योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-15, verse-10

अज्ञानघनयामिन्या संकोचं न नराम्बुजम् ।
यात्यसावुदितो यस्य नित्यं संतोषभास्करः ॥ १० ॥

ajñānaghanayāminyā saṃkocaṃ na narāmbujam ,
yātyasāvudito yasya nityaṃ saṃtoṣabhāskaraḥ 10

10. ajñānaghanayāminyā saṃkocam na narāmbujam yāti
asau uditaḥ yasya nityam saṃtoṣabhāskaraḥ

10. yasya asau saṃtoṣabhāskaraḥ nityam uditaḥ
narāmbujam ajñānaghanayāminyā na saṃkocam yāti

10. The lotus-like human (nara) does not shrink (or wither) in the dense night of ignorance (ajñāna), provided that for him, the sun of contentment (saṃtoṣa) has always risen.

10. אדם שהוא כפרח לוטוס אינו נסגר בליל הבוערות העבה, אם שמש שביעות הרצון זורחת בקרבו תמיד.

Words meanings summery:

• अज्ञानघनयामिन्या (ajñānaghanayāminyā) - by the dense night of ignorance

• संकोचम् (saṁkocam) - contraction, shrinking, shriveling

• न (na) - not, no

• नराम्बुजम् (narāmbujam) - human-lotus (metaphor for a human being)

• याति (yāti) - undergoes, experiences (goes, moves, attains, experiences)

• असौ (asau) - that (sun) (that one (masculine/feminine nominative singular))

• उदितः (uditaḥ) - has risen (like the sun) (risen, appeared, spoken)

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, for whom

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, perpetually, constantly

• संतोषभास्करः (saṁtoṣabhāskaraḥ) - sun of contentment

Words meanings and morphology

अज्ञानघनयामिन्या (ajñānaghanayāminyā) - by the dense night of ignorance

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of ajñānaghanayāminī

ajñānaghanayāminī - dense night of ignorance

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ajñāna+ghana+yāminī)

• ajñāna – ignorance, nescience (ajñāna)
  noun (neuter)
  negation (`a`) of `jñāna`
  Prefix: a
  Root: jñā
• ghana – dense, thick, solid, dark
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: ghan (class 1)
• yāminī – night
  noun (feminine)
  from `yāma` (watch of night)
  Root: yā

Note: Refers to the 'night' as the agent causing contraction.

संकोचम् (saṁkocam) - contraction, shrinking, shriveling

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃkoca

saṁkoca - contraction, shrinking, folding, withdrawal

from `sam-kuc` (to contract)

Prefix: sam

Root: kuc (class 6)

Note: Object of the verb `yāti` (here meaning 'undergo/experience').

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

नराम्बुजम् (narāmbujam) - human-lotus (metaphor for a human being)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of narāmbuja

narāmbuja - human-lotus (metaphorically, a person likened to a lotus)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (nara+ambuja)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nṛ
• ambuja – lotus (born in water)
  noun (neuter)
  from `ambhas` (water) + `ja` (born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Subject of the verb 'yāti'.

याति (yāti) - undergoes, experiences (goes, moves, attains, experiences)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of yā

Present Indicative

Root: yā (class 2)

असौ (asau) - that (sun) (that one (masculine/feminine nominative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, yonder

Note: Qualifies 'saṃtoṣabhāskaraḥ'.

उदितः (uditaḥ) - has risen (like the sun) (risen, appeared, spoken)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of udita

udita - risen, ascended, appeared, spoken

Past Passive Participle

from `ud-i` (to rise, ascend)

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'saṃtoṣabhāskaraḥ'.

यस्य (yasya) - whose, for whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Refers to the person to whom 'saṃtoṣabhāskaraḥ' belongs.

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, perpetually, constantly

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as an adverb.

संतोषभास्करः (saṁtoṣabhāskaraḥ) - sun of contentment

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃtoṣabhāskara

saṁtoṣabhāskara - sun of contentment

Compound type : karmadhāraya (saṃtoṣa+bhāskara)

• saṃtoṣa – contentment, satisfaction (saṃtoṣa)
  noun (masculine)
  from `sam-tuṣ` (to be pleased)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: tuṣ (class 4)
• bhāskara – sun, creator of light
  noun (masculine)
  from `bhās` (light) + `kara` (maker)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is' with 'uditaḥ'.

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