योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-1, chapter-20, verse-23
मनोविपुलमूलानां दोषाशीविषधारिणाम् ।
शोषरोदनवृक्षाणां यौवनं बत काननम् ॥ २३ ॥
शोषरोदनवृक्षाणां यौवनं बत काननम् ॥ २३ ॥
manovipulamūlānāṃ doṣāśīviṣadhāriṇām ,
śoṣarodanavṛkṣāṇāṃ yauvanaṃ bata kānanam 23
śoṣarodanavṛkṣāṇāṃ yauvanaṃ bata kānanam 23
23.
manas-vipula-mūlānām doṣa-āśīviṣa-dhāriṇām
śoṣa-rodana-vṛkṣāṇām yauvanam bata kānanam
śoṣa-rodana-vṛkṣāṇām yauvanam bata kānanam
23.
bata yauvanam manas-vipula-mūlānām
doṣa-āśīviṣa-dhāriṇām śoṣa-rodana-vṛkṣāṇām kānanam
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.
Words meanings summery:
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- 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