योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-145, verse-25

संतप्तसिकतासेकसनीहारसरिच्छिराः ।
दावानलशिखाश्यामधूमश्यामलदिङ्मुखाः ॥ २५ ॥

saṃtaptasikatāsekasanīhārasaricchirāḥ ,
dāvānalaśikhāśyāmadhūmaśyāmaladiṅmukhāḥ 25

25. saṃtaptasikatāsekasanīhārasaricchirāḥ
dāvānalaśikhāśyāmadhūmaśyāmaladiṅmukhāḥ

25. saṃtaptasikatāsekasanīhārasaricchirāḥ
dāvānalaśikhāśyāmadhūmaśyāmaladiṅmukhāḥ

25. The lands whose river-channels (sarit-śirāḥ) appear like quickly evaporating streaks of mist (sanīhāra) on scorching hot sand (saṃtapta-sikatā-āseka), and whose horizons (dik-mukha) are darkened (śyāmala) by the blackish smoke (śyāma-dhūma) from forest fire (dāvānala) flames (śikhā).

Words meanings summery:

• संतप्तसिकतासेकसनीहारसरिच्छिराः (saṁtaptasikatāsekasanīhārasaricchirāḥ) - describing lands where rivers are dried up, leaving only ephemeral traces like mist on hot sand (whose river-channels are like the sprinkling of mist on scorching sand)

• दावानलशिखाश्यामधूमश्यामलदिङ्मुखाः (dāvānalaśikhāśyāmadhūmaśyāmaladiṅmukhāḥ) - describing lands where the sky is obscured and darkened by widespread forest fires (whose horizons are darkened by the dark smoke from forest fire flames)

Words meanings and morphology

संतप्तसिकतासेकसनीहारसरिच्छिराः (saṁtaptasikatāsekasanīhārasaricchirāḥ) - describing lands where rivers are dried up, leaving only ephemeral traces like mist on hot sand (whose river-channels are like the sprinkling of mist on scorching sand)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃtaptasikatāsekasanīhārasaricchirāḥ

saṁtaptasikatāsekasanīhārasaricchirā - whose river-channels are like the sprinkling of mist on scorching sand

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (saṃtapta+sikatā+āseka+sanīhāra+sarit+śirā)

• saṃtapta – scorched, heated, inflamed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from prefix 'saṃ-' and root '√tap' (to heat, burn)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: tap (class 1)
• sikatā – sand, gravel
  noun (feminine)
• āseka – sprinkling, pouring upon, moistening
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from prefix 'ā-' and root '√sic' (to sprinkle)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: sic (class 6)
• sanīhāra – with mist, with dew, frosty
  adjective (masculine)
  Compound 'sa-' (with) + 'nīhāra' (mist, dew)
• sarit – river, stream
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root '√sṛ' (to flow)
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• śirā – vein, nerve, channel, stream
  noun (feminine)

दावानलशिखाश्यामधूमश्यामलदिङ्मुखाः (dāvānalaśikhāśyāmadhūmaśyāmaladiṅmukhāḥ) - describing lands where the sky is obscured and darkened by widespread forest fires (whose horizons are darkened by the dark smoke from forest fire flames)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dāvānalaśikhāśyāmadhūmaśyāmaladiṅmukha

dāvānalaśikhāśyāmadhūmaśyāmaladiṅmukha - whose horizons are darkened by the dark smoke from forest fire flames

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dāvānala+śikhā+śyāma+dhūma+śyāmala+dikmukha)

• dāvānala – forest fire, conflagration
  noun (masculine)
  Compound 'dāva' (forest, conflagration) + 'anala' (fire)
• śikhā – flame, crest, top, point
  noun (feminine)
• śyāma – dark, black, dark blue, green, dusky
  adjective (masculine)
• dhūma – smoke, vapor
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhū (class 2)
• śyāmala – darkened, blackish, dark-colored
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from 'śyāma'
• dikmukha – quarter of the sky, horizon, direction
  noun (masculine)
  Compound 'diś' (direction) + 'mukha' (face)

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