योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-18, verse-31

जिह्वामर्कटिकाक्रान्तवदनद्वारभीषणम् ।
दृष्टदन्तास्थिशकलं नेष्टं देहगृह मम ॥ ३१ ॥

jihvāmarkaṭikākrāntavadanadvārabhīṣaṇam ,
dṛṣṭadantāsthiśakalaṃ neṣṭaṃ dehagṛha mama 31

31. jihvāmārkaṭikākrāntavadanadvārabhīṣaṇam
dṛṣṭadantāsthiśakalam na iṣṭam dehagrham mama

31. This body-house of mine is undesirable: it is made dreadful by a mouth-door beset by a monkey-like tongue, and its visible teeth are like bone fragments.

31. בית הגוף הזה, שפתח פיו המבעית נשלט בידי הלשון כקופה מנתרת ושיניו הגלויות נראות כשברי עצמות, אינו רצוי בעיניי.

Words meanings summery:

• जिह्वामार्कटिकाक्रान्तवदनद्वारभीषणम् (jihvāmārkaṭikākrāntavadanadvārabhīṣaṇam) - made dreadful by a mouth-door beset by a monkey-like tongue (referring to the restless tongue) (dreadful with its mouth-door besieged by a monkey-like tongue)

• दृष्टदन्तास्थिशकलम् (dṛṣṭadantāsthiśakalam) - whose visible teeth are like bone fragments (having visible teeth like bone fragments)

• न (na) - not, no

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

• देहग्र्हम् (dehagrham) - body-house

• मम (mama) - my, mine

Words meanings and morphology

जिह्वामार्कटिकाक्रान्तवदनद्वारभीषणम् (jihvāmārkaṭikākrāntavadanadvārabhīṣaṇam) - made dreadful by a mouth-door beset by a monkey-like tongue (referring to the restless tongue) (dreadful with its mouth-door besieged by a monkey-like tongue)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jihvāmārkaṭikākrāntavadanadvārabhīṣaṇa

jihvāmārkaṭikākrāntavadanadvārabhīṣaṇa - that which is dreadful (bhīṣaṇa) with a mouth-door (vadana-dvāra) overrun (ākrānta) by a monkey-like (mārkaṭikā) tongue (jihvā)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (jihvā+mārkaṭikā+ākrānta+vadana+dvāra+bhīṣaṇa)

• jihvā – tongue
  noun (feminine)
• mārkaṭikā – monkey-like, belonging to a monkey; also a small monkey
  adjective (feminine)
  Derived from `markaṭa` (monkey)
• ākrānta – overcome, seized, assaulted, occupied, beset
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From `ā` + root `kram` ('to step, advance')
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kram (class 1)
• vadana – mouth, face
  noun (neuter)
  From root `vad` ('to speak')
  Root: vad (class 1)
• dvāra – door, gate, opening
  noun (neuter)
• bhīṣaṇa – dreadful, terrible, formidable, frightening
  adjective (neuter)
  From root `bhī` ('to fear')
  Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Modifies `dehagrham`.

दृष्टदन्तास्थिशकलम् (dṛṣṭadantāsthiśakalam) - whose visible teeth are like bone fragments (having visible teeth like bone fragments)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛṣṭadantāsthiśakala

dṛṣṭadantāsthiśakala - that whose teeth (danta) are seen (dṛṣṭa) as fragments (śakala) of bone (asthi)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (dṛṣṭa+danta+asthi+śakala)

• dṛṣṭa – seen, perceived, visible
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `dṛś` ('to see')
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• danta – tooth, tusk
  noun (masculine)
• asthi – bone
  noun (neuter)
• śakala – fragment, piece, splinter, chip
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies `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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