योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-1, chapter-21, verse-14
लीलाविलोलपुरुषा कार्यसंहारकारिणी ।
परं विमोहनं बुद्धेः कामिनी दीर्घयामिनी ॥ १४ ॥
परं विमोहनं बुद्धेः कामिनी दीर्घयामिनी ॥ १४ ॥
līlāvilolapuruṣā kāryasaṃhārakāriṇī ,
paraṃ vimohanaṃ buddheḥ kāminī dīrghayāminī 14
paraṃ vimohanaṃ buddheḥ kāminī dīrghayāminī 14
14.
līlāvilolapuruṣā kāryasaṃhārakāriṇī param
vimohanam buddheḥ kāminī dīrghayāminī
vimohanam buddheḥ kāminī dīrghayāminī
14.
kāminī līlāvilolapuruṣā kāryasaṃhārakāriṇī
buddheḥ param vimohanam dīrghayāminī
buddheḥ param vimohanam dīrghayāminī
14.
This charming woman, who makes men restless through her playful allure and causes the ruin of their undertakings, is a great bewilderment to the intellect (buddhi), like a long night.
Words meanings summery:
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- लीलाविलोलपुरुषा (līlāvilolapuruṣā) - she whose men are restless due to play/charm, she who makes men restless with sport
- कार्यसंहारकारिणी (kāryasaṁhārakāriṇī) - she who causes destruction of tasks, she who ends undertakings
- परम् (param) - supreme, great, highest, utmost
- विमोहनम् (vimohanam) - bewilderment, infatuation, delusion
- बुद्धेः (buddheḥ) - of the intellect, of the mind, of understanding
- कामिनी (kāminī) - charming woman, desirous woman, beloved
- दीर्घयामिनी (dīrghayāminī) - long night
Words meanings and morphology
लीलाविलोलपुरुषा (līlāvilolapuruṣā) - she whose men are restless due to play/charm, she who makes men restless with sport
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of līlāvilolapuruṣā
līlāvilolapuruṣa - one whose men are agitated by play/charm
Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (līlā+vilola+puruṣa)
- līlā – play, sport, grace, charm
noun (feminine) - vilola – tremulous, restless, agitated, fickle
adjective
Derived from vi-lul.
Prefix: vi
Root: lul (class 1) - puruṣa – man, person, male being
noun (masculine)
Note: Feminine nominative singular, describing Kāminī.
कार्यसंहारकारिणी (kāryasaṁhārakāriṇī) - she who causes destruction of tasks, she who ends undertakings
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of kāryasaṃhārakāriṇī
kāryasaṁhārakārin - causing destruction of tasks, bringing about ruin of endeavors
Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (kārya+saṃhāra+kārin)
- kārya – deed, action, task, duty
noun (neuter)
Gerundive / Future Passive Participle
Derived from root kṛ- (to do) + -ya suffix.
Root: kṛ (class 8) - saṃhāra – destruction, annihilation, withdrawal
noun (masculine)
Derived from root hṛ- (to take, carry) with prefix sam-.
Prefix: sam
Root: hṛ (class 1) - kārin – doer, maker, causing, performing
adjective (masculine)
Agent Noun
Derived from root kṛ- (to do) + -in suffix.
Root: kṛ (class 8)
Note: Feminine nominative singular, describing Kāminī.
परम् (param) - supreme, great, highest, utmost
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of para
para - supreme, highest, great, distant, other
Note: Used here as an adjective modifying vimohanam.
विमोहनम् (vimohanam) - bewilderment, infatuation, delusion
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of vimohana
vimohana - bewilderment, delusion, infatuation, enchantment
Derived from root muh- (to be bewildered) with prefix vi-.
Prefix: vi
Root: muh (class 4)
Note: Predicate nominative.
बुद्धेः (buddheḥ) - of the intellect, of the mind, of understanding
(noun)
Genitive, feminine, singular of buddhi
buddhi - intellect, intelligence, mind, understanding
From root budh (to know, perceive).
Root: budh (class 1)
Note: Possessive case, "of the intellect" (buddhi).
कामिनी (kāminī) - charming woman, desirous woman, beloved
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of kāminī
kāminī - a loving woman, charming woman, beloved woman
Feminine of kāmin (desirous, loving). From root kam (to desire).
Root: kam (class 1)
Note: Subject of the implied sentence.
दीर्घयामिनी (dīrghayāminī) - long night
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of dīrghayāminī
dīrghayāminī - a long night
Compound.
Compound type : Karmadhāraya (dīrgha+yāminī)
- dīrgha – long, extended
adjective - yāminī – night
noun (feminine)
Root: yā (class 2)
Note: In apposition to kāminī or simile.