योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-81, verse-18

दन्तेन्दुमालाविमला विमलोद्दयोतपाततः ।
तमोर्णवोर्द्ध्वलेखेव वृत्तावर्तविवर्तिनी ॥ १८ ॥

dantendumālāvimalā vimaloddayotapātataḥ ,
tamorṇavorddhvalekheva vṛttāvartavivartinī 18

18. danta-indu-mālā-vimalā vimala-uddyota-pātataḥ
tamas-arṇava-ūrdhva-lekhā iva vṛtta-āvarta-vivartinī

18. sā danta-indu-mālā-vimalā vimala-uddyota-pātataḥ
tamas-arṇava-ūrdhva-lekhā iva vṛtta-āvarta-vivartinī

18. She is pure, having a garland of moon-like teeth, (shining forth) from the emission of pure radiance. She appears like a line ascending above the ocean of darkness, revolving in circular eddies.

18. היא זרחה בלובן טהור של טור שיניים הדומה למחרוזת ירחים, וכמו קו אור מעל ים של חשיכה, סבבה והסתחררה במעגלים.

Words meanings summery:

• दन्त-इन्दु-माला-विमला (danta-indu-mālā-vimalā) - she who is pure with a garland of moon-like teeth

• विमल-उद्द्योत-पाततः (vimala-uddyota-pātataḥ) - from the emission/showering of pure radiance

• तमस्-अर्णव-ऊर्ध्व-लेखा (tamas-arṇava-ūrdhva-lekhā) - a line rising above the ocean of darkness

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• वृत्त-आवर्त-विवर्तिनी (vṛtta-āvarta-vivartinī) - whirling in circular eddies/whirlpools

Words meanings and morphology

दन्त-इन्दु-माला-विमला (danta-indu-mālā-vimalā) - she who is pure with a garland of moon-like teeth

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of danta-indu-mālā-vimala

danta-indu-mālā-vimala - having a pure garland of moon-like teeth

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (danta+indu+mālā+vimala)

• danta – tooth, tusk
  noun (masculine)
  from dam (to tame) or daṃś (to bite)
  Root: dam (class 1)
• indu – moon, drop
  noun (masculine)
• mālā – garland, wreath, series
  noun (feminine)
• vimala – pure, spotless, clean
  adjective (masculine)
  vi (prefix, indicating absence) + mala (impurity)
  Prefix: vi

विमल-उद्द्योत-पाततः (vimala-uddyota-pātataḥ) - from the emission/showering of pure radiance

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of vimala-uddyota-pāta

vimala-uddyota-pāta - emission of pure radiance

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (vimala+uddyota+pāta)

• vimala – pure, spotless
  adjective (masculine)
  vi (prefix) + mala (impurity)
  Prefix: vi
• uddyota – radiance, brilliance, illumination
  noun (masculine)
  from ud (prefix) + dyut (to shine)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: dyut (class 1)
• pāta – falling, descent, emission, shower
  noun (masculine)
  from pat (to fall)
  Root: pat (class 1)

तमस्-अर्णव-ऊर्ध्व-लेखा (tamas-arṇava-ūrdhva-lekhā) - a line rising above the ocean of darkness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tamas-arṇava-ūrdhva-lekhā

tamas-arṇava-ūrdhva-lekhā - a line rising above the ocean of darkness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tamas+arṇava+ūrdhva+lekhā)

• tamas – darkness, gloom
  noun (neuter)
• arṇava – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
  from ṛ (to go, move)
  Root: ṛ (class 1)
• ūrdhva – upward, rising, elevated
  adjective (neuter)
• lekhā – line, streak, writing
  noun (feminine)
  from likh (to scratch, write)
  Root: likh (class 6)

Note: the iva is an indeclinable indicating comparison

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

वृत्त-आवर्त-विवर्तिनी (vṛtta-āvarta-vivartinī) - whirling in circular eddies/whirlpools

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vṛtta-āvarta-vivartin

vṛtta-āvarta-vivartin - revolving in circular eddies

from vṛtta (circular) + āvarta (whirlpool) + vivartin (revolving)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vṛtta+āvarta+vivartin)

• vṛtta – circular, round, occurred, happened
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from vṛt (to turn, exist)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• āvarta – whirlpool, eddy, turning
  noun (masculine)
  from ā (prefix) + vṛt (to turn)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• vivartin – revolving, whirling, transforming
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun suffix (in)
  from vi (prefix) + vṛt (to turn)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

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