योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-18, verse-32

त्वक्सुधालेपमसृणं यन्त्रसंचारचञ्चलम् ।
मनः सदाखुनोत्खातं नेष्टं देहगृहं मम ॥ ३२ ॥

tvaksudhālepamasṛṇaṃ yantrasaṃcāracañcalam ,
manaḥ sadākhunotkhātaṃ neṣṭaṃ dehagṛhaṃ mama 32

32. tvaksudhālepamasṛṇam yantrasañcāracañcalam manaḥ
sadā ākhunā utkhātam na iṣṭam dehagrham mama

32. This body-house of mine is undesirable: it has a smooth coating of skin (tvak) like plaster, is restless with movements like a machine, and its mind (manas) is constantly gnawed away by rats.

32. בית הגוף הזה, המוחלק בציפוי העור, תזזיתי כמנגנון ממוכן וחסר מנוחה שחולדת החשיבה הפעילה חופרת בו תמיד, אינו רצוי בעיניי.

Words meanings summery:

• त्वक्सुधालेपमसृणम् (tvaksudhālepamasṛṇam) - possessing a smooth coating of skin like plaster (having a smooth coating of skin and plaster)

• यन्त्रसञ्चारचञ्चलम् (yantrasañcāracañcalam) - unsteady like the movement of a machine (restless with movements like a machine)

• मनः (manaḥ) - its mind (mind, intellect, thought)

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever, constantly

• आखुना (ākhunā) - by rats, by mice

• उत्खातम् (utkhātam) - gnawed away (dug out, excavated, gnawed, uprooted)

• न (na) - not, no

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

• देहग्र्हम् (dehagrham) - body-house

• मम (mama) - my, mine

Words meanings and morphology

त्वक्सुधालेपमसृणम् (tvaksudhālepamasṛṇam) - possessing a smooth coating of skin like plaster (having a smooth coating of skin and plaster)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tvaksudhālepamasṛṇa

tvaksudhālepamasṛṇa - that which has a smooth (masṛṇa) coating (ālepa) of skin (tvak) and whitewash/plaster (sudhā)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (tvak+sudhā+ālepa+masṛṇa)

• tvak – skin, hide, bark
  noun (feminine)
• sudhā – lime, plaster, whitewash, nectar, ambrosia
  noun (feminine)
• ālepa – smearing, coating, plastering, anointing
  noun (masculine)
  From `ā` + root `lip` ('to smear')
  Prefix: ā
  Root: lip (class 6)
• masṛṇa – smooth, soft, sleek, gentle
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Modifies `dehagrham`.

यन्त्रसञ्चारचञ्चलम् (yantrasañcāracañcalam) - unsteady like the movement of a machine (restless with movements like a machine)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yantrasañcāracañcala

yantrasañcāracañcala - that which is restless (cañcala) due to the movement (sañcāra) of a machine (yantra)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (yantra+sañcāra+cañcala)

• yantra – machine, instrument, device, tool
  noun (neuter)
  From root `yam` ('to restrain, control')
  Root: yam (class 1)
• sañcāra – movement, motion, wandering, course
  noun (masculine)
  From `sam` + root `car` ('to move')
  Prefix: sam
  Root: car (class 1)
• cañcala – fickle, restless, unsteady, trembling, moving
  adjective (masculine)
  Reduplicated form of root `cal` ('to move')
  Root: cal (class 1)

Note: Modifies `dehagrham`.

मनः (manaḥ) - its mind (mind, intellect, thought)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, understanding, thought, heart

From root `man` ('to think')

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Subject of the clause 'its mind is always gnawed away by rats'.

सदा (sadā) - always, ever, constantly

(indeclinable)

आखुना (ākhunā) - by rats, by mice

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ākhu

ākhu - rat, mouse, mole

Note: Agent of `utkhātam`.

उत्खातम् (utkhātam) - gnawed away (dug out, excavated, gnawed, uprooted)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of utkhāta

utkhāta - dug out, excavated, uprooted, gnawed, pierced

Past Passive Participle

From `ud` + root `khan` ('to dig')

Prefix: ud

Root: khan (class 1)

Note: Modifies `manaḥ`.

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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