योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-135, verse-10

पिबन्त्यद्यापि तानीव मदिरां मदिरार्णवात् ।
खे नृत्यन्ति च भूतानि सह योगेश्वरीगणैः ॥ १० ॥

pibantyadyāpi tānīva madirāṃ madirārṇavāt ,
khe nṛtyanti ca bhūtāni saha yogeśvarīgaṇaiḥ 10

10. pibanti adya api tāni iva madirām madirārṇavāt
khe nṛtyanti ca bhūtāni saha yogeśvarīgaṇaiḥ

10. tāni adya api iva madirārṇavāt madirām pibanti
ca bhūtāni khe yogeśvarīgaṇaiḥ saha nṛtyanti

10. Even today, those spirits drink wine from the ocean of wine. And in the sky, the spirits dance along with the hosts of Yoginī goddesses (yogeśvarī).

Words meanings summery:

• पिबन्ति (pibanti) - they drink

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• तानि (tāni) - those spirits (those)

• इव (iva) - emphasizes 'even today' as if it's always been this way (like, as if, as it were)

• मदिराम् (madirām) - wine, intoxicating drink

• मदिरार्णवात् (madirārṇavāt) - from the ocean of wine

• खे (khe) - in the sky, in space

• नृत्यन्ति (nṛtyanti) - they dance

• च (ca) - and, also

• भूतानि (bhūtāni) - the spirits, the beings

• सह (saha) - with, together with

• योगेश्वरीगणैः (yogeśvarīgaṇaiḥ) - with the hosts of Yoginī goddesses

Words meanings and morphology

पिबन्ति (pibanti) - they drink

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of √pā

Root: pā (class 1)

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

तानि (tāni) - those spirits (those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

इव (iva) - emphasizes 'even today' as if it's always been this way (like, as if, as it were)

(indeclinable)

मदिराम् (madirām) - wine, intoxicating drink

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of madirā

madirā - wine, intoxicating drink; female elephant in rut

मदिरार्णवात् (madirārṇavāt) - from the ocean of wine

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of madirārṇava

madirārṇava - ocean of wine/intoxicating drink

Compound type : tatpurusha (madirā+arṇava)

• madirā – wine, intoxicating drink
  noun (feminine)
• arṇava – ocean, sea, flood
  noun (masculine)

खे (khe) - in the sky, in space

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - sky, space, ether, heaven

नृत्यन्ति (nṛtyanti) - they dance

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of √nṛt

Root: nṛt (class 4)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

भूतानि (bhūtāni) - the spirits, the beings

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - spirit, being, creature; past, happened

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root bhū (to be, to become).

Root: bhū (class 1)

सह (saha) - with, together with

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as a preposition, takes instrumental case.

योगेश्वरीगणैः (yogeśvarīgaṇaiḥ) - with the hosts of Yoginī goddesses

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of yogeśvarīgaṇa

yogeśvarīgaṇa - host of Yoginī goddesses, group of female spiritual masters

Compound type : tatpurusha (yogeśvarī+gaṇa)

• yogeśvarī – mistress of yoga (yoga), female adept in yoga, a Yoginī
  noun (feminine)
• gaṇa – host, multitude, troop, group
  noun (masculine)

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