योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-7, chapter-81, verse-55
मेरुर्नृत्यति लोलोच्चकुलाचलबृहद्भुजः ।
भ्रमदभ्रपटोपेतनमत्तनुतूनूरुहः ॥ ५५ ॥
भ्रमदभ्रपटोपेतनमत्तनुतूनूरुहः ॥ ५५ ॥
merurnṛtyati loloccakulācalabṛhadbhujaḥ ,
bhramadabhrapaṭopetanamattanutūnūruhaḥ 55
bhramadabhrapaṭopetanamattanutūnūruhaḥ 55
55.
meruḥ nṛtyati loloccakulācalabṛhadbhujaḥ
bhramadabhrapaṭopetanamattūnūruhaḥ
bhramadabhrapaṭopetanamattūnūruhaḥ
55.
meruḥ loloccakulācalabṛhadbhujaḥ
bhramadabhrapaṭopetanamattūnūruhaḥ nṛtyati
bhramadabhrapaṭopetanamattūnūruhaḥ nṛtyati
55.
Mount Meru dances, its vast, quivering arms being the lofty principal mountains, and its bending body-hairs (trees) enveloped by swirling cloud-garments.
Words meanings summery:
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- मेरुः (meruḥ) - Mount Meru
- नृत्यति (nṛtyati) - dances, is dancing
- लोलोच्चकुलाचलबृहद्भुजः (loloccakulācalabṛhadbhujaḥ) - (Mount Meru's arms) (whose great arms are the quivering, lofty principal mountains)
- भ्रमदभ्रपटोपेतनमत्तूनूरुहः (bhramadabhrapaṭopetanamattūnūruhaḥ) - (Mount Meru's body-hairs/trees) (whose bending body-hairs (trees) are covered with a whirling cloud-garment)
Words meanings and morphology
मेरुः (meruḥ) - Mount Meru
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of meru
meru - Mount Meru, a mythical mountain, abode of gods, central to Hindu cosmology
नृत्यति (nṛtyati) - dances, is dancing
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of nṛt
Present Indicative
3rd person singular, present tense, parasmaipada, root nṛt (class 4)
Root: nṛt (class 4)
लोलोच्चकुलाचलबृहद्भुजः (loloccakulācalabṛhadbhujaḥ) - (Mount Meru's arms) (whose great arms are the quivering, lofty principal mountains)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of loloccakulācalabṛhadbhuja
loloccakulācalabṛhadbhuja - whose great arms are the quivering, lofty principal mountains
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (lola+ucca+kula+acala+bṛhat+bhuja)
- lola – quivering, trembling, moving, agitated
adjective - ucca – high, lofty, tall
adjective - kula – family, lineage, race; principal, chief (in compounds like kulācala)
noun (neuter) - acala – mountain, immovable
noun (masculine)
From a- (not) + cala (moving)
Prefix: a
Root: cal (class 1) - bṛhat – great, large, vast, mighty
adjective - bhuja – arm
noun (masculine)
Note: This adjective describes 'Meru'.
भ्रमदभ्रपटोपेतनमत्तूनूरुहः (bhramadabhrapaṭopetanamattūnūruhaḥ) - (Mount Meru's body-hairs/trees) (whose bending body-hairs (trees) are covered with a whirling cloud-garment)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of bhramadabhrapaṭopetanamattūnūruha
bhramadabhrapaṭopetanamattūnūruha - having bending body-hairs (trees) covered with whirling cloud-garments
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhramat+abhrapaṭa+upeta+namat+tūnūruha)
- bhramat – whirling, rotating, wandering, moving
adjective
Present Active Participle
From root bhram (class 1, to whirl, move about)
Root: bhram (class 1) - abhrapaṭa – cloud-garment, a piece of cloud
noun (masculine) - upeta – covered with, endowed with, possessed of
adjective
Past Passive Participle
From root i (to go) with prefix upa-
Prefix: upa
Root: i (class 2) - namat – bending, bowing, inclining
adjective
Present Active Participle
From root nam (class 1, to bend, bow)
Root: nam (class 1) - tūnūruha – hair (possibly like sprouts or related to quivers); here poetically referring to trees as body-hairs
noun (masculine)
Note: This adjective describes 'Meru'.