योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-26, verse-20

मनो विमुह्यतीवान्तर्मुदिता दूरतां गता ।
नोज्ज्वला करुणोदेति दूरादायाति नीचता ॥ २० ॥

mano vimuhyatīvāntarmuditā dūratāṃ gatā ,
nojjvalā karuṇodeti dūrādāyāti nīcatā 20

20. manaḥ vimuhyati iva antas muditā dūratām gatā
na ujjvalā karuṇā udeti dūrāt āyāti nīcatā

20. manaḥ antas iva vimuhyati muditā dūratām gatā
ujjvalā karuṇā na udeti nīcatā dūrāt āyāti

20. The mind becomes bewildered within, and joy has gone far away. Bright compassion does not arise, and baseness approaches from afar.

Words meanings summery:

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind (mind, intellect, heart, consciousness)

• विमुह्यति (vimuhyati) - becomes bewildered (becomes bewildered, becomes confused)

• इव (iva) - as it were (as if, like, as, in a manner)

• अन्तस् (antas) - within (within, inside, inwardly)

• मुदिता (muditā) - joy (joy, gladness, happiness)

• दूरताम् (dūratām) - far away (to a distance, to remoteness)

• गता (gatā) - has gone (gone, departed, reached)

• न (na) - not, no

• उज्ज्वला (ujjvalā) - bright (bright, shining, splendid)

• करुणा (karuṇā) - compassion (compassion, pity, mercy)

• उदेति (udeti) - arises (arises, appears, rises)

• दूरात् (dūrāt) - from afar (from afar, from a distance)

• आयाति (āyāti) - approaches (comes, approaches, arrives)

• नीचता (nīcatā) - baseness (lowness, baseness, degradation, ignobility)

Words meanings and morphology

मनः (manaḥ) - mind (mind, intellect, heart, consciousness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, consciousness, disposition

From root man (to think)

Root: man (class 4)

विमुह्यति (vimuhyati) - becomes bewildered (becomes bewildered, becomes confused)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of vimuhyati

Present active 3rd singular of root muh with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: muh (class 4)

इव (iva) - as it were (as if, like, as, in a manner)

(indeclinable)

अन्तस् (antas) - within (within, inside, inwardly)

(indeclinable)

Vedic form of antar (indeclinable)

मुदिता (muditā) - joy (joy, gladness, happiness)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of muditā

muditā - joy, gladness, happiness, delight

From root mud (to rejoice) with suffix -ita (PPP) + -ā (feminine suffix)

Root: mud (class 1)

दूरताम् (dūratām) - far away (to a distance, to remoteness)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dūratā

dūratā - distance, remoteness

From dūra (distant) + -tā (feminine suffix for abstract noun)

गता (gatā) - has gone (gone, departed, reached)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gata

gata - gone, departed, reached, arrived

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

उज्ज्वला (ujjvalā) - bright (bright, shining, splendid)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ujjvala

ujjvala - bright, shining, splendid, clear, radiant

From root jval (to burn, shine) with prefix ud

Prefix: ud

Root: jval (class 1)

करुणा (karuṇā) - compassion (compassion, pity, mercy)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of karuṇā

karuṇā - compassion, pity, mercy, tenderness

उदेति (udeti) - arises (arises, appears, rises)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of udeti

Present active 3rd singular of root i with prefix ud

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

दूरात् (dūrāt) - from afar (from afar, from a distance)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially from ablative singular of dūra.

आयाति (āyāti) - approaches (comes, approaches, arrives)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of āyāti

Present active 3rd singular of root yā with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

नीचता (nīcatā) - baseness (lowness, baseness, degradation, ignobility)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nīcatā

nīcatā - lowness, baseness, degradation, meanness, ignobility

From nīca (low, base) + -tā (feminine suffix for abstract noun)

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