योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-25, verse-29

व्यवहारमहावर्ता सुखदुःखपरम्परा ।
रजःपूर्णतमःश्यामा रोमाली तस्य राजते ॥ २९ ॥

vyavahāramahāvartā sukhaduḥkhaparamparā ,
rajaḥpūrṇatamaḥśyāmā romālī tasya rājate 29

29. vyavahāramahāvartā sukhaduḥkhaparamparā
rajaḥpūrṇatamaḥśyāmā romālī tasya rājatē

29. tasya romālī vyavahāramahāvartā
sukhaduḥkhaparamparā rajaḥpūrṇatamaḥśyāmā rājatē

29. His line of hair (romālī) appears resplendent, a vast whirlpool of worldly activities, a continuous chain of joy and sorrow, and dark, filled with passion and ignorance.

Words meanings summery:

• व्यवहारमहावर्ता (vyavahāramahāvartā) - a great whirlpool of worldly activities, affairs, or conduct

• सुखदुःखपरम्परा (sukhaduḥkhaparamparā) - a continuous succession/series of joys and sorrows

• रजःपूर्णतमःश्यामा (rajaḥpūrṇatamaḥśyāmā) - dark, filled with rajas (passion) and tamas (ignorance/darkness)

• रोमाली (romālī) - a line or series of hair, especially the line of hair on the abdomen

• तस्य (tasya) - his, its, of that

• राजते (rājatē) - shines, is splendid, appears, is resplendent

Words meanings and morphology

व्यवहारमहावर्ता (vyavahāramahāvartā) - a great whirlpool of worldly activities, affairs, or conduct

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vyavahāramahāvartā

vyavahāramahāvartā - a great whirlpool of worldly activities, affairs, or conduct

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vyavahāra+mahāvartā)

• vyavahāra – worldly activity, transaction, conduct, usage
  noun (masculine)
  Prefixes: vi+ava
  Root: hṛ (class 1)
• mahāvartā – a great whirlpool
  noun (feminine)

सुखदुःखपरम्परा (sukhaduḥkhaparamparā) - a continuous succession/series of joys and sorrows

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sukhaduḥkhaparamparā

sukhaduḥkhaparamparā - a continuous succession/series of joys and sorrows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sukha+duḥkha+paramparā)

• sukha – joy, happiness, pleasure
  noun (neuter)
• duḥkha – sorrow, pain, misery
  noun (neuter)
• paramparā – succession, series, tradition
  noun (feminine)

रजःपूर्णतमःश्यामा (rajaḥpūrṇatamaḥśyāmā) - dark, filled with rajas (passion) and tamas (ignorance/darkness)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rajaḥpūrṇatamaḥśyāmā

rajaḥpūrṇatamaḥśyāmā - dark, filled with rajas (passion) and tamas (ignorance/darkness)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rajas+tamas+pūrṇa+śyāmā)

• rajas – passion, activity, dust, the quality of motion and activity (guṇa)
  noun (neuter)
• tamas – ignorance, darkness, inertia, the quality of inertia and darkness (guṇa)
  noun (neuter)
• pūrṇa – full, complete, filled
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root pṛ (to fill)
  Root: pṛ (class 9)
• śyāmā – dark, dark-complexioned, blackish, dark-blue
  adjective (feminine)

Note: This is an adjective describing 'romālī'.

रोमाली (romālī) - a line or series of hair, especially the line of hair on the abdomen

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of romālī

romālī - a line or series of hair, especially the line of hair on the abdomen

तस्य (tasya) - his, its, of that

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the being described in the preceding verses.

राजते (rājatē) - shines, is splendid, appears, is resplendent

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of rāj

Root: rāj (class 1)

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