योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-145, verse-17

नलिनीजालिनीर्नीलाः पुष्पकस्थलधारिणीः ।
वनावलीर्विलीनाभ्रनिर्मलाकाशकोमलाः ॥ १७ ॥

nalinījālinīrnīlāḥ puṣpakasthaladhāriṇīḥ ,
vanāvalīrvilīnābhranirmalākāśakomalāḥ 17

17. nalinījālinīḥ nīlāḥ puṣpakasthala-dhāriṇīḥ
vanāvalīḥ vilīnābhranirmalākāśakomalāḥ

17. vanāvalīḥ nalinījālinīḥ nīlāḥ
puṣpakasthala-dhāriṇīḥ vilīnābhranirmalākāśakomalāḥ

17. The rows of groves, dark blue and abundant with lotus beds, bearing patches of flowers, were tender like the pure sky where clouds have dissolved.

Words meanings summery:

• नलिनीजालिनीः (nalinījālinīḥ) - full of lotus beds, abundant with lotuses

• नीलाः (nīlāḥ) - blue, dark-colored

• पुष्पकस्थल-धारिणीः (puṣpakasthala-dhāriṇīḥ) - bearing patches of flowers, adorned with flowerbeds

• वनावलीः (vanāvalīḥ) - rows of forests, forest-groves, lines of trees

• विलीनाभ्रनिर्मलाकाशकोमलाः (vilīnābhranirmalākāśakomalāḥ) - tender/soft like the pure sky where clouds have dissolved

Words meanings and morphology

नलिनीजालिनीः (nalinījālinīḥ) - full of lotus beds, abundant with lotuses

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nalinījālinī

nalinījālinī - full of lotus beds

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (nalinī+jālinī)

• nalinī – lotus, water lily
  noun (feminine)
• jālinī – having nets, having multitudes, full of
  adjective (feminine)
  derived from jāla (net, multitude) with -inī suffix

नीलाः (nīlāḥ) - blue, dark-colored

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nīla

nīla - blue, dark, black

पुष्पकस्थल-धारिणीः (puṣpakasthala-dhāriṇīḥ) - bearing patches of flowers, adorned with flowerbeds

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of puṣpakasthala-dhāriṇī

puṣpakasthala-dhāriṇī - bearing patches of flowers

derived from dhārin (bearing, holding)

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (puṣpaka+sthala+dhāriṇī)

• puṣpaka – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
• sthala – place, spot, patch
  noun (neuter)
• dhāriṇī – bearing, holding, possessing
  adjective (feminine)
  Present Active Participle (feminine)
  Derived from root dhṛ (to bear, hold) with ṇini suffix.
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

वनावलीः (vanāvalīḥ) - rows of forests, forest-groves, lines of trees

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vanāvalī

vanāvalī - rows of forests, forest-groves

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (vana+āvalī)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• āvalī – row, line, series
  noun (feminine)

विलीनाभ्रनिर्मलाकाशकोमलाः (vilīnābhranirmalākāśakomalāḥ) - tender/soft like the pure sky where clouds have dissolved

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vilīnābhranirmalākāśakomalā

vilīnābhranirmalākāśakomalā - tender/soft like the pure sky where clouds have dissolved

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (vilīna+abhra+nirmala+ākāśa+komala)

• vilīna – dissolved, melted, disappeared
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From vi + root lī (to dissolve, cling)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: lī (class 4)
• abhra – cloud
  noun (neuter)
• nirmala – pure, clear, spotless
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: nir
• ākāśa – sky, space
  noun (masculine)
• komala – tender, soft, delicate
  adjective (masculine)

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