योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-145, verse-9

क्षीरार्णव इवोड्डीनो नभश्चन्द्रोदयान्वितम् ।
सरांसि फुल्लपद्मानि कह्लारवलितानि च ॥ ९ ॥

kṣīrārṇava ivoḍḍīno nabhaścandrodayānvitam ,
sarāṃsi phullapadmāni kahlāravalitāni ca 9

9. kṣīrārṇava iva uḍḍīnaḥ nabhaḥ candrodaya anvitam
sarāṃsi phulla padmāni kahlāra valitāni ca

9. nabhaḥ candrodaya anvitam kṣīrārṇava iva uḍḍīnaḥ
ca sarāṃsi phulla padmāni kahlāra valitāni

9. The sky, expansive as if it had arisen from the milky ocean, was graced by the rising moon. And the lakes were adorned with blooming lotuses and encircled by white water lilies.

Words meanings summery:

• क्षीरार्णव (kṣīrārṇava) - milky ocean, ocean of milk

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• उड्डीनः (uḍḍīnaḥ) - expansive (flown up, risen, soared, expanded)

• नभः (nabhaḥ) - sky, atmosphere, heaven

• चन्द्रोदय (candrodaya) - moonrise

• अन्वितम् (anvitam) - graced by (accompanied by, joined with, connected with, graced by)

• सरांसि (sarāṁsi) - lakes, ponds

• फुल्ल (phulla) - blooming, blossomed, expanded

• पद्मानि (padmāni) - blooming lotuses (lotuses, lotus flowers)

• कह्लार (kahlāra) - white water lily

• वलितानि (valitāni) - encircled by water lilies (surrounded, encircled, covered)

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

क्षीरार्णव (kṣīrārṇava) - milky ocean, ocean of milk

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣīrārṇava

kṣīrārṇava - milky ocean, ocean of milk

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣīra+arṇava)

• kṣīra – milk
  noun (neuter)
• arṇava – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

उड्डीनः (uḍḍīnaḥ) - expansive (flown up, risen, soared, expanded)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uḍḍīna

uḍḍīna - flown up, risen, soared, expanded

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'ḍī' with prefix 'ut'.

Prefix: ut

Root: ḍī (class 4)

Note: Poetically used to describe the sky's vastness, even with a slight gender mismatch.

नभः (nabhaḥ) - sky, atmosphere, heaven

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nabhas

nabhas - sky, atmosphere, heaven

चन्द्रोदय (candrodaya) - moonrise

(noun)

masculine, singular of candrodaya

candrodaya - moonrise

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (candra+udaya)

• candra – moon
  noun (masculine)
• udaya – rising, ascent, appearance
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: iṇ (class 2)

Note: Used as the first part of a compound adjective with 'anvitam'.

अन्वितम् (anvitam) - graced by (accompanied by, joined with, connected with, graced by)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anvita

anvita - accompanied by, joined with, connected with

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'iṇ' with prefix 'anu'.

Prefix: anu

Root: iṇ (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'nabhaḥ'.

सरांसि (sarāṁsi) - lakes, ponds

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of saras

saras - lake, pond

फुल्ल (phulla) - blooming, blossomed, expanded

(adjective)

of phulla

phulla - blooming, blossomed, expanded

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'phall' (to burst, bloom).

Root: phall (class 1)

Note: First part of the compound 'phullapadmāni'.

पद्मानि (padmāni) - blooming lotuses (lotuses, lotus flowers)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of padma

padma - lotus, lotus flower

Note: Second part of the compound 'phullapadmāni', which is a Karmadhāraya compound where 'phulla' describes 'padma'.

कह्लार (kahlāra) - white water lily

(noun)

of kahlāra

kahlāra - white water lily

Note: First part of the compound 'kahlāravalitāni'.

वलितानि (valitāni) - encircled by water lilies (surrounded, encircled, covered)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of valita

valita - surrounded, encircled, covered

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'val' (to turn, roll, cover).

Root: val (class 1)

Note: Second part of the compound 'kahlāravalitāni', which is a Tatpuruṣa compound meaning 'covered with water lilies'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

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