योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-20, verse-23

मनोविपुलमूलानां दोषाशीविषधारिणाम् ।
शोषरोदनवृक्षाणां यौवनं बत काननम् ॥ २३ ॥

manovipulamūlānāṃ doṣāśīviṣadhāriṇām ,
śoṣarodanavṛkṣāṇāṃ yauvanaṃ bata kānanam 23

23. manas-vipula-mūlānām doṣa-āśīviṣa-dhāriṇām
śoṣa-rodana-vṛkṣāṇām yauvanam bata kānanam

23. bata yauvanam manas-vipula-mūlānām
doṣa-āśīviṣa-dhāriṇām śoṣa-rodana-vṛkṣāṇām kānanam

23. Alas, youth is a forest (kānanam) for the trees of decay and lamentation, which have vast roots in the mind and bear the poisonous snakes of faults.

23. אבוי, הנעורים הם כחורש עמוס עצי כמוש ובכי, ששורשיהם העמוקים נעוצים ברוח החשיבה והם מאכלסים נחשים ארסיים של מגרעות.

Words meanings summery:

• मनोविपुलमूलानाम् (manovipulamūlānām) - of those whose roots are vast in the mind

• दोषाशीविषधारिणाम् (doṣāśīviṣadhāriṇām) - of those bearing poisonous snakes of faults

• शोषरोदन-वृक्षाणाम् (śoṣarodana-vṛkṣāṇām) - of the trees of decay and lamentation

• यौवनम् (yauvanam) - youth, youthfulness

• बत (bata) - alas! (alas! oh! ah! (expresses sorrow, pity, or wonder))

• काननम् (kānanam) - forest, grove, garden

Words meanings and morphology

मनोविपुलमूलानाम् (manovipulamūlānām) - of those whose roots are vast in the mind

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of manovipulamūla

manovipulamūla - having vast roots in the mind

Bahuvrihi compound: 'whose roots (mūla) are vast (vipula) in the mind (manas)'.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (manas+vipula+mūla)

• manas – mind, intellect, thought, heart
  noun (neuter)
• vipula – vast, extensive, large, broad, abundant
  adjective
• mūla – root, base, origin, foundation
  noun (neuter)

दोषाशीविषधारिणाम् (doṣāśīviṣadhāriṇām) - of those bearing poisonous snakes of faults

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of doṣāśīviṣadhārin

doṣāśīviṣadhārin - one bearing the poisonous snakes of faults (faults likened to poisonous snakes)

Compound: 'doṣa' (fault) + 'āśīviṣa' (poisonous snake) forms a Tatpurusha or Karmadhāraya 'fault-snake', then 'dhārin' (bearing) forms a Bahuvrihi 'one who bears fault-snakes'.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (doṣa+āśīviṣa+dhārin)

• doṣa – fault, defect, vice, error
  noun (masculine)
  From root duṣ (to be corrupt).
  Root: duṣ (class 4)
• āśīviṣa – poisonous snake, serpent (literally, 'one whose poison is in its fangs')
  noun (masculine)
  Bahuvrihi compound: 'whose poison (viṣa) is in its fangs (āśī)'.
• dhārin – bearing, holding, possessing, wearing
  adjective
  Agent noun derived from root dhṛ (to bear, hold) with suffix ṇin.
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

शोषरोदन-वृक्षाणाम् (śoṣarodana-vṛkṣāṇām) - of the trees of decay and lamentation

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śoṣarodanavṛkṣa

śoṣarodanavṛkṣa - trees of drying up/decay and weeping/lamentation

Tatpurusha compound: 'vṛkṣa' (tree) of 'śoṣa' (decay) and 'rodana' (lamentation). 'śoṣa-rodana' is a Dvandva compound.

Compound type : tatpurusha (śoṣa+rodana+vṛkṣa)

• śoṣa – drying up, desiccation, decay, wasting away
  noun (masculine)
  From root śuṣ (to dry, wither).
  Root: śuṣ (class 4)
• rodana – weeping, crying, lamentation, causing to weep
  noun (neuter)
  From root rud (to weep).
  Root: rud (class 2)
• vṛkṣa – tree
  noun (masculine)

यौवनम् (yauvanam) - youth, youthfulness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yauvana

yauvana - youth, period of youth, youthful vigor

Derived from 'yuvan' (young).

बत (bata) - alas! (alas! oh! ah! (expresses sorrow, pity, or wonder))

(indeclinable)

काननम् (kānanam) - forest, grove, garden

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kānana

kānana - forest, grove, garden, wood

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