ (class 10 pūrayati) with suffix -ita.
  Root: pṛ (class 10)

पर्यन्तगिरिमालाग्रस्थितामरनिरीक्षिता (paryantagirimālāgrasthitāmaranirīkṣitā) - watched by immortals standing on the peaks of the surrounding mountain ranges

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of paryantagirimālāgrasthitāmaranirīkṣita

paryantagirimālāgrasthitāmaranirīkṣita - watched by immortals standing on the peaks of the surrounding mountain ranges

Past Passive Participle

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (paryanta+giri+mālā+agra+sthita+amara+nirīkṣita)

• paryanta – surrounding, bordering, ultimate
  adjective (masculine)
• giri – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
• mālā – garland, string, row, range
  noun (feminine)
• agra – top, peak, front, tip
  noun (neuter)
• sthita – standing, situated, located
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root sthā with suffix -ta.
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• amara – immortal, god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• nirīkṣita – watched, observed, seen
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root īkṣ with upasarga nir- and suffix -ta.
  Prefix: nir
  Root: īkṣ (class 1)

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