योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-21, verse-34

शोच्यतां परमां याति तरुणस्तरुणीपरः ।
निबद्धः करिणीलोलो विन्ध्यखाते यथा गजः ॥ ३४ ॥

śocyatāṃ paramāṃ yāti taruṇastaruṇīparaḥ ,
nibaddhaḥ kariṇīlolo vindhyakhāte yathā gajaḥ 34

34. śocyatām paramām yāti taruṇaḥ taruṇīparaḥ |
nibaddhaḥ kariṇīlolaḥ vindhyakhāte yathā gajaḥ ||

34. taruṇaḥ taruṇīparaḥ paramām śocyatām yāti,
yathā kariṇīlolaḥ gajaḥ vindhyakhāte nibaddhaḥ.

34. A young man who is obsessed with young women falls into the utmost misery, just like an elephant, eager for a female elephant, becomes ensnared in a pit in the Vindhya mountains.

34. בחור צעיר הנמשך כליל אחר אישה צעירה מגיע לשפלות מעוררת רחמים, כשהוא כבול בדיוק כמו פיל הנמשך אחר נקבת פיל ונופל לבור בהרי וִינְדְהְיָה.

Words meanings summery:

• शोच्यताम् (śocyatām) - wretchedness, pitiable state, state of grief

• परमाम् (paramām) - supreme, ultimate, utmost, highest

• याति (yāti) - goes, reaches, attains

• तरुणः (taruṇaḥ) - young man, youth

• तरुणीपरः (taruṇīparaḥ) - devoted to young women, obsessed with young women

• निबद्धः (nibaddhaḥ) - bound, tied, trapped, ensnared

• करिणीलोलः (kariṇīlolaḥ) - eager for a female elephant, lustful for a female elephant

• विन्ध्यखाते (vindhyakhāte) - in a pit of the Vindhya mountains, in a Vindhya pit

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

• गजः (gajaḥ) - elephant

Words meanings and morphology

शोच्यताम् (śocyatām) - wretchedness, pitiable state, state of grief

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śocyatā

śocyatā - pitiable state, wretchedness, state of grief

Derived from śocya (pitiable) + tā (suffix for abstract noun)

Root: śuc (class 1)

परमाम् (paramām) - supreme, ultimate, utmost, highest

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, ultimate, most excellent

Note: Agrees with śocyatām

याति (yāti) - goes, reaches, attains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of yā

Present active indicative

3rd person singular present tense of root yā

Root: yā (class 2)

तरुणः (taruṇaḥ) - young man, youth

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of taruṇa

taruṇa - young, youthful, a young man

Note: Subject of the sentence

तरुणीपरः (taruṇīparaḥ) - devoted to young women, obsessed with young women

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of taruṇīpara

taruṇīpara - devoted to young women, attached to young women

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (taruṇī+para)

• taruṇī – young woman, maiden
  noun (feminine)
• para – after, beyond, devoted to, intent on
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with taruṇaḥ

निबद्धः (nibaddhaḥ) - bound, tied, trapped, ensnared

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nibaddha

nibaddha - bound, tied, fixed, trapped, caught

Past Passive Participle

Prefix ni + root bandh + suffix kta

Prefix: ni

Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Agrees with gajaḥ

करिणीलोलः (kariṇīlolaḥ) - eager for a female elephant, lustful for a female elephant

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kariṇīlola

kariṇīlola - eager for a female elephant, passionately desiring a female elephant

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kariṇī+lola)

• kariṇī – female elephant
  noun (feminine)
• lola – moving, shaking, unsteady, desirous, eager, lustful
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: lul (class 1)

Note: Agrees with gajaḥ

विन्ध्यखाते (vindhyakhāte) - in a pit of the Vindhya mountains, in a Vindhya pit

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vindhyakhāta

vindhyakhāta - a pit in the Vindhya mountains

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vindhya+khāta)

• vindhya – Vindhya mountain range
  proper noun (masculine)
• khāta – pit, ditch, excavation
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root khan (to dig)
  Root: khan (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

गजः (gajaḥ) - elephant

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gaja

gaja - elephant

Root: gaj (class 1)

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