योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-14, verse-8

अविश्रान्तमनाः शून्यमायुराततमीहते ।
दुःखायैव विमूढोऽन्तर्गर्भमश्वतरी यथा ॥ ८ ॥

aviśrāntamanāḥ śūnyamāyurātatamīhate ,
duḥkhāyaiva vimūḍho'ntargarbhamaśvatarī yathā 8

8. aviśrāntamanāḥ śūnyam āyuḥ ātatam īhate duḥkhāya
eva vimūḍhaḥ antaḥ garbham aśvatarī yathā

8. A deluded individual, whose mind is restless, yearns for an extended, empty life that ultimately brings only suffering, just as a she-mule carries a fetus internally, which also leads only to pain.

Words meanings summery:

• अविश्रान्तमनाः (aviśrāntamanāḥ) - one whose mind is restless, having an untiring mind

• शून्यम् (śūnyam) - empty, void, hollow, meaningless

• आयुः (āyuḥ) - life, lifespan, duration of life

• आततम् (ātatam) - extended, stretched out, vast

• ईहते (īhate) - strives, desires, seeks, endeavors

• दुःखाय (duḥkhāya) - for suffering, for sorrow, for misery

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• विमूढः (vimūḍhaḥ) - utterly deluded, bewildered, foolish

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, inside, internally

• गर्भम् (garbham) - fetus, embryo, womb, interior

• अश्वतरी (aśvatarī) - she-mule, female mule

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

Words meanings and morphology

अविश्रान्तमनाः (aviśrāntamanāḥ) - one whose mind is restless, having an untiring mind

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aviśrāntamanas

aviśrāntamanas - one whose mind is restless, having a tireless spirit

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (aviśrānta+manas)

• aviśrānta – not rested, restless, untiring
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root śram (to be weary, strive) with prefix vi and negation a. `viśrānta` (rested) + `a` (not).
  Prefix: vi
  Root: śram (class 4)
• manas – mind, intellect, spirit
  noun (neuter)
  Root: man (class 4)

शून्यम् (śūnyam) - empty, void, hollow, meaningless

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, nonexistent, lonely

Root: śū (class 1)

आयुः (āyuḥ) - life, lifespan, duration of life

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āyus

āyus - life, vitality, duration, age

आततम् (ātatam) - extended, stretched out, vast

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ātata

ātata - extended, stretched, spread out, wide

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root tan (to stretch, extend) with prefix ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: tan (class 8)

ईहते (īhate) - strives, desires, seeks, endeavors

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of īh

Root: īh (class 1)

दुःखाय (duḥkhāya) - for suffering, for sorrow, for misery

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - suffering, pain, sorrow, misery, difficulty

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

विमूढः (vimūḍhaḥ) - utterly deluded, bewildered, foolish

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vimūḍha

vimūḍha - bewildered, deluded, foolish, ignorant

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root muh (to be confused, deluded) with prefix vi.

Prefix: vi

Root: muh (class 4)

अन्तः (antaḥ) - within, inside, internally

(indeclinable)

गर्भम् (garbham) - fetus, embryo, womb, interior

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of garbha

garbha - womb, embryo, fetus, interior, core, pregnancy

अश्वतरी (aśvatarī) - she-mule, female mule

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of aśvatarī

aśvatarī - she-mule

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

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