योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-18, verse-1

श्रीराम उवाच ।
आर्द्रान्त्रतन्त्रीगहनो विकारी परिपातवान् ।
देहः स्फुरति संसारे सोऽपि दुःखाय केवलम् ॥ १ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca ,
ārdrāntratantrīgahano vikārī paripātavān ,
dehaḥ sphurati saṃsāre so'pi duḥkhāya kevalam 1

1. śrīrāma uvāca ārdra-antra-tantrī-gahanaḥ vikārī
paripātavān dehaḥ sphurati saṃsāre saḥ api duḥkhāya kevalam

1. Śrī Rāma said: This body, which is intricate with moist intestines and sinews, prone to change and decay, merely exists in the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra) and brings only suffering.

1. שְׁרִי רָאמָה אמר: הגוף, הסבוך במיתרי מעיים לחים, משתנה וקורס ללא הרף; קיומו בסבך הקיום התופעתי מביא רק לסבל.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• आर्द्र-अन्त्र-तन्त्री-गहनः (ārdra-antra-tantrī-gahanaḥ) - intricate with moist intestines and sinews

• विकारी (vikārī) - prone to change, mutable, perishable, afflicted

• परिपातवान् (paripātavān) - decaying, falling apart, perishable

• देहः (dehaḥ) - body

• स्फुरति (sphurati) - throbs, vibrates, manifests, exists

• संसारे (saṁsāre) - in the world, in the cycle of transmigration

• सः (saḥ) - referring to 'dehaḥ' (the body) (that, he)

• अपि (api) - also, even

• दुःखाय (duḥkhāya) - for suffering, for misery

• केवलम् (kevalam) - only, merely, exclusively

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीराम (śrīrāma) - Śrī Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīrāma

śrīrāma - Lord Rāma, an epithet of Viṣṇu, son of Daśaratha

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+rāma)

• śrī – resplendent, glorious, prosperity, wealth, divine grace
  noun (feminine)
• rāma – Rāma (the deity), pleasing, charming
  proper noun (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect tense form of vac-

Root: vac (class 2)

आर्द्र-अन्त्र-तन्त्री-गहनः (ārdra-antra-tantrī-gahanaḥ) - intricate with moist intestines and sinews

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ārdra-antra-tantrī-gahana

ārdra-antra-tantrī-gahana - deep/dense with moist intestines and sinews

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ārdra+antra+tantrī+gahana)

• ārdra – moist, wet
  adjective (masculine)
• antra – intestine, gut
  noun (neuter)
• tantrī – string, sinew, tendon
  noun (feminine)
• gahana – deep, dense, impenetrable, intricate
  adjective (masculine)

विकारी (vikārī) - prone to change, mutable, perishable, afflicted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vikārin

vikārin - changeable, alterable, perishable, subject to decay, affected by disease

agent noun/adjective from vikāra

Derived from vikāra + -in

Prefix: vi

Root: kṛ (class 8)

परिपातवान् (paripātavān) - decaying, falling apart, perishable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paripātavat

paripātavat - perishable, decaying, falling down

past active participle

Derived from pari + pat + -vat (kṛtvant)

Prefix: pari

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: This is a kṛtvant, a participial adjective.

देहः (dehaḥ) - body

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, physical form

Root: dih (class 2)

स्फुरति (sphurati) - throbs, vibrates, manifests, exists

(verb)

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

Root: sphur (class 6)

संसारे (saṁsāre) - in the world, in the cycle of transmigration

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃsāra

saṁsāra - cycle of birth, death, and rebirth; mundane existence, world

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Original term for 'saṃsāra' included in translation.

सः (saḥ) - referring to 'dehaḥ' (the body) (that, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Demonstrative pronoun.

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

दुःखाय (duḥkhāya) - for suffering, for misery

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - suffering, pain, misery, sorrow

केवलम् (kevalam) - only, merely, exclusively

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as an adverb here.

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