योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-18, verse-56

प्रज्ञा वराका सर्वैव कायबद्धास्थयानया ।
मिथ्याज्ञानकुराक्षस्या छलिता कष्टमेकिका ॥ ५६ ॥

prajñā varākā sarvaiva kāyabaddhāsthayānayā ,
mithyājñānakurākṣasyā chalitā kaṣṭamekikā 56

56. prajñā varākā sarvā eva kāya-baddha-āsthayā anayā
mithyā-jñāna-ku-rākṣasyā chalitā kaṣṭam ekikā

56. Alas! Our entire poor intelligence (prajñā) has been deceived, all alone, by this wicked she-demon (rākṣasī) of false knowledge, whose attachment is solely bound to the body.

56. אוי, התבונה האומללה והבודדה נפלה קרבן להונאתה של המפלצת המרושעת של הידע המוטעה, הקשורה כולה לגוף.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रज्ञा (prajñā) - intelligence, wisdom, insight (prajñā)

• वराका (varākā) - poor, wretched, miserable

• सर्वा (sarvā) - all, entire

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• कायबद्धास्थया (kāyabaddhāsthayā) - by this one whose attachment is bound to the body

• अनया (anayā) - by this (feminine)

• मिथ्याज्ञानकुराक्षस्या (mithyājñānakurākṣasyā) - by the wicked she-demon (rākṣasī) of false knowledge

• छलिता (chalitā) - deceived, cheated

• कष्टम् (kaṣṭam) - alas!, woe!, painful

• एकिका (ekikā) - alone, solitary

Words meanings and morphology

प्रज्ञा (prajñā) - intelligence, wisdom, insight (prajñā)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prajñā

prajñā - wisdom, intelligence, understanding, discernment (prajñā)

वराका (varākā) - poor, wretched, miserable

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of varākā

varākā - poor, wretched, miserable, insignificant

सर्वा (sarvā) - all, entire

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

कायबद्धास्थया (kāyabaddhāsthayā) - by this one whose attachment is bound to the body

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of kāyabaddhāsthā

kāyabaddhāsthā - having attachment fixed to the body (feminine)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kāya+baddha+āsthā)

• kāya – body, collection of elements, physical frame
  noun (masculine)
• baddha – bound, tied, fixed, attached
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root bandh
  Root: bandh (class 9)
• āsthā – faith, reliance, belief, attachment, adherence
  noun (feminine)

Note: Modifies 'anayā' and 'rākṣasyā'.

अनया (anayā) - by this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, that

मिथ्याज्ञानकुराक्षस्या (mithyājñānakurākṣasyā) - by the wicked she-demon (rākṣasī) of false knowledge

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of mithyājñānakurākṣasī

mithyājñānakurākṣasī - wicked she-demon of false knowledge

Compound type : tatpurusha (mithyā+jñāna+ku+rākṣasī)

• mithyā – falsely, wrongly, untrue, fictitious
  indeclinable
• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom, understanding
  noun (neuter)
• ku – bad, evil, wicked, contemptible
  prefix
• rākṣasī – she-demon, female ogre
  noun (feminine)

छलिता (chalitā) - deceived, cheated

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of chalita

chalita - deceived, cheated, deluded

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root chal (to deceive)

Root: chal (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'prajñā'.

कष्टम् (kaṣṭam) - alas!, woe!, painful

(indeclinable)

एकिका (ekikā) - alone, solitary

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ekikā

ekikā - alone, solitary, single (feminine)

Note: Agrees with 'prajñā'.

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