योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-134, verse-6

शिरालदीर्घदोर्दण्डवनीकृतनभस्तला ।
किरन्ती कीर्णदिग्दाहैर्दृष्टिपातैर्दिवाकरान् ॥ ६ ॥

śirāladīrghadordaṇḍavanīkṛtanabhastalā ,
kirantī kīrṇadigdāhairdṛṣṭipātairdivākarān 6

6. śirāladīrghadordaṇḍavanīkṛtanabhastalā
kirantī kīrṇadigdāhaiḥ dṛṣṭipātaiḥ divākarān

6. śirāladīrghadordaṇḍavanīkṛtanabhastalā
kīrṇadigdāhaiḥ dṛṣṭipātaiḥ divākarān kirantī

6. She makes the expanse of the sky a forest with her long, sinewy, mace-like arms, scattering suns through her glances that cause widespread burning in all directions.

6. זרועותיה הארוכות והגבעוליות, הגדושות ורידים, דמו ליער בלב השמיים, ומבטיה הפיצו אש שכילתה את קצוות התבל והאפילה על השמשות.

Words meanings summery:

• शिरालदीर्घदोर्दण्डवनीकृतनभस्तला (śirāladīrghadordaṇḍavanīkṛtanabhastalā) - who makes the surface of the sky a forest with her long, sinewy, mace-like arms

• किरन्ती (kirantī) - scattering, radiating, diffusing

• कीर्णदिग्दाहैः (kīrṇadigdāhaiḥ) - by widespread burning of directions, by the widespread conflagration of regions

• दृष्टिपातैः (dṛṣṭipātaiḥ) - by glances, by gazes

• दिवाकरान् (divākarān) - suns, makers of day

Words meanings and morphology

शिरालदीर्घदोर्दण्डवनीकृतनभस्तला (śirāladīrghadordaṇḍavanīkṛtanabhastalā) - who makes the surface of the sky a forest with her long, sinewy, mace-like arms

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śirāladīrghadordaṇḍavanīkṛtanabhastala

śirāladīrghadordaṇḍavanīkṛtanabhastala - one who has made the surface of the sky a forest by her sinewy, long, staff-like arms

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śirāla+dīrgha+dordaṇḍa+vanīkṛta+nabhastala)

• śirāla – veiny, sinewy, full of veins
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from 'śirā' (vein).
• dīrgha – long, tall, extensive
  adjective (masculine)
• dordaṇḍa – arm (like a staff/mace), powerful arm
  noun (masculine)
• vanīkṛta – made into a forest, turned into a forest
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from 'vana' (forest) + '-īkṛ' (to make).
  Prefix: ī
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• nabhastala – surface of the sky, firmament, expanse of the sky
  noun (neuter)

Note: Feminine nominative singular, describing the Goddess.

किरन्ती (kirantī) - scattering, radiating, diffusing

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kiran

kiran - scattering, diffusing, radiating

Present Active Participle

Derived from √kṛ (to scatter, strew).

Root: kṛ (class 6)

Note: Feminine nominative singular, describing the Goddess, in apposition to the preceding adjectives.

कीर्णदिग्दाहैः (kīrṇadigdāhaiḥ) - by widespread burning of directions, by the widespread conflagration of regions

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kīrṇadigdāha

kīrṇadigdāha - widespread burning of directions

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kīrṇa+digdāha)

• kīrṇa – scattered, spread, widespread
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √kṛ (to scatter).
  Root: kṛ (class 6)
• dik – direction, quarter of the sky
  noun (feminine)
• dāha – burning, conflagration, heat
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √dah (to burn).
  Root: dah (class 1)

Note: Instrumental plural, indicating the means or cause.

दृष्टिपातैः (dṛṣṭipātaiḥ) - by glances, by gazes

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of dṛṣṭipāta

dṛṣṭipāta - glance, gaze, falling of sight

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dṛṣṭi+pāta)

• dṛṣṭi – sight, vision, glance
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from √dṛś (to see).
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• pāta – falling, descent
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √pat (to fall).
  Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Instrumental plural, indicating the means ('by glances').

दिवाकरान् (divākarān) - suns, makers of day

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of divākara

divākara - sun, maker of day

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (divā+kara)

• divā – by day, daily
  indeclinable
• kara – maker, doer, hand, ray
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √kṛ (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of 'kirantī'.

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