योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-86, verse-39

एकत्र नलिनीनालनिलीनमधुकैटभम् ।
एकत्र पद्ममञ्जूषासुप्तबालनवाब्जजम् ॥ ३९ ॥

ekatra nalinīnālanilīnamadhukaiṭabham ,
ekatra padmamañjūṣāsuptabālanavābjajam 39

39. ekatra nalinīnālanilīnamadhukaiṭabham |
ekatra padmamañjūṣāsuptabālanavābjajam

39. ekatra nalinīnālanilīnamadhukaiṭabham
ekatra padmamañjūṣāsuptabālanavābjajam

39. On one side, Madhu and Kaiṭabha are concealed within the stalk of a lotus; on the other side, the infant, newborn, lotus-born (Brahmā) sleeps within the lotus bud.

Words meanings summery:

• एकत्र (ekatra) - in one place, on one side

• नलिनीनालनिलीनमधुकैटभम् (nalinīnālanilīnamadhukaiṭabham) - Madhu and Kaiṭabha concealed in the lotus stem

• एकत्र (ekatra) - in one place, on the other side

• पद्ममञ्जूषासुप्तबालनवाब्जजम् (padmamañjūṣāsuptabālanavābjajam) - the infant, newborn, lotus-born (Brahmā) sleeping in the lotus-bud/casket

Words meanings and morphology

एकत्र (ekatra) - in one place, on one side

(indeclinable)

adverb formed from eka (one) + -tra (suffix indicating place)

नलिनीनालनिलीनमधुकैटभम् (nalinīnālanilīnamadhukaiṭabham) - Madhu and Kaiṭabha concealed in the lotus stem

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nalinīnālanilīnamadhukaiṭabha

nalinīnālanilīnamadhukaiṭabha - Madhu and Kaiṭabha concealed in the lotus stem

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nalinī+nāla+nilīna+madhukaiṭabha)

• nalinī – lotus, water-lily
  noun (feminine)
• nāla – stalk, stem, tube
  noun (neuter)
• nilīna – hidden, concealed, merged, resting
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root lī (to cling to, hide) with prefix ni
  Prefix: ni
  Root: lī (class 4)
• madhukaiṭabha – Madhu and Kaiṭabha (two demons)
  proper noun (masculine)
  dvandva compound of Madhu and Kaiṭabha

Note: Compound functioning as a noun in the accusative case, possibly describing a state or an object of vision.

एकत्र (ekatra) - in one place, on the other side

(indeclinable)

adverb formed from eka (one) + -tra (suffix indicating place)

पद्ममञ्जूषासुप्तबालनवाब्जजम् (padmamañjūṣāsuptabālanavābjajam) - the infant, newborn, lotus-born (Brahmā) sleeping in the lotus-bud/casket

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of padmamañjūṣāsuptabālanavābjaja

padmamañjūṣāsuptabālanavābjaja - the lotus-born infant sleeping in a lotus-bud

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (padma+mañjūṣā+supta+bāla+nava+abjaja)

• padma – lotus
  noun (neuter)
• mañjūṣā – box, casket, treasury, a bud
  noun (feminine)
• supta – asleep, sleeping
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root svap (to sleep)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• bāla – child, infant, young
  noun (masculine)
• nava – new, fresh, young
  adjective
• abjaja – lotus-born (an epithet of Brahmā)
  noun (masculine)
  compound: abja (lotus) + ja (born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Compound functioning as a noun in the accusative case, possibly describing a state or an object of vision.

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