योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-18, verse-11

मांसस्नाय्वस्थिवलिते शरीरपटहेऽदृढे ।
मार्जारवदहं तात तिष्ठाम्यत्र गतध्वनौ ॥ ११ ॥

māṃsasnāyvasthivalite śarīrapaṭahe'dṛḍhe ,
mārjāravadahaṃ tāta tiṣṭhāmyatra gatadhvanau 11

11. māṃsa-snāyu-asthi-valite śarīra-paṭahe adṛḍhe
mārjāra-vat aham tāta tiṣṭhāmi atra gata-dhvanau

11. O father, I remain here, like a cat, within this unstable drum of a body, which is covered with flesh, sinews, and bones, and has fallen silent.

11. מורי היקר, בתוך תוף הגוף הרעוע הזה, המורכב מבשר, גידים ועצמות, אני יושב כחתול לצד תוף שצלילו נדם.

Words meanings summery:

• मांस-स्नायु-अस्थि-वलिते (māṁsa-snāyu-asthi-valite) - in the (body-drum) covered with flesh, sinews, and bones (in the one covered with flesh, sinews, and bones)

• शरीर-पटहे (śarīra-paṭahe) - in the body-drum

• अदृढे (adṛḍhe) - in the unstable, in the not firm

• मार्जार-वत् (mārjāra-vat) - like a cat

• अहम् (aham) - I

• तात (tāta) - O father (father, dear one)

• तिष्ठामि (tiṣṭhāmi) - I stand, I remain, I exist

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

• गत-ध्वनौ (gata-dhvanau) - in the (body-drum) that has fallen silent (in the one from which sound has gone/ceased)

Words meanings and morphology

मांस-स्नायु-अस्थि-वलिते (māṁsa-snāyu-asthi-valite) - in the (body-drum) covered with flesh, sinews, and bones (in the one covered with flesh, sinews, and bones)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of māṃsa-snāyu-asthi-valita

māṁsa-snāyu-asthi-valita - covered/wrapped with flesh, sinews, and bones

A descriptive compound adjective, likely a tatpurusha, where 'valita' is modified by the dvandva compound of 'māṃsa', 'snāyu', and 'asthi'.

Compound type : tatpurusha (māṃsa+snāyu+asthi+valita)

• māṃsa – flesh, meat
  noun (neuter)
• snāyu – sinew, tendon, nerve
  noun (feminine)
• asthi – bone
  noun (neuter)
• valita – covered, wrapped, encircled, folded
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root val (to cover, enclose, turn)
  Root: val (class 1)

Note: Adjective to 'śarīra-paṭahe'

शरीर-पटहे (śarīra-paṭahe) - in the body-drum

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of śarīra-paṭaha

śarīra-paṭaha - body-drum (metaphor for body)

A karmadhāraya compound meaning 'body which is a drum' or a tatpurusha 'drum of the body'

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śarīra+paṭaha)

• śarīra – body, corporeal form
  noun (neuter)
• paṭaha – drum, kettle-drum
  noun (masculine)

अदृढे (adṛḍhe) - in the unstable, in the not firm

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of adṛḍha

adṛḍha - not firm, unstable, weak, loose

Negative prefix 'a' + 'dṛḍha' (firm, strong)

Note: Adjective to 'śarīra-paṭahe'

मार्जार-वत् (mārjāra-vat) - like a cat

(indeclinable)

Compound of 'mārjāra' (cat) and the suffix '-vat' (like, similar to)

Compound type : tatpurusha (mārjāra+vat)

• mārjāra – cat
  noun (masculine)
• vat – like, as, similar to
  indeclinable
  Suffix indicating similarity

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

तात (tāta) - O father (father, dear one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one

तिष्ठामि (tiṣṭhāmi) - I stand, I remain, I exist

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

गत-ध्वनौ (gata-dhvanau) - in the (body-drum) that has fallen silent (in the one from which sound has gone/ceased)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of gata-dhvani

gata-dhvani - having lost its sound, silent

A bahuvrīhi compound, meaning 'that whose sound has departed'

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gata+dhvani)

• gata – gone, departed, ceased
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• dhvani – sound, noise, tone
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adjective to 'śarīra-paṭahe'

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