योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-18, verse-28

सर्वाङ्गकुड्यसंघातघनरोमयवाङ्कुरम् ।
संशून्यपेटविवरं नेष्टं देहगृहं मम ॥ २८ ॥

sarvāṅgakuḍyasaṃghātaghanaromayavāṅkuram ,
saṃśūnyapeṭavivaraṃ neṣṭaṃ dehagṛhaṃ mama 28

28. sarvāṅgakuḍyasaṃghātaghanaromayavāṅkuram
saṃśūnyapeṭavivaram na iṣṭam deha-gṛham mama

28. This body-house, whose walls (formed by a dense mass of all its limbs) are covered with thick hairs like barley sprouts, and whose inner cavity (abdomen/interior) is utterly empty, is not desired by me.

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वाङ्गकुड्यसंघातघनरोमयवाङ्कुरम् (sarvāṅgakuḍyasaṁghātaghanaromayavāṅkuram) - describing the superficial and material aspects of the body-house, highlighting its impermanence and composite nature (with walls composed of all limbs, densely covered with hairs like barley sprouts)

• संशून्यपेटविवरम् (saṁśūnyapeṭavivaram) - describing the internal hollowness or lack of substantiality in the body-house (with a completely empty abdominal cavity/interior)

• न (na) - not, no

• इष्टम् (iṣṭam) - desired, liked, wished for

• देह-गृहम् (deha-gṛham) - body-house

• मम (mama) - my, mine

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वाङ्गकुड्यसंघातघनरोमयवाङ्कुरम् (sarvāṅgakuḍyasaṁghātaghanaromayavāṅkuram) - describing the superficial and material aspects of the body-house, highlighting its impermanence and composite nature (with walls composed of all limbs, densely covered with hairs like barley sprouts)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarvāṅgakuḍyasaṃghātaghanaromayavāṅkura

sarvāṅgakuḍyasaṁghātaghanaromayavāṅkura - having walls (kuḍya) formed by a dense mass (saṃghāta) of all limbs (sarvāṅga), and thick hairs (roma) like barley sprouts (yavāṅkura)

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (sarva+aṅga+kuḍya+saṃghāta+ghana+roma+yava+aṅkura)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (masculine)
• aṅga – limb, body part, component
  noun (neuter)
• kuḍya – wall (of a house)
  noun (neuter)
• saṃghāta – mass, collection, conglomeration, combination
  noun (masculine)
  From √han (to strike, collect) with prefix sam- (together)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: han (class 2)
• ghana – dense, thick, solid, compact
  adjective (masculine)
• roma – hair (on the body), down
  noun (neuter)
• yava – barley, grain
  noun (masculine)
• aṅkura – sprout, shoot, blade, bud
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to 'deha-gṛham'.

संशून्यपेटविवरम् (saṁśūnyapeṭavivaram) - describing the internal hollowness or lack of substantiality in the body-house (with a completely empty abdominal cavity/interior)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃśūnyapeṭavivara

saṁśūnyapeṭavivara - having a completely empty abdominal cavity or interior

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (saṃśūnya+peṭa+vivara)

• saṃśūnya – completely empty, void, destitute
  adjective (masculine)
  From śūnya (empty) with prefix sam- (completely)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: śūny
• peṭa – basket, box, abdomen, womb, repository
  noun (masculine)
• vivara – cavity, hole, opening, fissure
  noun (neuter)
  From √vṛ (to cover, enclose) with prefix vi- (apart, out)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Refers to 'deha-gṛham'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

इष्टम् (iṣṭam) - desired, liked, wished for

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of iṣṭa

iṣṭa - desired, wished, sought, sacrificed

Past Passive Participle

From √yaj (to sacrifice, worship, desire)

Root: yaj (class 1)

Note: Refers to 'deha-gṛham'.

देह-गृहम् (deha-gṛham) - body-house

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of deha-gṛha

deha-gṛha - body-house, the body compared to a house

Compound type : Tatpurusha (deha+gṛha)

• deha – body, form, person
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dih (class 6)
• gṛha – house, home, dwelling
  noun (neuter)

मम (mama) - my, mine

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me

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