योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-64, verse-30

क्वचिद्बृहत्कल्पतरुः क्वचिन्निर्जलजङ्गमः ।
क्वचिन्महाकरिकुलः क्वचिन्मत्तहरिव्रजः ॥ ३० ॥

kvacidbṛhatkalpataruḥ kvacinnirjalajaṅgamaḥ ,
kvacinmahākarikulaḥ kvacinmattaharivrajaḥ 30

30. kvacit bṛhat kalpataruḥ kvacit nirjalajaṅgamaḥ
kvacit mahākarikulaḥ kvacit mattaharivrajaḥ

30. kvacit bṛhat kalpataruḥ kvacit nirjalajaṅgamaḥ
kvacit mahākarikulaḥ kvacit mattaharivrajaḥ

30. Sometimes it features mighty wish-fulfilling trees, and at other times, waterless, moving creatures. Sometimes there are great herds of elephants, and at other times, multitudes of rutting lions.

30. במקום אחד גדל עץ משאלות ענקי (קַלְפַּתָרוּ), במקום אחר משתרע מדבר צחיח ממים; במקום אחד עדר פילים אדיר, ובמקום אחר להקת אריות פראיים.

Words meanings summery:

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, somewhere, in some place

• बृहत् (bṛhat) - great, large, mighty

• कल्पतरुः (kalpataruḥ) - wish-fulfilling tree

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, somewhere, in some place

• निर्जलजङ्गमः (nirjalajaṅgamaḥ) - waterless moving creatures, animate beings without water

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, somewhere, in some place

• महाकरिकुलः (mahākarikulaḥ) - great herd of elephants

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, somewhere, in some place

• मत्तहरिव्रजः (mattaharivrajaḥ) - multitude of intoxicated lions, herd of rutting lions

Words meanings and morphology

क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, somewhere, in some place

(indeclinable)

बृहत् (bṛhat) - great, large, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bṛhat

bṛhat - great, large, vast, mighty

कल्पतरुः (kalpataruḥ) - wish-fulfilling tree

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kalpataru

kalpataru - wish-fulfilling tree, mythical tree granting all desires

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (kalpa+taru)

• kalpa – a cosmic age, a wish, a resolution
  noun (masculine)
• taru – tree
  noun (masculine)

क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, somewhere, in some place

(indeclinable)

निर्जलजङ्गमः (nirjalajaṅgamaḥ) - waterless moving creatures, animate beings without water

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirjalajaṅgama

nirjalajaṅgama - waterless moving creatures, animate beings without water

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (nirjala+jaṅgama)

• nirjala – waterless, without water
  adjective
  Prefix: nis
• jaṅgama – moving, mobile, animate, living creature
  adjective
  Reduplicated form of root gam-
  Root: gam (class 1)

क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, somewhere, in some place

(indeclinable)

महाकरिकुलः (mahākarikulaḥ) - great herd of elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahākarikula

mahākarikula - great herd of elephants

Compound type : Ṣaṣṭhī Tatpuruṣa (mahā+kari+kula)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
  Feminine stem of mahat used as first part of compound
• kari – elephant
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• kula – herd, family, multitude, race
  noun (neuter)

क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, somewhere, in some place

(indeclinable)

मत्तहरिव्रजः (mattaharivrajaḥ) - multitude of intoxicated lions, herd of rutting lions

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mattaharivraja

mattaharivraja - multitude of intoxicated lions, herd of rutting lions

Compound type : Ṣaṣṭhī Tatpuruṣa (matta+hari+vraja)

• matta – intoxicated, rutting, maddened, delighted
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root mad-
  Root: mad (class 4)
• hari – lion, monkey, horse, Vishnu, Indra
  noun (masculine)
• vraja – herd, flock, multitude, cow-pen
  noun (masculine)

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