योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-23, verse-13

शुभाशुभविषाणाग्रविलूनजनपल्लवः ।
स्फूर्जति स्फीतजनताजीवराजीवनीगजः ॥ १३ ॥

śubhāśubhaviṣāṇāgravilūnajanapallavaḥ ,
sphūrjati sphītajanatājīvarājīvanīgajaḥ 13

13. śubhāśubha-viṣāṇāgra-vilūna-jana-pallavaḥ
sphūrjati sphīta-janatā-jīva-rājīva-vanī-gajaḥ

13. śubhāśubha-viṣāṇāgra-vilūna-jana-pallavaḥ
sphīta-janatā-jīva-rājīva-vanī-gajaḥ sphūrjati

13. The elephant (representing conditioned existence), whose tender human sprouts are torn by the sharp points of its tusks, which signify auspicious and inauspicious (karma), rages forth as a colossal beast within the lotus-pond of the lives of flourishing humanity.

13. כשהוא גודע את נבטי בני האדם בקצות חטיו של מעשים טובים ורעים, הזמן משתולל כמו פיל בתוך יער חבצלות המים של חיי ההמונים.

Words meanings summery:

• शुभाशुभ-विषाणाग्र-विलून-जन-पल्लवः (śubhāśubha-viṣāṇāgra-vilūna-jana-pallavaḥ) - whose tender human sprouts are torn by the tips of its tusks (representing) good and bad deeds

• स्फूर्जति (sphūrjati) - rages, shines forth, throbs, bursts forth, manifests strongly

• स्फीत-जनता-जीव-राजीव-वनी-गजः (sphīta-janatā-jīva-rājīva-vanī-gajaḥ) - the mighty elephant in the lotus-pond of the lives of flourishing humanity

Words meanings and morphology

शुभाशुभ-विषाणाग्र-विलून-जन-पल्लवः (śubhāśubha-viṣāṇāgra-vilūna-jana-pallavaḥ) - whose tender human sprouts are torn by the tips of its tusks (representing) good and bad deeds

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śubhāśubha-viṣāṇāgra-vilūna-jana-pallava

śubhāśubha-viṣāṇāgra-vilūna-jana-pallava - having the tender human sprouts torn by the tips of tusks that are good and bad

Bahuvrihi compound, describing the elephant.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śubhāśubha-viṣāṇāgra-vilūna+jana-pallava)

• śubhāśubha – auspicious and inauspicious, good and bad
  adjective
  Dvanda compound of śubha and aśubha
• viṣāṇāgra – tusk-tip, point of a horn
  noun (neuter)
  Tatpuruṣa compound
• vilūna – torn, cut, severed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from `vi-lū` (to cut, sever)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: lū (class 9)
• jana-pallava – sprout of people, tender human lives
  noun (masculine)
  Tatpuruṣa or Karmadhāraya compound; people as sprouts

Note: Describes `gajaḥ`.

स्फूर्जति (sphūrjati) - rages, shines forth, throbs, bursts forth, manifests strongly

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (lat) of sphūrj

Present active indicative

1st class verb (bhvādigana), parasmaipada

Root: sphūrj (class 1)

स्फीत-जनता-जीव-राजीव-वनी-गजः (sphīta-janatā-jīva-rājīva-vanī-gajaḥ) - the mighty elephant in the lotus-pond of the lives of flourishing humanity

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sphīta-janatā-jīva-rājīva-vanī-gaja

sphīta-janatā-jīva-rājīva-vanī-gaja - an elephant of the lotus-pond, which is the life of abundant people

Complex Tatpuruṣa compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sphīta-janatā+jīva+rājīva-vanī+gaja)

• sphīta – flourishing, abundant, prosperous, swollen
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `sphāy` (to swell, grow)
  Root: sphāy (class 1)
• janatā – people, humanity, multitude of people
  noun (feminine)
  from `jana` (person) + `tā` (suffix for abstract noun)
• jīva – life, living being, individual soul
  noun (masculine)
  From root `jīv` (to live)
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• rājīva-vanī – lotus-pond
  noun (feminine)
  Tatpuruṣa compound
• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)

Note: The main subject of the sentence.

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