योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-12, verse-22

संसारदुःखपाषाणनीरन्ध्रहृदयोऽप्यहम् ।
निजलोकभयादेव गलद्वाष्पं न रोदिमि ॥ २२ ॥

saṃsāraduḥkhapāṣāṇanīrandhrahṛdayo'pyaham ,
nijalokabhayādeva galadvāṣpaṃ na rodimi 22

22. saṃsāraduḥkhapāṣāṇanīrandhrahṛdayaḥ api aham
nijalokabhayāt eva galadvāṣpam na rodimi

22. Even I, whose heart is made impenetrable like a stone by the sorrow of mundane existence (saṃsāra), do not openly weep, solely out of fear of my social circle.

22. אף על פי שליבי הוכבד כסלע מרוב סבל בסַמְסָארָה (סבך הקיום התופעתי), אינני בוכה בדמעות שליש רק בשל היראה מבני עמי.

Words meanings summery:

• संसारदुःखपाषाणनीरन्ध्रहृदयः (saṁsāraduḥkhapāṣāṇanīrandhrahṛdayaḥ) - having a heart impenetrable like a stone due to the suffering of mundane existence; whose heart is tightly closed by the stone of worldly suffering

• अपि (api) - even, also, too, although

• अहम् (aham) - I

• निजलोकभयात् (nijalokabhayāt) - from the fear of one's own people/society

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, merely

• गलद्वाष्पम् (galadvāṣpam) - with flowing tears, having tears falling

• न (na) - not, no

• रोदिमि (rodimi) - I weep, I cry

Words meanings and morphology

संसारदुःखपाषाणनीरन्ध्रहृदयः (saṁsāraduḥkhapāṣāṇanīrandhrahṛdayaḥ) - having a heart impenetrable like a stone due to the suffering of mundane existence; whose heart is tightly closed by the stone of worldly suffering

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃsāraduḥkhapāṣāṇanīrandhrahṛdaya

saṁsāraduḥkhapāṣāṇanīrandhrahṛdaya - one whose heart is closed by the stone of suffering from saṃsāra

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (saṃsāra+duḥkha+pāṣāṇa+nīrandhra+hṛdaya)

• saṃsāra – mundane existence, cycle of birth and death, worldly life
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• duḥkha – suffering, sorrow, pain, misery
  noun (neuter)
• pāṣāṇa – stone, rock
  noun (masculine)
• nīrandhra – without crevices, dense, impenetrable, compact
  adjective
  Prefix: niḥ
• hṛdaya – heart, mind, core
  noun (neuter)

अपि (api) - even, also, too, although

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my (first person pronoun)

निजलोकभयात् (nijalokabhayāt) - from the fear of one's own people/society

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of nijalokabhaya

nijalokabhaya - fear of one's own people/society

Compound type : Tatpurusha (nija+loka+bhaya)

• nija – one's own, innate, peculiar
  adjective
• loka – people, world, society, realm
  noun (masculine)
  Root: lok (class 10)
• bhaya – fear, dread, terror
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bhī (class 3)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, merely

(indeclinable)

गलद्वाष्पम् (galadvāṣpam) - with flowing tears, having tears falling

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of galadvāṣpa

galadvāṣpa - having flowing tears

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (galat+vāṣpa)

• galat – flowing, dropping, falling
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root gal (1P) 'to flow', with śatṛ suffix.
  Root: gal (class 1)
• vāṣpa – tears, vapor, steam
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially here.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

रोदिमि (rodimi) - I weep, I cry

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of rud

Root: rud (class 2)

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