योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-19, verse-28

पञ्चाशदनिलस्कन्धा एकोनाः प्राणवायवः ।
मार्तण्डमण्डलं चण्डं पित्तं जठरपावकः ॥ २८ ॥

pañcāśadanilaskandhā ekonāḥ prāṇavāyavaḥ ,
mārtaṇḍamaṇḍalaṃ caṇḍaṃ pittaṃ jaṭharapāvakaḥ 28

28. pañcāśat ekonāḥ anilaskandhāḥ prāṇavāyavaḥ
mārtanḍamaṇḍalam caṇḍam pittam jaṭharapāvakaḥ

28. ekonāḥ pañcāśat anilaskandhāḥ prāṇavāyavaḥ
caṇḍam mārtanḍamaṇḍalam pittam jaṭharapāvakaḥ

28. The forty-nine branches of wind are the vital breaths (prāṇavāyu). The fierce orb of the sun is its bile, and also its digestive fire.

28. ארבעים ותשע הרוחות הן נשימות חייו, גלגל השמש הלוהט הוא מורתו, ואש העיכול היא אשו הפנימית.

Words meanings summery:

• पञ्चाशत् (pañcāśat) - fifty

• एकोनाः (ekonāḥ) - forty-nine (i.e., fifty less one) (minus one, one less, lacking one)

• अनिलस्कन्धाः (anilaskandhāḥ) - branches/masses of wind

• प्राणवायवः (prāṇavāyavaḥ) - vital breaths, vital airs (prāṇavāyu)

• मार्तन्डमण्डलम् (mārtanḍamaṇḍalam) - orb of the sun, solar disk

• चण्डम् (caṇḍam) - fierce, violent, formidable, passionate

• पित्तम् (pittam) - bile, gall (one of the three humors)

• जठरपावकः (jaṭharapāvakaḥ) - digestive fire, gastric fire

Words meanings and morphology

पञ्चाशत् (pañcāśat) - fifty

(numeral)

एकोनाः (ekonāḥ) - forty-nine (i.e., fifty less one) (minus one, one less, lacking one)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ekona

ekona - one less, lacking one

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (eka+ūna)

• eka – one
  numeral/pronoun (masculine)
• ūna – less, deficient, lacking
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root un (to lessen, decrease)
  Root: ūn (class 1)

अनिलस्कन्धाः (anilaskandhāḥ) - branches/masses of wind

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anilaskandha

anilaskandha - branch or division of wind

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (anila+skandha)

• anila – wind, air; a deity of wind
  noun (masculine)
• skandha – shoulder, trunk, branch, mass, section
  noun (masculine)

प्राणवायवः (prāṇavāyavaḥ) - vital breaths, vital airs (prāṇavāyu)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prāṇavāyu

prāṇavāyu - vital breath, life-air (a category of bio-energies in the body)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prāṇa+vāyu)

• prāṇa – life-breath, vital energy, air, spirit
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root an (to breathe) with prefix pra.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: an (class 2)
• vāyu – wind, air, vital air, god of wind
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vā (class 2)

मार्तन्डमण्डलम् (mārtanḍamaṇḍalam) - orb of the sun, solar disk

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mārtanḍamaṇḍala

mārtanḍamaṇḍala - the orb of the sun, solar disk

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mārtanḍa+maṇḍala)

• mārtanḍa – the sun, the sun-god
  noun (masculine)
• maṇḍala – circle, orb, disk, sphere
  noun (neuter)

चण्डम् (caṇḍam) - fierce, violent, formidable, passionate

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of caṇḍa

caṇḍa - fierce, violent, impetuous, terrible

पित्तम् (pittam) - bile, gall (one of the three humors)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pitta

pitta - bile, gall; one of the three bodily humors (doṣa)

जठरपावकः (jaṭharapāvakaḥ) - digestive fire, gastric fire

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jaṭharapāvaka

jaṭharapāvaka - digestive fire, gastric fire

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jaṭhara+pāvaka)

• jaṭhara – belly, abdomen, stomach
  noun (neuter)
• pāvaka – fire; purifying, sacred fire
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root pū (to purify)
  Root: pū (class 1)

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