योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-214, verse-48

देहयष्टिषु संयोज्य वनिता यक्षकर्दमम् ।
जग्मुस्ताण्डवनर्तक्यः श्रृङ्गारात्माङ्गणान्तरम् ॥ ४८ ॥

dehayaṣṭiṣu saṃyojya vanitā yakṣakardamam ,
jagmustāṇḍavanartakyaḥ śrṛṅgārātmāṅgaṇāntaram 48

48. dehay-aṣṭiṣu saṃyojya vanitā yakṣakardamam
jagmuḥ tāṇḍavanartakyaḥ śṛṅgārātmāṅgaṇāntaram

48. tāṇḍavanartakyaḥ vanitā dehay-aṣṭiṣu yakṣakardamam
saṃyojya śṛṅgārātmāṅgaṇāntaram jagmuḥ

48. The Taṇḍava dancers, these women, having applied the yakṣa-paste to their slender bodies, entered the inner courtyard, which was the very essence of the erotic sentiment (śṛṅgāra).

48. לאחר שמשחו את גופן התמיר במשחת ניחוח יקרת ערך, פנו הרקדניות אל החצר המלאה באווירת אהבה ורומנטיקה.

Words meanings summery:

• देहय्-अष्टिषु (dehay-aṣṭiṣu) - on their slender bodies (referring to the dancers) (on the slender bodies, on the body-sticks)

• संयोज्य (saṁyojya) - having applied (the paste) (having joined, having applied, having connected)

• वनिता (vanitā) - women (the dancers, used collectively) (woman, beloved woman)

• यक्षकर्दमम् (yakṣakardamam) - yakṣa-paste (yakṣa-paste, a type of fragrant ointment)

• जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they went, they entered (they went, they proceeded)

• ताण्डवनर्तक्यः (tāṇḍavanartakyaḥ) - the Taṇḍava dancers (Taṇḍava dancers)

• शृङ्गारात्माङ्गणान्तरम् (śṛṅgārātmāṅgaṇāntaram) - into the inner courtyard, which was the very essence of the erotic sentiment (śṛṅgāra) (into the inner courtyard, the essence of erotic sentiment)

Words meanings and morphology

देहय्-अष्टिषु (dehay-aṣṭiṣu) - on their slender bodies (referring to the dancers) (on the slender bodies, on the body-sticks)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of dehay-aṣṭi

dehay-aṣṭi - slender body, body-stick

Compound type : tatpurusha (deha+yaṣṭi)

• deha – body, physical form
  noun (masculine)
• yaṣṭi – stick, staff, rod; slender body
  noun (feminine)

संयोज्य (saṁyojya) - having applied (the paste) (having joined, having applied, having connected)

(indeclinable)

gerund (absolutive)

Derived from the root yuj with prefix sam in the causative, forming a gerund (absolutive) with suffix lyap.

Prefix: sam

Root: yuj (class 7)

वनिता (vanitā) - women (the dancers, used collectively) (woman, beloved woman)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vanitā

vanitā - woman, beloved, desired

From root van (to desire, to love) + kta (past passive participle) used as a noun.

Root: van (class 1)

यक्षकर्दमम् (yakṣakardamam) - yakṣa-paste (yakṣa-paste, a type of fragrant ointment)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yakṣakardama

yakṣakardama - a fragrant ointment (associated with yakṣas or of a specific color/fragrance)

Compound type : tatpurusha (yakṣa+kardama)

• yakṣa – a class of benevolent nature spirits, a semi-divine being
  noun (masculine)
• kardama – mud, mire, paste, ointment
  noun (masculine)

Note: Direct object of saṃyojya.

जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they went, they entered (they went, they proceeded)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of gam

perfect tense (lit)

3rd person plural perfect active.

Root: gam (class 1)

ताण्डवनर्तक्यः (tāṇḍavanartakyaḥ) - the Taṇḍava dancers (Taṇḍava dancers)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tāṇḍavanartakī

tāṇḍavanartakī - female dancer of the Taṇḍava style of dance

Compound type : tatpurusha (tāṇḍava+nartakī)

• tāṇḍava – relating to Taṇḍu (Shiva's attendant) or Shiva's dance
  noun (neuter)
• nartakī – female dancer
  noun (feminine)

Note: Subject of jagmuḥ.

शृङ्गारात्माङ्गणान्तरम् (śṛṅgārātmāṅgaṇāntaram) - into the inner courtyard, which was the very essence of the erotic sentiment (śṛṅgāra) (into the inner courtyard, the essence of erotic sentiment)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śṛṅgārātmāṅgaṇāntara

śṛṅgārātmāṅgaṇāntara - inner courtyard whose essence is erotic sentiment

Compound type : tatpurusha (śṛṅgāra+ātman+aṅgaṇa+antara)

• śṛṅgāra – erotic sentiment, love, sexual desire
  noun (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
• aṅgaṇa – courtyard
  noun (neuter)
• antara – interior, inner part, space between
  noun (neuter)

Note: Accusative indicating 'into'.

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