योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-145, verse-61

आकाशगमनं चैव चन्द्रोदयहिमाचलान् ।
गहनं वृक्षशैलानां नभःप्लवनमर्णसाम् ॥ ६१ ॥

ākāśagamanaṃ caiva candrodayahimācalān ,
gahanaṃ vṛkṣaśailānāṃ nabhaḥplavanamarṇasām 61

61. ākāśagamanam ca eva candrodayahimācalān
gahanam vṛkṣaśailānām nabhas plavanam arṇasām

61. ākāśagamanam ca eva candrodayahimācalān
vṛkṣaśailānām gahanam arṇasām nabhas plavanam

61. Travel through the sky, and indeed, [the experience of] moonrises and snowy mountains; the dense thickets of trees and mountains; and the floating of waters in the sky.

Words meanings summery:

• आकाशगमनम् (ākāśagamanam) - moving through space, sky-travel

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, certainly

• चन्द्रोदयहिमाचलान् (candrodayahimācalān) - moonrises and snow-capped mountains

• गहनम् (gahanam) - dense thickets (referring to mountains and trees) (deep, dense, impenetrable; a dense place, thicket)

• वृक्षशैलानाम् (vṛkṣaśailānām) - of trees and mountains

• नभस् (nabhas) - sky, atmosphere, clouds

• प्लवनम् (plavanam) - floating, swimming, flying

• अर्णसाम् (arṇasām) - of waters, of waves, of rivers

Words meanings and morphology

आकाशगमनम् (ākāśagamanam) - moving through space, sky-travel

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākāśagamana

ākāśagamana - movement in the sky, sky-travel

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ākāśa+gamana)

• ākāśa – sky, space
  noun (masculine)
• gamana – going, moving, motion
  noun (neuter)
  kṛt (action noun)
  Derived from root gam- with suffix -ana
  Root: gam (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

चन्द्रोदयहिमाचलान् (candrodayahimācalān) - moonrises and snow-capped mountains

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of candrodayahimācala

candrodayahimācala - moonrises and snow-capped mountains

Compound type : dvandva (candrodaya+himācala)

• candrodaya – moonrise
  noun (masculine)
• himācala – snowy mountain, Himalayas
  noun (masculine)

गहनम् (gahanam) - dense thickets (referring to mountains and trees) (deep, dense, impenetrable; a dense place, thicket)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gahana

gahana - deep, dense, impenetrable, thicket, secret

Root: gah (class 1)

वृक्षशैलानाम् (vṛkṣaśailānām) - of trees and mountains

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vṛkṣaśaila

vṛkṣaśaila - trees and mountains

Compound type : dvandva (vṛkṣa+śaila)

• vṛkṣa – tree
  noun (masculine)
• śaila – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)
  from śilā (rock)

Note: Describes the 'dense' areas as being of trees and mountains.

नभस् (nabhas) - sky, atmosphere, clouds

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of nabhas

nabhas - sky, atmosphere, cloud, mist

Note: Used here in a compound meaning 'in the sky'.

प्लवनम् (plavanam) - floating, swimming, flying

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of plavana

plavana - floating, swimming, flying, bathing

kṛt (action noun)

Derived from root plu- with suffix -ana

Root: plu (class 1)

अर्णसाम् (arṇasām) - of waters, of waves, of rivers

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of arṇas

arṇas - water, wave, stream, sea

Note: Modifies 'plavanam' - the floating *of* waters.

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