योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-14, verse-14

कज्जलक्षोदमलिना मदिरामदधर्मिणी ।
अविचारमयी निद्रा यातु ते राघव क्षयम् ॥ १४ ॥

kajjalakṣodamalinā madirāmadadharmiṇī ,
avicāramayī nidrā yātu te rāghava kṣayam 14

14. kajjala-kṣodamalinā madirāmada-dharmiṇī
avicāramayī nidrā yātu te rāghava kṣayam

14. rāghava kajjala-kṣodamalinā madirāmada-dharmiṇī
avicāramayī nidrā te kṣayam yātu

14. O Rāghava, may that sleep (nidrā) which is dark like lampblack powder, embodying the characteristic intoxication of wine, and composed of thoughtlessness (avicāra), be utterly destroyed for you.

14. תנומת החשיבה הלקויה, האפלה כאבק פחם והמשכרת כמו יין – הלוואי שתחלוף מן העולם, רָאגְהַוַוה.

Words meanings summery:

• कज्जल-क्षोदमलिना (kajjala-kṣodamalinā) - dark like lampblack powder

• मदिरामद-धर्मिणी (madirāmada-dharmiṇī) - embodying the characteristic intoxication of wine

• अविचारमयी (avicāramayī) - composed of thoughtlessness, full of lack of deliberation

• निद्रा (nidrā) - sleep, slumber

• यातु (yātu) - let it go, may it go

• ते (te) - for you, to you

• राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, usually refers to Rama)

• क्षयम् (kṣayam) - to destruction, to an end

Words meanings and morphology

कज्जल-क्षोदमलिना (kajjala-kṣodamalinā) - dark like lampblack powder

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kajjala-kṣodamalina

kajjala-kṣodamalina - dark like lampblack powder

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kajjala-kṣoda+malina)

• kajjala – lampblack, soot
  noun (neuter)
• kṣoda – powder, dust
  noun (masculine)
• malina – dirty, soiled, stained, dark
  adjective (feminine)

Note: Qualifying nidrā

मदिरामद-धर्मिणी (madirāmada-dharmiṇī) - embodying the characteristic intoxication of wine

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of madirāmada-dharmin

madirāmada-dharmin - having the nature/characteristic of wine's intoxication

Compound type : bahuvrihi (madirā-mada+dharmin)

• madirā – wine, spirituous liquor
  noun (feminine)
• mada – intoxication, excitement, arrogance
  noun (masculine)
  Root: mad (class 4)
• dharmin – having the characteristic, endowed with the nature
  adjective (feminine)
  Derived from dharma + -in

Note: Qualifying nidrā

अविचारमयी (avicāramayī) - composed of thoughtlessness, full of lack of deliberation

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avicāramaya

avicāramaya - composed of thoughtlessness, full of lack of deliberation

Compound type : tatpurusha (avicāra+maya)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• vicāra – deliberation, consideration, thought
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: car (class 1)
• maya – made of, consisting of, full of
  suffix/adjective (feminine)
  Suffix -maya used to form adjectives

Note: Qualifying nidrā

निद्रा (nidrā) - sleep, slumber

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nidrā

nidrā - sleep, slumber

Note: Subject of yātu

यातु (yātu) - let it go, may it go

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

ते (te) - for you, to you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Enclitic form of dative singular

राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, usually refers to Rama)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, son of Raghu (epithet of Rama)

क्षयम् (kṣayam) - to destruction, to an end

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣaya

kṣaya - destruction, decay, end, loss

Note: Governed by yātu, indicating the destination

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