योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-18, verse-30

प्रवेशनिर्गमव्यग्रवातवेगमनारतम् ।
वितताक्षगवाक्षं तन्नेष्टं देहगृहं मम ॥ ३० ॥

praveśanirgamavyagravātavegamanāratam ,
vitatākṣagavākṣaṃ tanneṣṭaṃ dehagṛhaṃ mama 30

30. praveśanirgamavyagravātavegamanāratam
vitatākṣagavākṣam tat na iṣṭam dehagrham mama

30. That body-house of mine is undesirable: it is incessantly disturbed by the swift currents of breath entering and exiting, and possesses widely open windows for eyes.

30. בית הגוף הזה, שרוח הנשימה סוערת בו ללא הרף בכניסתה וביציאתה וחלונותיו הם העיניים הפעורות, אינו רצוי בעיניי.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रवेशनिर्गमव्यग्रवातवेगमनारतम् (praveśanirgamavyagravātavegamanāratam) - constantly agitated by the swift currents of breath from entering and exiting (constantly agitated by the rapid currents of entry and exit)

• वितताक्षगवाक्षम् (vitatākṣagavākṣam) - possessing widely open windows for eyes (with widely spread/open eye-windows)

• तत् (tat) - that (body-house) (that, it)

• न (na) - not, no

• इष्टम् (iṣṭam) - desirable, agreeable (desired, wished, agreeable, liked)

• देहग्र्हम् (dehagrham) - body-house

• मम (mama) - my, mine

Words meanings and morphology

प्रवेशनिर्गमव्यग्रवातवेगमनारतम् (praveśanirgamavyagravātavegamanāratam) - constantly agitated by the swift currents of breath from entering and exiting (constantly agitated by the rapid currents of entry and exit)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of praveśanirgamavyagravātavegamanārata

praveśanirgamavyagravātavegamanārata - incessantly (anāratam) disturbed (vyagra) by the swift flow (vāta-vega) of ingress (praveśa) and egress (nirgama)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (praveśa+nirgama+vyagra+vāta+vega+anārata)

• praveśa – entering, entry, ingress
  noun (masculine)
  From `pra` + root `viś`
  Prefix: pra
  Root: viś (class 6)
• nirgama – going out, exit, egress
  noun (masculine)
  From `nir` + root `gam`
  Prefix: nir
  Root: gam (class 1)
• vyagra – agitated, disturbed, distressed, busy, eager
  adjective (masculine)
  From `vi` + root `ag` (to move crookedly)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: ag
• vāta – wind, air, current of air
  noun (masculine)
  From root `vā` ('to blow')
  Root: vā (class 2)
• vega – speed, velocity, force, impulse, current
  noun (masculine)
  From root `vij` ('to tremble, move swiftly')
  Root: vij (class 6)
• anārata – constant, continuous, incessant, uninterrupted
  adjective (masculine)
  From `a` (negation) + `ni` + root `ram` (to stop), meaning 'without cessation'
  Prefixes: a+ni
  Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Modifies `dehagrham`.

वितताक्षगवाक्षम् (vitatākṣagavākṣam) - possessing widely open windows for eyes (with widely spread/open eye-windows)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vitatākṣagavākṣa

vitatākṣagavākṣa - having (gavākṣa) windows that are eyes (akṣa) and are widely (vitata) spread/open

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vitata+akṣa+gavākṣa)

• vitata – spread out, extended, wide, expanded
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From `vi` + root `tan` ('to stretch')
  Prefix: vi
  Root: tan (class 8)
• akṣa – eye, organ of sight
  noun (neuter)
• gavākṣa – window, small opening, peephole
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of `go` (cow/light) and `akṣa` (eye), lit. 'cow's eye' or 'light-eye', meaning a small opening for light/air.

Note: Modifies `dehagrham`.

तत् (tat) - that (body-house) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Note: Refers to `dehagrham`.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

इष्टम् (iṣṭam) - desirable, agreeable (desired, wished, agreeable, liked)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of iṣṭa

iṣṭa - desired, wished, agreeable, liked, worshipped, sacrificed

Past Passive Participle

From root `yaj` ('to sacrifice, worship'), with irregular formation. Also from root `iṣ` ('to wish, desire'). In this context, from `iṣ`.

Root: iṣ (class 4)

Note: Predicate adjective modifying `dehagrham`.

देहग्र्हम् (dehagrham) - body-house

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dehagrha

dehagrha - body (deha) as a house (gṛha)

Compound type : tatpurusha (deha+gṛha)

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

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is'.

मम (mama) - my, mine

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, ego

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