योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-17, verse-25

चक्रचीत्कारपूर्णस्य जलराशिमिवोद्यतम् ।
शीर्णपत्रं भ्रष्टनष्टं ग्रीष्मे वनमिवारसम् ॥ २५ ॥

cakracītkārapūrṇasya jalarāśimivodyatam ,
śīrṇapatraṃ bhraṣṭanaṣṭaṃ grīṣme vanamivārasam 25

25. cakracītkārapūrṇasya jalarāśim iva udyatam
śīrṇapatram bhraṣṭanaṣṭam grīṣme vanam iva arasam

25. [jagat] cakracītkārapūrṇasya jalarāśim iva udyatam [bhāti],
grīṣme śīrṇapatram bhraṣṭanaṣṭam arasam vanam iva [ca bhāti]

25. [It appears] like a surging mass of water, filled with the screeching sounds of a wheel (e.g., waterwheel), or like a summer forest whose leaves have withered, fallen, and decayed, utterly devoid of sap or vitality.

25. הוא נראה כמסה של מים העולה משריקת אופן מסתובב, או כחורש בקיץ, יבש ומחוסר חיוניות, עם עלים נובלים שכבר נשרו ואבדו.

Words meanings summery:

• चक्रचीत्कारपूर्णस्य (cakracītkārapūrṇasya) - describing a water-mass as full of the sound of waterwheels or churns (of that which is full of the screeching of wheels)

• जलराशिम् (jalarāśim) - a mass of water, a flood, an ocean

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• उद्यतम् (udyatam) - surging (mass of water) (risen, swelled up, prepared, appeared)

• शीर्णपत्रम् (śīrṇapatram) - whose leaves have fallen

• भ्रष्टनष्टम् (bhraṣṭanaṣṭam) - fallen and destroyed, ruined and lost, decaying

• ग्रीष्मे (grīṣme) - in summer, during the summer season

• वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood, grove

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अरसम् (arasam) - devoid of sap or vitality (for a forest) (without juice, dry, tasteless, dull, devoid of vitality)

Words meanings and morphology

चक्रचीत्कारपूर्णस्य (cakracītkārapūrṇasya) - describing a water-mass as full of the sound of waterwheels or churns (of that which is full of the screeching of wheels)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of cakracītkārapūrṇa

cakracītkārapūrṇa - full of the screeching sound of wheels

Compound of cakra (wheel), cītkāra (screech, cry), and pūrṇa (full)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (cakra+cītkāra+pūrṇa)

• cakra – wheel, discus (weapon)
  noun (neuter)
• cītkāra – screeching, creaking, cry
  noun (masculine)
  Onomatopoeic formation
• pūrṇa – full, complete, filled with
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root pṛ (to fill)
  Root: pṛ (class 9)

Note: Agrees with jalarāśim, used as an implicit genitive of possession for the jalarāśi, or as an adjective describing it.

जलराशिम् (jalarāśim) - a mass of water, a flood, an ocean

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jalarāśi

jalarāśi - a mass of water, ocean, sea, flood

Compound of jala (water) and rāśi (heap, mass)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (jala+rāśi)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• rāśi – heap, pile, mass, quantity
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāś (class 1)

Note: Object of implicit verb / agrees with 'jagat' from previous verse.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

उद्यतम् (udyatam) - surging (mass of water) (risen, swelled up, prepared, appeared)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of udyata

udyata - raised, lifted, ready, prepared, undertaken, arisen, swollen

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root yam (to sustain, to raise) with upasarga ud

Prefix: ud

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with jalarāśim

शीर्णपत्रम् (śīrṇapatram) - whose leaves have fallen

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śīrṇapatra

śīrṇapatra - having fallen leaves, whose leaves are withered

Bahuvrīhi compound: śīrṇa (fallen, withered) + patra (leaf)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śīrṇa+patra)

• śīrṇa – fallen, withered, decayed, torn
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root śṝ (to tear, break, wither)
  Root: śṝ (class 9)
• patra – leaf, feather, wing
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with vanam

भ्रष्टनष्टम् (bhraṣṭanaṣṭam) - fallen and destroyed, ruined and lost, decaying

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhraṣṭanaṣṭa

bhraṣṭanaṣṭa - fallen and destroyed, perished and lost, ruined

Dvanda compound of bhraṣṭa (fallen) and naṣṭa (destroyed, lost)

Compound type : dvandva (bhraṣṭa+naṣṭa)

• bhraṣṭa – fallen, dropped, decayed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root bhraṃś (to fall, decay)
  Root: bhraṃś (class 1)
• naṣṭa – lost, destroyed, perished
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root naś (to perish, be lost)
  Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Agrees with vanam

ग्रीष्मे (grīṣme) - in summer, during the summer season

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of grīṣma

grīṣma - summer, hot season

वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood, grove

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

Note: Object of implicit verb / agrees with 'jagat' from previous verse.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अरसम् (arasam) - devoid of sap or vitality (for a forest) (without juice, dry, tasteless, dull, devoid of vitality)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of arasa

arasa - without juice/flavor/essence, tasteless, dry, dull, devoid of feeling/vitality

Compound of 'a' (not) and 'rasa' (juice, essence, taste, vitality)

Compound type : nañ-bahuvrīhi (a+rasa)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• rasa – juice, sap, essence, taste, sentiment, emotion, vitality
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ras (class 1)

Note: Agrees with vanam

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