योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-20, verse-24

रसकेसरसंबाधं कुविकल्पदलाकुलम् ।
दुश्चिन्ताचञ्चरीकाणां पुष्करं विद्धि यौवनम् ॥ २४ ॥

rasakesarasaṃbādhaṃ kuvikalpadalākulam ,
duścintācañcarīkāṇāṃ puṣkaraṃ viddhi yauvanam 24

24. rasakesarasaṃbādham kuvikalpadalākulam
duścintācañcarīkāṇām puṣkaram viddhi yauvanam

24. yauvanam rasakesarasaṃbādham kuvikalpadalākulam
duścintācañcarīkāṇām puṣkaram viddhi

24. Know that youth (yauvana) is a lotus, teeming with the stamens of emotions, agitated by the petals of misguided notions, and a gathering place for the bees of anxious thoughts.

24. דע כי הנעורים הם כמו פרח לוטוס הדחוס באבקני תשוקה, עמוס בעלי כותרת של תפיסות מוטעות, ומושך אליו כדבורים מחשבות רעות.

Words meanings summery:

• रसकेसरसंबाधम् (rasakesarasaṁbādham) - teeming with the stamens of emotions (crowded with the filaments of sentiments/emotions)

• कुविकल्पदलाकुलम् (kuvikalpadalākulam) - agitated by the petals of misguided notions (agitated by the petals of bad choices/doubts)

• दुश्चिन्ताचञ्चरीकाणाम् (duścintācañcarīkāṇām) - for the bees of anxious thoughts (of the bees of evil thoughts/anxieties)

• पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - a lotus (lotus, pond, blue lotus, tip of an elephant's trunk)

• विद्धि (viddhi) - know, understand, realize

• यौवनम् (yauvanam) - youth (yauvana) (youth, adolescence, state of being young)

Words meanings and morphology

रसकेसरसंबाधम् (rasakesarasaṁbādham) - teeming with the stamens of emotions (crowded with the filaments of sentiments/emotions)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rasakesarasaṃbādha

rasakesarasaṁbādha - crowded with the filaments of sentiments/emotions

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (rasa+kesara+saṃbādha)

• rasa – essence, juice, taste, sentiment, emotion
  noun (masculine)
• kesara – stamen, filament of a flower, mane (of a lion)
  noun (neuter)
• saṃbādha – crowded, obstructed, oppressed, confined; crowd, obstruction
  adjective
  Prefix: sam
  Root: badh (class 1)

कुविकल्पदलाकुलम् (kuvikalpadalākulam) - agitated by the petals of misguided notions (agitated by the petals of bad choices/doubts)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kuvikalpadalākula

kuvikalpadalākula - agitated by the petals of wrong choices

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ku+vikalpa+dala+ākula)

• ku – bad, evil, contemptible (prefix)
  indeclinable
• vikalpa – doubt, alternative, option, error, wrong notion
  noun (masculine)
• dala – petal, leaf, fragment, part
  noun (neuter)
• ākula – agitated, confused, full of, perplexed
  adjective
  From root 'kul' (to collect, crowd, be agitated) with prefix 'ā'.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kul (class 1)

दुश्चिन्ताचञ्चरीकाणाम् (duścintācañcarīkāṇām) - for the bees of anxious thoughts (of the bees of evil thoughts/anxieties)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of duścintācañcarīka

duścintācañcarīka - bee of anxious thought

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (duścintā+cañcarīka)

• duścintā – evil thought, anxiety, worry
  noun (feminine)
• cañcarīka – bee
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'puṣkaram' (lotus pond/flower for bees).

पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - a lotus (lotus, pond, blue lotus, tip of an elephant's trunk)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of puṣkara

puṣkara - lotus, pond, blue lotus, sky, water, tip of an elephant's trunk

Note: Object of 'viddhi'.

विद्धि (viddhi) - know, understand, realize

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vid

imperative 2nd person singular

Root: vid (class 2)

यौवनम् (yauvanam) - youth (yauvana) (youth, adolescence, state of being young)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yauvana

yauvana - youth, adolescence, juvenility

Note: The main object being described.

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