योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-17, verse-3

मम चित्तमहारण्येव्यामोहतिमिराकुले ।
शून्ये ताण्डविनी जाता भृशमाशापिशाचिका ॥ ३ ॥

mama cittamahāraṇyevyāmohatimirākule ,
śūnye tāṇḍavinī jātā bhṛśamāśāpiśācikā 3

3. mama cittamahāraṇye vyāmohatimirākule | śūnye
tāṇḍavinī jātā bhṛśam āśāpiśācikā || 3 ||

3. In the vast and desolate forest of my mind (citta), which is overwhelmed by the darkness of delusion (vyāmoha), the fiend of hope (āśā) has begun to dance wildly.

Words meanings summery:

• मम (mama) - my, mine

• चित्तमहारण्ये (cittamahāraṇye) - in the great forest of the mind

• व्यामोहतिमिराकुले (vyāmohatimirākule) - in the forest (of mind) which is overwhelmed by the darkness of delusion (overwhelmed by the darkness of delusion)

• शून्ये (śūnye) - in the (forest) which is desolate (in the empty, in the desolate)

• ताण्डविनी (tāṇḍavinī) - dancing wildly, performing a tāṇḍava dance

• जाता (jātā) - has become, has started to be (born, produced, become)

• भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly, intensely, exceedingly

• आशापिशाचिका (āśāpiśācikā) - fiend of hope, female demon of hope

Words meanings and morphology

मम (mama) - my, mine

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me

चित्तमहारण्ये (cittamahāraṇye) - in the great forest of the mind

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of cittamahāraṇya

cittamahāraṇya - great forest of the mind

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (citta+mahā+araṇya)

• citta – mind, thought, intellect
  noun (neuter)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• araṇya – forest, wilderness
  noun (neuter)

व्यामोहतिमिराकुले (vyāmohatimirākule) - in the forest (of mind) which is overwhelmed by the darkness of delusion (overwhelmed by the darkness of delusion)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of vyāmohatimirākula

vyāmohatimirākula - filled/agitated by the darkness of delusion

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vyāmoha+timira+ākula)

• vyāmoha – delusion, bewilderment, infatuation
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from vi-ā-muh (to be bewildered).
  Prefixes: vi+ā
  Root: muh (class 4)
• timira – darkness, gloom
  noun (neuter)
• ākula – full of, agitated, confused, overwhelmed
  adjective (masculine)

शून्ये (śūnye) - in the (forest) which is desolate (in the empty, in the desolate)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, desolate, শূন্য

ताण्डविनी (tāṇḍavinī) - dancing wildly, performing a tāṇḍava dance

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tāṇḍavinī

tāṇḍavinī - female dancer, one who performs tāṇḍava (wild, vigorous dance)

Derived from tāṇḍava (the vigorous dance of Śiva).

जाता (jātā) - has become, has started to be (born, produced, become)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, become

Past Passive Participle

From root jan (to be born, produce).

Root: jan (class 4)

भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly, intensely, exceedingly

(indeclinable)

आशापिशाचिका (āśāpiśācikā) - fiend of hope, female demon of hope

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āśāpiśācikā

āśāpiśācikā - fiend of hope, female demon of hope

Compound type : karmadhāraya (āśā+piśācikā)

• āśā – hope, expectation, desire
  noun (feminine)
  Root: āśī
• piśācikā – female demon, fiend, imp
  noun (feminine)

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