योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-75, verse-36

उत्फुल्लकिंशुकवनैरुड्डीनैरिव वाऽऽवृतम् ।
और्वेण चावृता आसन्फुल्लाशोकवना इव ॥ ३६ ॥

utphullakiṃśukavanairuḍḍīnairiva vā''vṛtam ,
aurveṇa cāvṛtā āsanphullāśokavanā iva 36

36. utphullakiṃśukavanaiḥ uḍḍīnaiḥ iva vā āvṛtam .
aurveṇa ca āvṛtāḥ āsan phullāśokavanāḥ iva ||

36. (saḥ viṃdhyaḥ) utphullakiṃśukavanaiḥ uḍḍīnaiḥ iva vā āvṛtam (āsīt) .
ca phullāśokavanāḥ aurveṇa iva āvṛtāḥ āsan

36. The mountain (Vindhya) appeared covered, as if by forests of blooming kimśuka trees or by (their) flying (sparks). And its blooming aśoka forests were covered as if by the submarine fire (aurva).

Words meanings summery:

• उत्फुल्लकिंशुकवनैः (utphullakiṁśukavanaiḥ) - by forests of blooming kimśuka trees

• उड्डीनैः (uḍḍīnaiḥ) - by flying (things, such as sparks or embers)

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• वा (vā) - or

• आवृतम् (āvṛtam) - covered, enveloped

• और्वेण (aurveṇa) - by the submarine fire

• च (ca) - and

• आवृताः (āvṛtāḥ) - covered, enveloped

• आसन् (āsan) - they were

• फुल्लाशोकवनाः (phullāśokavanāḥ) - blooming aśoka forests

• इव (iva) - like, as if

Words meanings and morphology

उत्फुल्लकिंशुकवनैः (utphullakiṁśukavanaiḥ) - by forests of blooming kimśuka trees

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of utphullakiṃśukavana

utphullakiṁśukavana - forest of blooming kimśuka trees

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (utphulla+kiṃśuka+vana)

• utphulla – blooming, fully opened
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'phull' (to blossom) with prefix 'ud'
  Prefix: ud
  Root: phull
• kiṃśuka – kimśuka tree (Butea monosperma), 'flame of the forest' tree (known for its bright red-orange flowers)
  noun (masculine/neuter)
• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)

उड्डीनैः (uḍḍīnaiḥ) - by flying (things, such as sparks or embers)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of uḍḍīna

uḍḍīna - flown, flying, soared

Past Passive Participle

From root 'ḍī' (to fly) with prefix 'ud'

Prefix: ud

Root: ḍī (class 4)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

आवृतम् (āvṛtam) - covered, enveloped

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āvṛta

āvṛta - covered, enveloped, concealed, surrounded

Past Passive Participle

From root 'vṛ' (to cover) with prefix 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛ (class 5)

और्वेण (aurveṇa) - by the submarine fire

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of aurva

aurva - submarine fire, fire of the sage Urva, volcanic fire

Derived from 'Urva' (a sage)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

आवृताः (āvṛtāḥ) - covered, enveloped

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āvṛta

āvṛta - covered, enveloped, concealed, surrounded

Past Passive Participle

From root 'vṛ' (to cover) with prefix 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Grammatically plural masculine/feminine, agreeing with 'phullāśokavanāḥ'. The Devanagari 'आवृता' could be a poetic elision of 'आवृताः'.

आसन् (āsan) - they were

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

फुल्लाशोकवनाः (phullāśokavanāḥ) - blooming aśoka forests

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of phullāśokavana

phullāśokavana - forests of blooming aśoka trees

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (phulla+aśoka+vana)

• phulla – blooming, fully opened
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'phull' (to blossom)
  Root: phull
• aśoka – Ashoka tree (Saraca asoca), dispelling sorrow
  noun (masculine)
• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)

Note: Although 'vana' is typically neuter, 'vanāḥ' often appears as a masculine plural form in poetic contexts, or can refer to a collection of trees treated as masculine. It agrees with 'āvṛtāḥ'.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)