योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-19, verse-15

स्त्रीलोचनैस्तडित्पुञ्जैर्ज्वलाजालैस्तरङ्गकैः ।
चापलं शिक्षितं ब्रह्मञ्छैशवाक्रान्तचेतसः ॥ १५ ॥

strīlocanaistaḍitpuñjairjvalājālaistaraṅgakaiḥ ,
cāpalaṃ śikṣitaṃ brahmañchaiśavākrāntacetasaḥ 15

15. strīlocanaiḥ taḍitpuñjaiḥ jvalājālaiḥ taraṅgakaiḥ
cāpalaṃ śikṣitam brahman śaiśavākrāntacetasaḥ

15. brahman śaiśavākrāntacetasaḥ strīlocanaiḥ
taḍitpuñjaiḥ jvalājālaiḥ taraṅgakaiḥ cāpalaṃ śikṣitam

15. O Brahman, a mind overcome by childishness learns fickleness from women's eyes, flashes of lightning, masses of flames, and rippling waves.

15. בְּרַהְמָן, מי שרוח החשיבה שלו נכבשה על ידי הילדות, כאילו למד הפכפכות מעיני נשים, מבזקי ברקים, מלהבות אש ומגלי הים!

Words meanings summery:

• स्त्रीलोचनैः (strīlocanaiḥ) - by women's eyes

• तडित्पुञ्जैः (taḍitpuñjaiḥ) - by clusters of lightning, by flashes of lightning

• ज्वलाजालैः (jvalājālaiḥ) - by networks of flames, by masses of flames

• तरङ्गकैः (taraṅgakaiḥ) - by small waves, by rippling waves

• चापलं (cāpalaṁ) - fickleness, unsteadiness, restlessness

• शिक्षितम् (śikṣitam) - learned, taught

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahman

• शैशवाक्रान्तचेतसः (śaiśavākrāntacetasaḥ) - of the mind overcome by childishness

Words meanings and morphology

स्त्रीलोचनैः (strīlocanaiḥ) - by women's eyes

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of strīlocana

strīlocana - women's eyes

Compound type : tatpurusha (strī+locana)

• strī – woman, female
  noun (feminine)
• locana – eye, seeing
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'loc' (to see)
  Root: loc (class 1)

तडित्पुञ्जैः (taḍitpuñjaiḥ) - by clusters of lightning, by flashes of lightning

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of taḍitpuñja

taḍitpuñja - cluster of lightning, flash of lightning

Compound type : tatpurusha (taḍit+puñja)

• taḍit – lightning
  noun (feminine)
• puñja – heap, mass, cluster
  noun (masculine)

ज्वलाजालैः (jvalājālaiḥ) - by networks of flames, by masses of flames

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of jvalājāla

jvalājāla - network of flames, mass of flames

Compound type : tatpurusha (jvalā+jāla)

• jvalā – flame, blaze
  noun (feminine)
  Root: jval (class 1)
• jāla – net, network, mass, multitude
  noun (neuter)

तरङ्गकैः (taraṅgakaiḥ) - by small waves, by rippling waves

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of taraṅgaka

taraṅgaka - small wave, ripple

चापलं (cāpalaṁ) - fickleness, unsteadiness, restlessness

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cāpala

cāpala - fickleness, unsteadiness, restlessness

From 'capala' (fickle) with suffix 'a' (forming abstract noun)

शिक्षितम् (śikṣitam) - learned, taught

(verbal derivative)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahman

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman (the Absolute), sacred word/knowledge, priest

शैशवाक्रान्तचेतसः (śaiśavākrāntacetasaḥ) - of the mind overcome by childishness

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śaiśavākrāntacetas

śaiśavākrāntacetas - whose mind is overcome by childishness

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śaiśava+ākrānta+cetas)

• śaiśava – childishness, childhood
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from 'śiśu' (child)
• ākrānta – overcome, pervaded, seized
  verbal derivative (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kram with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kram (class 1)
• cetas – mind, consciousness, intellect
  noun (neuter)

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