योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-18, verse-23

दुःखार्भककृताक्रन्दं सुखशय्यामनोरमम् ।
दुरीहादग्धदासीकं नेष्टं देहगृहं मम ॥ २३ ॥

duḥkhārbhakakṛtākrandaṃ sukhaśayyāmanoramam ,
durīhādagdhadāsīkaṃ neṣṭaṃ dehagṛhaṃ mama 23

23. duḥkhārbhakakṛtākrandam sukhaśayyāmanoramam
durīhādagdhadāsīkam na iṣṭam dehagṛham mama

23. I do not desire this body-house of mine, which has lamentation caused by the child of suffering (duḥkha), whose bed of pleasure is unattractive, and whose female servants are consumed by evil desires.

23. בית-הגוף הזה – שבו תינוק הסבל ממרר בבכי, אף שהוא מתהדר במיטת תענוגות, ושפחות התשוקות הרעות נשרפות בו – אינו רצוי לי.

Words meanings summery:

• दुःखार्भककृताक्रन्दम् (duḥkhārbhakakṛtākrandam) - describing the body as a place of suffering, manifested through wailing and sorrow (having lamentation caused by the child of suffering; where a child of sorrow causes crying)

• सुखशय्यामनोरमम् (sukhaśayyāmanoramam) - referring to the unsatisfying nature of bodily pleasures (whose bed of pleasure is unattractive; having an unpleasing bed of comfort)

• दुरीहादग्धदासीकम् (durīhādagdhadāsīkam) - referring to the body's faculties or sense organs being destroyed by bad intentions (whose female servants are consumed by evil desires; having servant women burnt by wicked intentions)

• न (na) - negates the verb 'is desired' (not, no, nor)

• इष्टम् (iṣṭam) - that which is not desired by the speaker (desired, wished, liked, agreeable)

• देहगृहम् (dehagṛham) - the physical body, metaphorically described as a house (body-house; the body as a dwelling)

• मम (mama) - indicates possession by the speaker (my, of me)

Words meanings and morphology

दुःखार्भककृताक्रन्दम् (duḥkhārbhakakṛtākrandam) - describing the body as a place of suffering, manifested through wailing and sorrow (having lamentation caused by the child of suffering; where a child of sorrow causes crying)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duḥkhārbhakakṛtākrandam

duḥkhārbhakakṛtākrandam - having lamentation caused by the child of suffering

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (duḥkha+arbhaka+kṛta+ākrandam)

• duḥkhārbhaka – child of suffering, suffering child
  noun (masculine)
• kṛtākrandam – having lamentation caused; one who has made cries
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Agrees in gender, number, and case with 'dehagṛham'.

सुखशय्यामनोरमम् (sukhaśayyāmanoramam) - referring to the unsatisfying nature of bodily pleasures (whose bed of pleasure is unattractive; having an unpleasing bed of comfort)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sukhaśayyāmanorama

sukhaśayyāmanorama - whose bed of pleasure is unattractive

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (sukha+śayyā+a+manorama)

• sukhaśayyā – bed of pleasure, comfortable couch
  noun (feminine)
• amanorama – unattractive, unpleasant, not delightful
  adjective
  Formed by negative prefix 'a-' and 'manorama'.

Note: Agrees in gender, number, and case with 'dehagṛham'.

दुरीहादग्धदासीकम् (durīhādagdhadāsīkam) - referring to the body's faculties or sense organs being destroyed by bad intentions (whose female servants are consumed by evil desires; having servant women burnt by wicked intentions)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of durīhādagdhadāsīka

durīhādagdhadāsīka - whose female servants are consumed by evil desires

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (dur+īhā+dagdha+dāsī)

• durīhā – evil desire, bad intention, wicked wish
  noun (feminine)
  Formed by prefix 'dur-' and 'īhā'.
  Prefix: dur
• dagdha – burnt, consumed, destroyed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root √dah (to burn).
  Root: dah (class 1)
• dāsīka – having female servants
  adjective (neuter)
  Derived from 'dāsī' with a possessive suffix '-ka'.

Note: Agrees in gender, number, and case with 'dehagṛham'.

न (na) - negates the verb 'is desired' (not, no, nor)

(indeclinable)

इष्टम् (iṣṭam) - that which is not desired by the speaker (desired, wished, liked, agreeable)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of iṣṭa

iṣṭa - desired, wished, liked, agreeable; worshipped

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √iṣ (to wish, desire). The form is irregular.

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'dehagṛham' as the implied subject of 'is desired'.

देहगृहम् (dehagṛham) - the physical body, metaphorically described as a house (body-house; the body as a dwelling)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dehagṛha

dehagṛha - body-house; the body as a dwelling

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (deha+gṛha)

• deha – body, corporeal frame, physical form
  noun (masculine)
• gṛha – house, home, dwelling
  noun (neuter)

Note: The subject of the sentence, in the nominative case.

मम (mama) - indicates possession by the speaker (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Genitive singular form of the first person pronoun 'asmad'.

Note: Possessive pronoun modifying 'dehagṛham'.

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