योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-17, verse-40

क्षणमालोकविमला सान्धकारलवा क्षणम् ।
व्योमवीथ्युपमा तृष्णा नीहारगहना क्षणम् ॥ ४० ॥

kṣaṇamālokavimalā sāndhakāralavā kṣaṇam ,
vyomavīthyupamā tṛṣṇā nīhāragahanā kṣaṇam 40

40. kṣaṇam ālokavimalā sāndhakāralavā kṣaṇam
vyomavīthyupamā tṛṣṇā nīhāragahanā kṣaṇam

40. Desire (tṛṣṇā) is, for a moment, pure and radiant like light, then for another moment, it is tinged with a patch of darkness. Like a path in the sky, it is also, at times, dense with mist.

40. ברגע אחד היא רכה וצלולה מאור, ברגע נוסף היא מוכת חשיכה, ברגע אחד היא נרחבת כמו מסלול השמיים, וברגע אחר היא מעורפלת וסמיכה.

Words meanings summery:

• क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) - for a moment, in an instant

• आलोकविमला (ālokavimalā) - pure and bright like light

• सान्धकारलवा (sāndhakāralavā) - having a patch of darkness, tinged with darkness

• क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) - for a moment, in an instant

• व्योमवीथ्युपमा (vyomavīthyupamā) - comparable to a path in the sky, like a sky-path

• तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) - thirst, desire, craving

• नीहारगहना (nīhāragahanā) - dense with mist, obscured by fog

• क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) - for a moment, in an instant

Words meanings and morphology

क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) - for a moment, in an instant

(indeclinable)

Note: Accusative singular used adverbially.

आलोकविमला (ālokavimalā) - pure and bright like light

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ālokavimalā

ālokavimalā - pure like light, spotless due to brightness

Compound type : tatpurusha (āloka+vimalā)

• āloka – light, sight, vision
  noun (masculine)
  Root: lok (class 10)
• vimalā – pure, clean, spotless, free from dirt
  adjective (feminine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: mal (class 1)

सान्धकारलवा (sāndhakāralavā) - having a patch of darkness, tinged with darkness

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sāndhakāralavā

sāndhakāralavā - having a portion of darkness, partly dark

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+andhakāra+lava)

• sa – with, together with, possessing
  indeclinable
• andhakāra – darkness, gloom
  noun (masculine)
• lava – a piece, fragment, portion, particle
  noun (masculine)
  Root: lū (class 9)

क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) - for a moment, in an instant

(indeclinable)

Note: Accusative singular used adverbially.

व्योमवीथ्युपमा (vyomavīthyupamā) - comparable to a path in the sky, like a sky-path

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vyomavīthyupamā

vyomavīthyupamā - comparable to a path in the sky, a simile of a sky-path

Compound type : tatpurusha (vyoman+vīthi+upamā)

• vyoman – sky, atmosphere, heaven
  noun (neuter)
• vīthi – path, street, row, range
  noun (feminine)
• upamā – comparison, simile, resemblance
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: upa
  Root: mā (class 2)

तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) - thirst, desire, craving

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tṛṣṇā

tṛṣṇā - thirst, desire, craving, longing, greed

Root: tṛṣ (class 4)

नीहारगहना (nīhāragahanā) - dense with mist, obscured by fog

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nīhāragahanā

nīhāragahanā - dense with mist, covered by fog

Compound type : tatpurusha (nīhāra+gahanā)

• nīhāra – mist, fog, dew
  noun (masculine)
• gahanā – dense, thick, impenetrable, deep
  adjective (feminine)

क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) - for a moment, in an instant

(indeclinable)

Note: Accusative singular used adverbially.

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