योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-106, verse-9

अकिंचनमनःशून्यं स्त्रीचित्तमिव निर्भरम् ।
ततः प्रलयनिर्दग्धजगदास्पदभीषणम् ॥ ९ ॥

akiṃcanamanaḥśūnyaṃ strīcittamiva nirbharam ,
tataḥ pralayanirdagdhajagadāspadabhīṣaṇam 9

9. akiṃcanamanaḥśūnyam strīcittam iva nirbharam
tataḥ pralaya-nirdagdha-jagat-āspada-bhīṣaṇam

9. (tat) akiṃcanamanaḥśūnyam strīcittam iva nirbharam (āsīt),
tataḥ pralaya-nirdagdha-jagat-āspada-bhīṣaṇam (āsīt).

9. It was utterly empty, like the mind of one who possesses nothing, or like a woman's mind. Furthermore, it was terrifying, like the abode of the world incinerated during the cosmic dissolution (pralaya).

9. ואז הגעתי למקום ריק ונטוש כמו מחשבתו של חסר כול, ההפכני כרוחה של אישה, ומבעית כמו עולם שנחרב בשרפת קץ הימים.

Words meanings summery:

• अकिंचनमनःशून्यम् (akiṁcanamanaḥśūnyam) - empty like the mind of one who possesses nothing

• स्त्रीचित्तम् (strīcittam) - a woman's mind

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• निर्भरम् (nirbharam) - utterly (in the sense of utterly empty) (full, complete, intense, utterly)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there, therefore

• प्रलयनिर्दग्धजगदास्पदभीषणम् (pralayanirdagdhajagadāspadabhīṣaṇam) - terrifying like the abode of the world burnt up at dissolution

Words meanings and morphology

अकिंचनमनःशून्यम् (akiṁcanamanaḥśūnyam) - empty like the mind of one who possesses nothing

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of akiṃcanamanaḥśūnya

akiṁcanamanaḥśūnya - empty of possessions, having a mind devoid of anything

Compound type : bahuvrihi (akiṃcana+manas+śūnya)

• akiṃcana – possessing nothing, pauper, destitute
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: a
• manas – mind, intellect
  noun (neuter)
  Root: man (class 4)
• śūnya – empty, void, devoid of
  adjective (neuter)
  Root: śū

स्त्रीचित्तम् (strīcittam) - a woman's mind

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of strīcitta

strīcitta - a woman's mind, feminine psyche

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (strī+citta)

• strī – woman, female
  noun (feminine)
• citta – mind, thought, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  Root: cit (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

निर्भरम् (nirbharam) - utterly (in the sense of utterly empty) (full, complete, intense, utterly)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nirbhara

nirbhara - full, complete, abundant, intense

Prefix: nis

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there, therefore

(indeclinable)

Avyaya (indeclinable)

प्रलयनिर्दग्धजगदास्पदभीषणम् (pralayanirdagdhajagadāspadabhīṣaṇam) - terrifying like the abode of the world burnt up at dissolution

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pralayanirdagdhajagadāspadabhīṣaṇa

pralayanirdagdhajagadāspadabhīṣaṇa - terrifying like the dwelling place of the world consumed by fire at the cosmic dissolution

Compound type : upama-tatpuruṣa (pralaya+nirdagdha+jagat+āspada+bhīṣaṇa)

• pralaya – dissolution, destruction, cosmic dissolution (pralaya)
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from pra- + lī
  Prefix: pra
  Root: lī (class 4)
• nirdagdha – burnt down, consumed by fire
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from nis- + dah
  Prefix: nis
  Root: dah (class 1)
• jagat – world, universe
  noun (neuter)
  From root gam
  Root: gam (class 1)
• āspada – abode, place, seat
  noun (neuter)
• bhīṣaṇa – terrifying, dreadful, formidable
  adjective (neuter)
  Derived from root bhī
  Root: bhī (class 3)

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