योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-27, verse-7

तृष्णालताकाननचारिणोऽमी शाखाशतं काममहीरुहेषु ।
परिभ्रमन्तः क्षपयन्ति कालं मनोमृगा नो फलमाप्नुवन्ति ॥ ७ ॥

tṛṣṇālatākānanacāriṇo'mī śākhāśataṃ kāmamahīruheṣu ,
paribhramantaḥ kṣapayanti kālaṃ manomṛgā no phalamāpnuvanti 7

7. tṛṣṇālatākānanacāriṇaḥ amī śākhāśataṃ kāmamahīruheṣu
paribhramantaḥ kṣapayanti kālaṃ manomṛgāḥ no phalaṃ āpnuvanti

7. amī manomṛgāḥ tṛṣṇālatākānanacāriṇaḥ kāmamahīruheṣu śākhāśataṃ
paribhramantaḥ kālaṃ kṣapayanti phalaṃ no āpnuvanti

7. These deer of the mind (manomṛgāḥ), which roam in the jungle of desire-creepers, wander around a hundred branches of the desire-trees. They merely waste their time and do not obtain any fruit.

Words meanings summery:

• तृष्णालताकाननचारिणः (tṛṣṇālatākānanacāriṇaḥ) - those (mind-deer) who roam in the jungle of desire-creepers (wanderers in the forest of desire-creepers)

• अमी (amī) - these (referring to manomṛgāḥ) (these, those (masculine plural))

• शाखाशतं (śākhāśataṁ) - a hundred branches

• काममहीरुहेषु (kāmamahīruheṣu) - on the trees of desire (metaphor for objects of desire) (on the desire-trees, on the wish-fulfilling trees)

• परिभ्रमन्तः (paribhramantaḥ) - wandering around (the branches) (wandering around, going about)

• क्षपयन्ति (kṣapayanti) - they waste (time) (they waste, they destroy, they exhaust)

• कालं (kālaṁ) - time

• मनोमृगाः (manomṛgāḥ) - the mind, likened to restless deer (mind-deer, deer of the mind)

• नो (no) - not (not, nor)

• फलं (phalaṁ) - benefit, desirable outcome (fruit, result, reward)

• आप्नुवन्ति (āpnuvanti) - they obtain (they obtain, they reach, they attain)

Words meanings and morphology

तृष्णालताकाननचारिणः (tṛṣṇālatākānanacāriṇaḥ) - those (mind-deer) who roam in the jungle of desire-creepers (wanderers in the forest of desire-creepers)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tṛṣṇālatākānanacārin

tṛṣṇālatākānanacārin - roaming in the forest of desire-creepers

compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tṛṣṇā+latā+kānana+cārin)

• tṛṣṇā – thirst, desire, craving
  noun (feminine)
• latā – creeper, vine
  noun (feminine)
• kānana – forest, grove, jungle
  noun (neuter)
• cārin – moving, roaming, wandering (agent noun)
  noun/adjective (masculine)
  From √car (to move) with suffix -in
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Qualifies amī manomṛgāḥ.

अमी (amī) - these (referring to manomṛgāḥ) (these, those (masculine plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of adas

adas - this, that, these, those (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Subject.

शाखाशतं (śākhāśataṁ) - a hundred branches

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śākhāśata

śākhāśata - hundred branches

compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śākhā+śata)

• śākhā – branch, limb
  noun (feminine)
• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)

Note: Object of implied 'roaming/moving over'.

काममहीरुहेषु (kāmamahīruheṣu) - on the trees of desire (metaphor for objects of desire) (on the desire-trees, on the wish-fulfilling trees)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of kāmamahīruha

kāmamahīruha - desire-tree, wish-fulfilling tree

compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāma+mahīruha)

• kāma – desire, wish, longing
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kam (class 1)
• mahīruha – tree (literally 'earth-grower')
  noun (masculine)
  compound: mahī (earth) + ruha (grower)
  Root: ruh (class 1)

Note: Location for paribhramantaḥ.

परिभ्रमन्तः (paribhramantaḥ) - wandering around (the branches) (wandering around, going about)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paribhramat

paribhramat - wandering around, going about

Present Active Participle

From root √bhram (to wander) with prefix pari-

Prefix: pari

Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: Qualifies amī manomṛgāḥ.

क्षपयन्ति (kṣapayanti) - they waste (time) (they waste, they destroy, they exhaust)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of kṣap

Present Tense, Active Voice (Parasmaipada)

Causative of √kṣi (to waste, perish).

Root: kṣap (class 10)

Note: Verb for amī manomṛgāḥ.

कालं (kālaṁ) - time

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, duration, period

Note: Object of kṣapayanti.

मनोमृगाः (manomṛgāḥ) - the mind, likened to restless deer (mind-deer, deer of the mind)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of manomṛga

manomṛga - mind-deer (a metaphor for the restless mind)

compound

Compound type : karmadhāraya (manas+mṛga)

• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Root: man (class 4)
• mṛga – deer, wild animal
  noun (masculine)
  Root: mṛj (class 2)

Note: Main subject.

नो (no) - not (not, nor)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates āpnuvanti.

फलं (phalaṁ) - benefit, desirable outcome (fruit, result, reward)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, reward, consequence

Note: Object of āpnuvanti.

आप्नुवन्ति (āpnuvanti) - they obtain (they obtain, they reach, they attain)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of āp

Present Tense, Active Voice (Parasmaipada)

From root √āp (to obtain), 5th class.

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Verb for amī manomṛgāḥ.

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