योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-111, verse-43

प्रयच्छत्युत्तमानन्दं क्षीयमाणं मनः क्रमात् ।
काष्ठक्षीणाङ्गकाङ्गारो यथाङ्गारक्षयार्थिनः ॥ ४३ ॥

prayacchatyuttamānandaṃ kṣīyamāṇaṃ manaḥ kramāt ,
kāṣṭhakṣīṇāṅgakāṅgāro yathāṅgārakṣayārthinaḥ 43

43. prayaṣchati uttama-ānandaṃ kṣīyamāṇaṃ manaḥ kramāt |
kāṣṭha-kṣīṇa-aṅgaka-aṅgāraḥ yathā aṅgāra-kṣaya-arthinaḥ ||

43. yathā kāṣṭha-kṣīṇa-aṅgaka-aṅgāraḥ aṅgāra-kṣaya-arthinaḥ [prayaṣchati],
manaḥ kṣīyamāṇaṃ kramāt uttama-ānandaṃ prayaṣchati

43. Just as a charcoal whose form is consumed like wood [satisfies] one who seeks the cessation (kṣaya) of charcoal, so too, the mind (manas), as it gradually diminishes, bestows supreme bliss.

43. החשיבה הולכת ומתפוגגת בהדרגה ומעניקה אושר עילאי, כשם שגחלת המכלת את עצה מעניקה חום ונמוגה כרצון מי שמבקש את דעיכתה.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रयष्छति (prayaṣchati) - bestows, gives forth, offers

• उत्तम-आनन्दं (uttama-ānandaṁ) - supreme bliss, highest joy

• क्षीयमाणं (kṣīyamāṇaṁ) - diminishing, wasting away, decaying

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, consciousness

• क्रमात् (kramāt) - gradually, in succession, in order

• काष्ठ-क्षीण-अङ्गक-अङ्गारः (kāṣṭha-kṣīṇa-aṅgaka-aṅgāraḥ) - a charcoal whose form is consumed like wood

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• अङ्गार-क्षय-अर्थिनः (aṅgāra-kṣaya-arthinaḥ) - for one desiring the cessation of charcoal

Words meanings and morphology

प्रयष्छति (prayaṣchati) - bestows, gives forth, offers

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pra-yam

Root of the 1st conjugation, with `pra` prefix and `ch` augment in present tense.

Prefix: pra

Root: yam (class 1)

उत्तम-आनन्दं (uttama-ānandaṁ) - supreme bliss, highest joy

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uttama-ānanda

uttama-ānanda - supreme bliss

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (uttama+ānanda)

• uttama – highest, best, supreme
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative form of 'ud' (up).
• ānanda – bliss, joy, happiness
  noun (masculine)
  From `ā-nand` (to rejoice).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: nand (class 1)

क्षीयमाणं (kṣīyamāṇaṁ) - diminishing, wasting away, decaying

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṣīyamāṇa

kṣīyamāṇa - diminishing, wasting away

present passive participle

Present passive participle of the root `kṣī` (to waste away, diminish).

Root: kṣī (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `manaḥ`.

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought

From root `man` (to think).

Root: man (class 4)

क्रमात् (kramāt) - gradually, in succession, in order

(indeclinable)

Root: kram (class 1)

काष्ठ-क्षीण-अङ्गक-अङ्गारः (kāṣṭha-kṣīṇa-aṅgaka-aṅgāraḥ) - a charcoal whose form is consumed like wood

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāṣṭha-kṣīṇa-aṅgaka-aṅgāra

kāṣṭha-kṣīṇa-aṅgaka-aṅgāra - a charcoal whose form is consumed like wood

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kāṣṭha+kṣīṇa+aṅgaka+aṅgāra)

• kāṣṭha – wood, stick
  noun (neuter)
• kṣīṇa – diminished, consumed, wasted away
  adjective (neuter)
  past passive participle
  Past passive participle of the root `kṣī` (to waste away, diminish).
  Root: kṣī (class 1)
• aṅgaka – small part, limb, body
  noun (neuter)
  Diminutive of `aṅga` (limb, part).
• aṅgāra – charcoal, live coal
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

अङ्गार-क्षय-अर्थिनः (aṅgāra-kṣaya-arthinaḥ) - for one desiring the cessation of charcoal

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of aṅgāra-kṣaya-arthin

aṅgāra-kṣaya-arthin - one desiring the cessation of charcoal

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aṅgāra+kṣaya+arthin)

• aṅgāra – charcoal, live coal
  noun (masculine)
• kṣaya – cessation, destruction, decline
  noun (masculine)
  From root `kṣi` (to waste away).
  Root: kṣi (class 1)
• arthin – seeker, desirous, suppliant
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from `artha` (purpose, object).

Note: Can also be genitive, but dative fits 'for one desiring'.

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