योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-1, chapter-21, verse-7
रक्तमांसास्थिदिग्धानि करभस्य यथा वने ।
तथैवाङ्गानि कामिन्यास्तां प्रत्यपि हि को ग्रहः ॥ ७ ॥
तथैवाङ्गानि कामिन्यास्तां प्रत्यपि हि को ग्रहः ॥ ७ ॥
raktamāṃsāsthidigdhāni karabhasya yathā vane ,
tathaivāṅgāni kāminyāstāṃ pratyapi hi ko grahaḥ 7
tathaivāṅgāni kāminyāstāṃ pratyapi hi ko grahaḥ 7
7.
raktamāṃsāsthidigdhāni karabhasya yathā vane tathā
eva aṅgāni kāminyāḥ tām prati api hi kaḥ grahaḥ
eva aṅgāni kāminyāḥ tām prati api hi kaḥ grahaḥ
7.
yathā vane karabhasya raktamāṃsāsthidigdhāni tathā
eva kāminyāḥ aṅgāni tām prati api hi kaḥ grahaḥ
eva kāminyāḥ aṅgāni tām prati api hi kaḥ grahaḥ
7.
Just as the limbs of a camel in the forest are covered in blood, flesh, and bones, so too are the limbs of a lustful woman. What attraction can there truly be towards her, then?
Words meanings summery:
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- रक्तमांसास्थिदिग्धानि (raktamāṁsāsthidigdhāni) - smeared with blood, flesh, and bones
- करभस्य (karabhasya) - of a camel (of a camel, of an elephant's trunk)
- यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way
- वने (vane) - in the forest, in a grove
- तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way
- एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely
- अङ्गानि (aṅgāni) - limbs, parts, body
- कामिन्याः (kāminyāḥ) - of a lustful woman, from a desiring woman
- ताम् (tām) - her, that (feminine singular accusative)
- प्रति (prati) - towards, to, against
- अपि (api) - also, even, too
- हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for
- कः (kaḥ) - who, what
- ग्रहः (grahaḥ) - attraction, allure (attraction, grasp, seizure, planet)
Words meanings and morphology
रक्तमांसास्थिदिग्धानि (raktamāṁsāsthidigdhāni) - smeared with blood, flesh, and bones
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, plural of raktamāṃsāsthidigdha
raktamāṁsāsthidigdha - smeared with blood, flesh, and bones
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rakta+māṃsa+asthi+digdha)
- rakta – blood
noun (neuter) - māṃsa – flesh, meat
noun (neuter) - asthi – bone
noun (neuter) - digdha – smeared, coated, tainted
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
from `√dih`
Root: dih (class 4)
करभस्य (karabhasya) - of a camel (of a camel, of an elephant's trunk)
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of karabha
karabha - camel, elephant's trunk, forearm
यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way
(indeclinable)
वने (vane) - in the forest, in a grove
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of vana
vana - forest, wood, grove
तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely
(indeclinable)
अङ्गानि (aṅgāni) - limbs, parts, body
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of aṅga
aṅga - limb, body part, body
कामिन्याः (kāminyāḥ) - of a lustful woman, from a desiring woman
(noun)
Genitive, feminine, singular of kāminī
kāminī - lustful woman, desirous woman
from `kāmin` (desirous) + `ī` (feminine suffix)
ताम् (tām) - her, that (feminine singular accusative)
(pronoun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of tad
tad - that, she, it
प्रति (prati) - towards, to, against
(indeclinable)
अपि (api) - also, even, too
(indeclinable)
हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for
(indeclinable)
कः (kaḥ) - who, what
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kim
kim - who, what, which
ग्रहः (grahaḥ) - attraction, allure (attraction, grasp, seizure, planet)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of graha
graha - seizure, grasp, attraction, planet, demon
from `√grah`
Root: grah (class 9)