योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-65, verse-8

उत्फुल्लाः कुसुमस्थल्यो नन्दनोद्यानभूमयः ।
धन्वायन्ते कुनाथानां विनाथानां च योषिताम् ॥ ८ ॥

utphullāḥ kusumasthalyo nandanodyānabhūmayaḥ ,
dhanvāyante kunāthānāṃ vināthānāṃ ca yoṣitām 8

8. utphullāḥ kusumasthalyaḥ nandanodyānabhūmayaḥ
dhanvāyante kunāthānām vināthānām ca yoṣitām

8. utphullāḥ kusumasthalyaḥ nandanodyānabhūmayaḥ
ca kunāthānām vināthānām yoṣitām dhanvāyante

8. Even blossoming flower gardens (kusumasthalī) and the pleasure grounds of a Nandanavana-like park turn into a desert for women (yoṣit) who have bad husbands (kunātha) and for those who are without husbands (vinātha).

8. אפילו גני עדן נַנְדַנָה עטורי הפרחים הופכים למדבר צחיח בעיניהן של נשים שאין להן בן זוג או שבן זוגן רע.

Words meanings summery:

• उत्फुल्लाः (utphullāḥ) - blossoming, blooming, expanded

• कुसुमस्थल्यः (kusumasthalyaḥ) - flower gardens, flower beds

• नन्दनोद्यानभूमयः (nandanodyānabhūmayaḥ) - Nandanavana garden grounds, pleasure grounds like Nandanavana

• धन्वायन्ते (dhanvāyante) - they become a desert, they turn into a desert

• कुनाथानाम् (kunāthānām) - of those with bad husbands, of women with bad lords

• विनाथानाम् (vināthānām) - of those without husbands, of women without protectors

• च (ca) - and

• योषिताम् (yoṣitām) - of women

Words meanings and morphology

उत्फुल्लाः (utphullāḥ) - blossoming, blooming, expanded

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of utphulla

utphulla - blossoming, blooming, expanded, opened

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root phull (to blossom) with prefix ut.

Prefix: ut

Root: phull (class 1)

Note: Qualifies kusumasthalyaḥ and bhūmayaḥ.

कुसुमस्थल्यः (kusumasthalyaḥ) - flower gardens, flower beds

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kusumasthalī

kusumasthalī - flower garden, flower bed

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (kusuma+sthalī)

• kusuma – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
• sthalī – place, ground, land, area
  noun (feminine)

नन्दनोद्यानभूमयः (nandanodyānabhūmayaḥ) - Nandanavana garden grounds, pleasure grounds like Nandanavana

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nandanodyānabhūmi

nandanodyānabhūmi - grounds of Nandanavana garden, pleasure grounds resembling Nandanavana

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (nandanodyāna+bhūmi)

• nandanodyāna – Nandanavana (celestial pleasure garden)
  proper noun (neuter)
• bhūmi – earth, ground, land, place
  noun (feminine)

धन्वायन्ते (dhanvāyante) - they become a desert, they turn into a desert

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of dhanvāy

Denominative verb

Derived from noun dhanvan (desert) + kyac suffix, present middle third person plural.

Root: dhanvan (class 0)

कुनाथानाम् (kunāthānām) - of those with bad husbands, of women with bad lords

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, plural of kunātha

kunātha - having a bad husband/lord, bad protector

Compound type : prādi (ku+nātha)

• ku – bad, evil, contemptible
  indeclinable
• nātha – lord, master, husband, protector
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies yoṣitām.

विनाथानाम् (vināthānām) - of those without husbands, of women without protectors

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, plural of vinātha

vinātha - without a master/lord/husband, unprotected

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vi+nātha)

• vi – without, separated from
  indeclinable
• nātha – lord, master, husband, protector
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies yoṣitām.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

योषिताम् (yoṣitām) - of women

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of yoṣit

yoṣit - woman, female

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