योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-107, verse-37

आशा प्रसारिता दूरं प्रावृषीव तरङ्गिणी ।
करभ्या इव सर्पेण विद्रुतं दूरतो धिया ॥ ३७ ॥

āśā prasāritā dūraṃ prāvṛṣīva taraṅgiṇī ,
karabhyā iva sarpeṇa vidrutaṃ dūrato dhiyā 37

37. āśā prasāritā dūram prāvṛṣi iva taraṅgiṇī
karabhyā iva sarpeṇa vidrutam dūrataḥ dhiyā

37. āśā prāvṛṣi taraṅgiṇī iva dūram prasāritā.
dhiyā sarpeṇa karabhyā iva dūrataḥ vidrutam.

37. Desire was spread far and wide, like a river in the rainy season. The intellect (dhiyā) fled far away, as if a she-camel were to flee from a snake.

Words meanings summery:

• आशा (āśā) - Personal desire or longing. (hope, desire, expectation)

• प्रसारिता (prasāritā) - Desire was extended far and wide. (spread out, extended, diffused)

• दूरम् (dūram) - To a great extent, widely. (far, distantly, remotely)

• प्रावृषि (prāvṛṣi) - During the monsoon, when rivers swell. (in the rainy season)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• तरङ्गिणी (taraṅgiṇī) - A swelling river. (river, wavy)

• करभ्या (karabhyā) - As part of a simile, implicitly indicating the fleeing action of a she-camel. (by a she-camel)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• सर्पेण (sarpeṇa) - The agent causing the flight in the simile. (by a snake)

• विद्रुतम् (vidrutam) - The intellect (dhiyā) fled. (fled, dispersed, scattered)

• दूरतः (dūrataḥ) - Completely away, to a great distance. (from afar, far away)

• धिया (dhiyā) - The speaker's intellect or understanding. (by intellect, by mind, by understanding)

Words meanings and morphology

आशा (āśā) - Personal desire or longing. (hope, desire, expectation)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āśā

āśā - hope, desire, expectation, direction

Prefix: ā

Root: aś (class 5)

Note: Subject of `prasāritā`.

प्रसारिता (prasāritā) - Desire was extended far and wide. (spread out, extended, diffused)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prasārita

prasārita - spread out, extended, diffused, published

Past Passive Participle

From pra + sṛ- 'to spread'.

Prefix: pra

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `āśā`.

दूरम् (dūram) - To a great extent, widely. (far, distantly, remotely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions adverbially.

प्रावृषि (prāvṛṣi) - During the monsoon, when rivers swell. (in the rainy season)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of prāvṛṣ

prāvṛṣ - rainy season, monsoon

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Part of the simile.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

तरङ्गिणी (taraṅgiṇī) - A swelling river. (river, wavy)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of taraṅgiṇī

taraṅgiṇī - river, stream (lit. 'having waves')

Derived from taraṅga (wave).

Note: Part of the simile, implicitly comparing `āśā` to `taraṅgiṇī`.

करभ्या (karabhyā) - As part of a simile, implicitly indicating the fleeing action of a she-camel. (by a she-camel)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of karabhī

karabhī - she-camel; also karabha: camel, elephant's trunk, wrist, forearm

Note: Used in a simile 'like a she-camel' (which would flee).

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

सर्पेण (sarpeṇa) - The agent causing the flight in the simile. (by a snake)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sarpa

sarpa - snake, serpent

Note: 'By a snake' (causing fear/flight).

विद्रुतम् (vidrutam) - The intellect (dhiyā) fled. (fled, dispersed, scattered)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vidruta

vidruta - fled, dispersed, routed, swift

Past Passive Participle

From vi + dru- 'to run away'.

Prefix: vi

Root: dru (class 1)

Note: Agrees with an implicit neuter subject, or functions adverbially as 'fleeing (was done)'.

दूरतः (dūrataḥ) - Completely away, to a great distance. (from afar, far away)

(indeclinable)

Suffix -tas added to dūra.

धिया (dhiyā) - The speaker's intellect or understanding. (by intellect, by mind, by understanding)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of dhī

dhī - intellect, thought, mind, understanding

Note: Agent of `vidrutam`.