योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-102, verse-34

अविद्याऽसंप्रबुद्धा हि विततानर्थदुर्गमा ।
नानेन्द्रजालकलनां शम्बरो हेम वर्षति ॥ ३४ ॥

avidyā'saṃprabuddhā hi vitatānarthadurgamā ,
nānendrajālakalanāṃ śambaro hema varṣati 34

34. avidyā asamprabuddhā hi vitatā anartha-durgamā
na indrajāla-kalanām śambaraḥ hema varṣati

34. asamprabuddhā avidyā hi anartha-durgamā vitatā
śambaraḥ indrajāla-kalanām hema na varṣati

34. Indeed, unawakened nescience (avidyā) spreads out misfortunes (anartha) that are difficult to overcome, just as the magician Śambara does not truly shower gold, but it is merely an illusory display (indrajālakalanā).

Words meanings summery:

• अविद्या (avidyā) - nescience (avidyā) (nescience, ignorance, spiritual ignorance, false knowledge)

• असम्प्रबुद्धा (asamprabuddhā) - unawakened (unawakened, unenlightened, not fully aware)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, for, because, assuredly)

• वितता (vitatā) - spreads out (spread out, extended, expanded, diffused)

• अनर्थ-दुर्गमा (anartha-durgamā) - misfortunes (anartha) that are difficult to overcome (difficult to overcome misfortune, evil difficult to traverse)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• इन्द्र-जाल-कलनाम् (indra-jāla-kalanām) - an illusory display (indrajālakalanā) (an illusion, a magic trick, a magical display)

• शम्बरः (śambaraḥ) - the magician Śambara (name of a demon or magician)

• हेम (hema) - gold

• वर्षति (varṣati) - showers (gold) (rains, showers, pours, bestows)

Words meanings and morphology

अविद्या (avidyā) - nescience (avidyā) (nescience, ignorance, spiritual ignorance, false knowledge)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avidyā

avidyā - nescience, ignorance, spiritual ignorance, false knowledge

From a- (negation) + vidyā (knowledge).

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Subject of the implied verb (is, exists).

असम्प्रबुद्धा (asamprabuddhā) - unawakened (unawakened, unenlightened, not fully aware)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of asamprabuddha

asamprabuddha - unawakened, unenlightened, not fully aware

Past Passive Participle

From a- (negation) + sam + pra + root budh (to awaken).

Compound type : nah-tatpurusha (a+samprabuddha)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• samprabuddha – awakened, enlightened, fully aware
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From sam + pra + root budh (to awaken)
  Prefixes: sam+pra
  Root: budh (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, for, because, assuredly)

(indeclinable)

वितता (vitatā) - spreads out (spread out, extended, expanded, diffused)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vitata

vitata - spread out, extended, expanded, diffused

Past Passive Participle

From vi + root tan (to stretch, extend)

Prefix: vi

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Agrees with avidyā.

अनर्थ-दुर्गमा (anartha-durgamā) - misfortunes (anartha) that are difficult to overcome (difficult to overcome misfortune, evil difficult to traverse)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anartha-durgama

anartha-durgama - difficult to overcome misfortune, evil difficult to traverse

Compound: anartha (misfortune) + durgama (difficult to go/traverse/overcome)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (anartha+durgama)

• anartha – misfortune, evil, useless, meaningless
  noun (masculine)
  From a- (negation) + artha (purpose, meaning, wealth)
• durgama – difficult to go, traverse, reach, overcome
  adjective
  From dur (difficult) + root gam (to go)
  Prefix: dur
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with avidyā.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb varṣati.

इन्द्र-जाल-कलनाम् (indra-jāla-kalanām) - an illusory display (indrajālakalanā) (an illusion, a magic trick, a magical display)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of indrajālakalanā

indrajālakalanā - an illusory display, magic trick, a magical creation

Compound: indra-jāla (magic, illusion) + kalanā (calculation, contrivance, display)

Compound type : tatpurusha (indra-jāla+kalanā)

• indra-jāla – Indra's net, magic, illusion, deception
  noun (neuter)
• kalanā – calculation, reckoning, contrivance, display, creation
  noun (feminine)
  From root kal (to count, estimate)
  Root: kal (class 10)

Note: Direct object of varṣati.

शम्बरः (śambaraḥ) - the magician Śambara (name of a demon or magician)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śambara

śambara - Name of a demon, an asura, or a magician

Note: Subject of varṣati.

हेम (hema) - gold

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of heman

heman - gold

n-stem noun.

Note: Direct object of varṣati.

वर्षति (varṣati) - showers (gold) (rains, showers, pours, bestows)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vṛṣ

Present tense, active voice

3rd person singular present indicative from root vṛṣ

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

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