योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-15, verse-13

अहंकारघने शान्ते तृष्णा नवतडिल्लता ।
शान्तदीपशिखावृत्त्या क्वापि यात्यतिसत्वरम् ॥ १३ ॥

ahaṃkāraghane śānte tṛṣṇā navataḍillatā ,
śāntadīpaśikhāvṛttyā kvāpi yātyatisatvaram 13

13. ahaṅkāra-ghane śānte tṛṣṇā navataḍillatā
śāntadīpaśikhāvṛttyā kva api yāti atisatvaram

13. Even when the dense ego (ahaṅkāra) is quiescent, craving (tṛṣṇā), like a fresh lightning creeper, vanishes somewhere very swiftly, just as a lamp flame does when it has been extinguished.

Words meanings summery:

• अहङ्कार-घने (ahaṅkāra-ghane) - in the dense ego (ahaṅkāra) (in the dense ego, in the thick ego)

• शान्ते (śānte) - pacified, quiescent (referring to the ego) (tranquil, pacified, quieted, calm, extinguished)

• तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) - craving (tṛṣṇā) (craving, thirst, desire)

• नवतडिल्लता (navataḍillatā) - a fresh lightning creeper (a new lightning creeper, a fresh tendril of lightning)

• शान्तदीपशिखावृत्त्या (śāntadīpaśikhāvṛttyā) - in the manner of an extinguished lamp flame (by the manner of a calm/extinguished lamp flame)

• क्व (kva) - somewhere (where, to where, somewhere)

• अपि (api) - (forms 'somewhere' with kva) (also, even, indeed, (forms indefinite pronoun with kva))

• याति (yāti) - vanishes, departs (goes, moves, departs)

• अतिसत्वरम् (atisatvaram) - very swiftly (very quickly, with great speed)

Words meanings and morphology

अहङ्कार-घने (ahaṅkāra-ghane) - in the dense ego (ahaṅkāra) (in the dense ego, in the thick ego)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of ahaṅkāra-ghana

ahaṅkāra-ghana - dense ego, thick ego

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ahaṅkāra+ghana)

• ahaṅkāra – ego, egotism, self-sense
  noun (masculine)
• ghana – dense, thick, compact, solid
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Adjective modifying an implicit noun, functioning as part of a locative absolute construction.

शान्ते (śānte) - pacified, quiescent (referring to the ego) (tranquil, pacified, quieted, calm, extinguished)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of śānta

śānta - calm, tranquil, pacified, quieted, ceased, extinguished

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root śam (to be calm) with suffix -ta.

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: Participial adjective, functioning as part of a locative absolute construction with `ahaṅkāra-ghane`.

तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) - craving (tṛṣṇā) (craving, thirst, desire)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tṛṣṇā

tṛṣṇā - thirst, desire, craving, yearning

Root: tṛṣ (class 4)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

नवतडिल्लता (navataḍillatā) - a fresh lightning creeper (a new lightning creeper, a fresh tendril of lightning)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of navataḍillatā

navataḍillatā - new lightning creeper, fresh lightning tendril

Compound type : karmadhāraya (nava+taḍit+latā)

• nava – new, fresh, young
  adjective (masculine)
• taḍit – lightning
  noun (feminine)
• latā – creeper, vine, tendril
  noun (feminine)

Note: An attribute of tṛṣṇā.

शान्तदीपशिखावृत्त्या (śāntadīpaśikhāvṛttyā) - in the manner of an extinguished lamp flame (by the manner of a calm/extinguished lamp flame)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of śāntadīpaśikhāvṛtti

śāntadīpaśikhāvṛtti - state/manner of an extinguished/calm lamp flame

Compound type : tatpurusha (śānta+dīpaśikhā+vṛtti)

• śānta – calm, tranquil, pacified, ceased, extinguished
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root śam (to be calm) with suffix -ta.
  Root: śam (class 4)
• dīpaśikhā – lamp flame
  noun (feminine)
• vṛtti – state, mode, manner, activity, existence
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Functions adverbially, indicating the manner of action.

क्व (kva) - somewhere (where, to where, somewhere)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with api to form 'somewhere'.

अपि (api) - (forms 'somewhere' with kva) (also, even, indeed, (forms indefinite pronoun with kva))

(indeclinable)

Note: Forms an indefinite locative adverb 'somewhere' when combined with kva.

याति (yāti) - vanishes, departs (goes, moves, departs)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of yā

Present Active

Root yā, 2nd class, Parasmaipada.

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Verb for tṛṣṇā.

अतिसत्वरम् (atisatvaram) - very swiftly (very quickly, with great speed)

(adverb)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (ati+satvara)

• ati – over, beyond, excessively, very
  indeclinable
• satvara – quick, swift, speedy
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Adverbial accusative of an adjective.

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