योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-145, verse-29

अध्वगं संभ्रमवशात्तप्तधूलिविधूसरम् ।
दूरादमृतवद्दृष्टं स्निग्धच्छायाध्वपादपम् ॥ २९ ॥

adhvagaṃ saṃbhramavaśāttaptadhūlividhūsaram ,
dūrādamṛtavaddṛṣṭaṃ snigdhacchāyādhvapādapam 29

29. adhvagam saṃbhramavaśāt taptadhūlividhūsaram
dūrāt amṛtavat dṛṣṭam snigdhacchāyādhvapadapam

29. adhvagam saṃbhramavaśāt taptadhūlividhūsaram
snigdhacchāyādhvapadapam dūrāt amṛtavat dṛṣṭam

29. A traveler, greyed by hot dust due to confusion; a road-tree offering cool shade, appearing like nectar when seen from afar.

Words meanings summery:

• अध्वगम् (adhvagam) - a traveler, one who goes on a road

• संभ्रमवशात् (saṁbhramavaśāt) - due to confusion, due to agitation, by means of haste/distress

• तप्तधूलिविधूसरम् (taptadhūlividhūsaram) - greyed/covered with hot dust

• दूरात् (dūrāt) - from afar, from a distance

• अमृतवत् (amṛtavat) - like nectar, as if nectar

• दृष्टम् (dṛṣṭam) - seen, observed, perceived

• स्निग्धच्छायाध्वपदपम् (snigdhacchāyādhvapadapam) - a road-tree with cool/pleasant shade

Words meanings and morphology

अध्वगम् (adhvagam) - a traveler, one who goes on a road

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of adhvaga

adhvaga - a traveler, a pedestrian, one who goes on a road

From adhvan (road) + ga (going)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (adhvan+ga)

• adhvan – road, path, journey
  noun (masculine)
• ga – going, moving, leading to
  adjective (masculine)
  From root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

संभ्रमवशात् (saṁbhramavaśāt) - due to confusion, due to agitation, by means of haste/distress

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of saṃbhramavaśa

saṁbhramavaśa - under the sway of confusion/agitation/haste

From saṃbhrama (confusion/haste) + vaśa (sway/power)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃbhrama+vaśa)

• saṃbhrama – confusion, agitation, haste, distress
  noun (masculine)
  from saṃ- + bhram (to wander)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• vaśa – will, power, control, sway
  noun (masculine)

तप्तधूलिविधूसरम् (taptadhūlividhūsaram) - greyed/covered with hot dust

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of taptadhūlividhūsara

taptadhūlividhūsara - greyed/covered with hot dust

Compound describing a state

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tapta+dhūli+vidhūsara)

• tapta – heated, hot, burnt
  adjective (masculine/neuter/feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root tap (to heat, suffer penance)
  Root: tap (class 1)
• dhūli – dust
  noun (feminine)
• vidhūsara – grey, dusky, discolored
  adjective (masculine/neuter/feminine)
  From vi- + dhūsara (grey)
  Prefix: vi

Note: Agrees with adhvagam.

दूरात् (dūrāt) - from afar, from a distance

(indeclinable)

Note: Ablative used adverbially.

अमृतवत् (amṛtavat) - like nectar, as if nectar

(indeclinable)

formed with the suffix -vat (like, as)

दृष्टम् (dṛṣṭam) - seen, observed, perceived

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, observed, known

Past Passive Participle

From root dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with snigdhacchāyādhvapadapam.

स्निग्धच्छायाध्वपदपम् (snigdhacchāyādhvapadapam) - a road-tree with cool/pleasant shade

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of snigdhacchāyādhvapadapa

snigdhacchāyādhvapadapa - a road-tree with cool/pleasant shade

Compound

Compound type : karmadhāraya/tatpuruṣa (snigdha+chāyā+adhvapadapa)

• snigdha – smooth, tender, cool, pleasant, oily
  adjective (masculine/neuter/feminine)
  From root snih (to be sticky/affectionate)
  Root: snih (class 4)
• chāyā – shade, shadow, reflection
  noun (feminine)
• adhvapadapa – a road-tree
  noun (masculine)
  adhvan (road) + pādapa (tree)

Note: Object of implied observation.

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