योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-19, verse-26

लोकान्तराण्यनन्तानि पार्श्वकाः क्षतजं पयः ।
मांसपेश्यः क्षितिधराः सरितः संतताः शिराः ॥ २६ ॥

lokāntarāṇyanantāni pārśvakāḥ kṣatajaṃ payaḥ ,
māṃsapeśyaḥ kṣitidharāḥ saritaḥ saṃtatāḥ śirāḥ 26

26. lokāntarāṇi anantāni pārśvakāḥ kṣatajam payaḥ
māṃshapeśyaḥ kṣitidharāḥ saritaḥ saṃtatāḥ śirāḥ

26. anantāni lokāntarāṇi pārśvakāḥ kṣatajam payaḥ
māṃshapeśyaḥ kṣitidharāḥ saṃtatāḥ śirāḥ saritaḥ

26. The countless other worlds are its flanks. Its water is blood. Mountains are its muscle masses. Rivers are its widespread veins.

Words meanings summery:

• लोकान्तराणि (lokāntarāṇi) - other worlds, different realms

• अनन्तानि (anantāni) - infinite, endless, countless

• पार्श्वकाः (pārśvakāḥ) - sides, flanks

• क्षतजम् (kṣatajam) - blood (lit. born from a wound)

• पयः (payaḥ) - water (as a fluid component of the cosmic body) (water, fluid, milk)

• मांस्हपेश्यः (māṁshapeśyaḥ) - muscle masses, lumps of flesh

• क्षितिधराः (kṣitidharāḥ) - mountains (lit. earth-supporters)

• सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers

• संतताः (saṁtatāḥ) - spread out, continuous, extensive

• शिराः (śirāḥ) - veins, arteries, channels

Words meanings and morphology

लोकान्तराणि (lokāntarāṇi) - other worlds, different realms

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of lokāntara

lokāntara - another world, other regions

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (loka+antara)

• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)
• antara – other, different, interior
  adjective/noun (neuter)

अनन्तानि (anantāni) - infinite, endless, countless

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of ananta

ananta - endless, infinite, boundless

पार्श्वकाः (pārśvakāḥ) - sides, flanks

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pārśvaka

pārśvaka - side, flank

क्षतजम् (kṣatajam) - blood (lit. born from a wound)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṣataja

kṣataja - blood (lit. 'born from a wound')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣata+ja)

• kṣata – wound, injury, damaged
  noun/adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kṣan (to hurt, wound)
  Root: kṣan (class 1)
• ja – born, produced from
  suffix/adjective (neuter)
  Derived from root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

पयः (payaḥ) - water (as a fluid component of the cosmic body) (water, fluid, milk)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of payas

payas - water, fluid, milk

मांस्हपेश्यः (māṁshapeśyaḥ) - muscle masses, lumps of flesh

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of māṃshapeśī

māṁshapeśī - mass of flesh, muscle

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (māṃsa+peśī)

• māṃsa – flesh, meat, muscle
  noun (neuter)
• peśī – mass, lump, muscle, anatomical layer
  noun (feminine)

क्षितिधराः (kṣitidharāḥ) - mountains (lit. earth-supporters)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṣitidhara

kṣitidhara - mountain (lit. 'earth-holder')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣiti+dhara)

• kṣiti – earth, ground, soil
  noun (feminine)
• dhara – holding, bearing, supporting
  adjective/noun (masculine)
  Derived from root dhṛ (to hold)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarit

sarit - river, stream

Root: sṛ (class 1)

संतताः (saṁtatāḥ) - spread out, continuous, extensive

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of saṃtata

saṁtata - spread, extended, continuous, widespread

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root 'tan' (to stretch, extend) with prefix 'sam'.

Prefix: sam

Root: tan (class 8)

शिराः (śirāḥ) - veins, arteries, channels

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śirā

śirā - vein, artery, channel

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