योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-87, verse-64

हिमवद्विन्ध्यसुस्कन्धं सुमेरूदारकन्धरम् ।
गङ्गादिसरिदापूरमुक्ताहाररणत्तनुम् ॥ ६४ ॥

himavadvindhyasuskandhaṃ sumerūdārakandharam ,
gaṅgādisaridāpūramuktāhāraraṇattanum 64

64. himavatvindhyasuskandham sumerūdārakandharam
gaṅgādisaridāpūramuktāhāraraṇattanum

64. himavatvindhyasuskandham sumerūdārakandharam
gaṅgādisaridāpūramuktāhāraraṇattanum

64. Whose excellent shoulders are the Himālaya and Vindhya mountains; whose noble neck is Mount Meru; and whose body glistens, adorned with pearl necklaces that are the flowing masses of the Gaṅgā and other rivers.

64. הרי הַהִימָאלָיָה והַוִוֹנְדְהְיָה הם כתפיו האיתנות, הר הַסוּמֵרוּ הוא צווארו הנישא, וגופו מרעיף צלילים משרשראות פנינים של נהרות הַגַנְגָּה והנחלים השוצפים.

Words meanings summery:

• हिमवत्विन्ध्यसुस्कन्धम् (himavatvindhyasuskandham) - whose excellent shoulders are the Himālaya and Vindhya mountains

• सुमेरूदारकन्धरम् (sumerūdārakandharam) - whose noble neck is Mount Meru

• गङ्गादिसरिदापूरमुक्ताहाररणत्तनुम् (gaṅgādisaridāpūramuktāhāraraṇattanum) - whose body glistens with pearl necklaces, which are the flowing masses of the Gaṅgā and other rivers

Words meanings and morphology

हिमवत्विन्ध्यसुस्कन्धम् (himavatvindhyasuskandham) - whose excellent shoulders are the Himālaya and Vindhya mountains

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of himavatvindhyasuskandha

himavatvindhyasuskandha - having the beautiful shoulders of Himālaya and Vindhya mountains

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (himavat+vindhya+su+skandha)

• himavat – Himālaya (the mountain range), snowy, icy
  proper noun (masculine)
• vindhya – Vindhya (a mountain range in central India)
  proper noun (masculine)
• su – good, well, excellent, beautiful
  indeclinable
• skandha – shoulder, trunk, branch, section
  noun (masculine)

Note: Describes the Earth (implied as a neuter noun like 'jagat' or 'rūpam').

सुमेरूदारकन्धरम् (sumerūdārakandharam) - whose noble neck is Mount Meru

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sumerūdārakandhara

sumerūdārakandhara - having Mount Meru as its noble neck

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sumeru+udāra+kandhara)

• sumeru – Mount Meru (the mythical golden mountain, center of the universe)
  proper noun (masculine)
• udāra – noble, lofty, grand, generous
  adjective (neuter)
• kandhara – neck, throat
  noun (masculine)

Note: Describes the Earth (implied as a neuter noun like 'jagat' or 'rūpam').

गङ्गादिसरिदापूरमुक्ताहाररणत्तनुम् (gaṅgādisaridāpūramuktāhāraraṇattanum) - whose body glistens with pearl necklaces, which are the flowing masses of the Gaṅgā and other rivers

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gaṅgādisaridāpūramuktāhāraraṇattanu

gaṅgādisaridāpūramuktāhāraraṇattanu - having a body that glistens with pearl necklaces that are the flowing masses of Gaṅgā and other rivers

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gaṅgā+ādi+sarit+āpūra+muktāhāra+raṇat+tanu)

• gaṅgā – Gaṅgā (the Ganges river)
  proper noun (feminine)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etcetera
  indeclinable
• sarit – river
  noun (feminine)
• āpūra – fullness, flood, mass, stream
  noun (masculine)
• muktāhāra – pearl necklace
  noun (masculine)
• raṇat – glistening, sounding, jingling
  adjective (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root √raṇ (to sound, ring, jingle, glisten)
  Root: raṇ (class 1)
• tanu – body, person, form
  noun (feminine)

Note: Describes the Earth (implied as a neuter noun like 'jagat' or 'rūpam').

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