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.

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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