योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-113, verse-44

अनयोपहते चित्ते दीर्घकालमिवाकुलैः ।
जनैराकल्प्यते दीर्घसंसारस्वप्नविभ्रमः ॥ ४४ ॥

anayopahate citte dīrghakālamivākulaiḥ ,
janairākalpyate dīrghasaṃsārasvapnavibhramaḥ 44

44. anayā upahate citte dīrghakālam iva ākulaiḥ
janaiḥ ākalpyate dīrgha-saṃsāra-svapna-vibhramaḥ

44. anayā upahate citte dīrghakālam iva ākulaiḥ janaiḥ dīrgha-saṃsāra-svapna-vibhramaḥ ākalpyate.

44. When the mind (citta) is afflicted by this (delusion), people, distressed as if for a long time, conceive of the long, dream-like illusion of saṃsāra (the cycle of birth and death).

44. כשרוחם של בני האדם נפגעת על ידיה, האנשים הנבוכים מביימים לעצמם לאורך זמן את תעתוע החלום הארוך של סַבַךְ הַקִּיוּם הַתּוֹפַעָתִי.

Words meanings summery:

• अनया (anayā) - by this (delusion/illusion) (by this, by her)

• उपहते (upahate) - afflicted, struck, injured

• चित्ते (citte) - in the mind (citta) (in the mind)

• दीर्घकालम् (dīrghakālam) - for a long time, for a long duration

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as

• आकुलैः (ākulaiḥ) - by bewildered ones, by distressed ones

• जनैः (janaiḥ) - by people, by men

• आकल्प्यते (ākalpyate) - is conceived, is imagined, is created

• दीर्घ-संसार-स्वप्न-विभ्रमः (dīrgha-saṁsāra-svapna-vibhramaḥ) - the extensive, bewildering dream-like illusion of the cycle of birth and death (saṃsāra) (the long, dream-like illusion of saṃsāra)

Words meanings and morphology

अनया (anayā) - by this (delusion/illusion) (by this, by her)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to the 'delusion' (bhramā) or implied illusion from the previous verse.

उपहते (upahate) - afflicted, struck, injured

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of upahata

upahata - afflicted, struck, injured, harmed

Past Passive Participle

from upa- + root han (to strike, kill)

Prefix: upa

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Qualifies citte in a locative absolute construction.

चित्ते (citte) - in the mind (citta) (in the mind)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, consciousness, thought

from root cit (to perceive, observe)

Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Forms a locative absolute construction with upahate.

दीर्घकालम् (dīrghakālam) - for a long time, for a long duration

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dīrghakāla

dīrghakāla - long time, long duration

compound noun, dīrgha (long) + kāla (time)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (dīrgha+kāla)

• dīrgha – long, extended
  adjective
• kāla – time, duration
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially to indicate duration.

इव (iva) - as if, like, as

(indeclinable)

particle of comparison

आकुलैः (ākulaiḥ) - by bewildered ones, by distressed ones

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of ākula

ākula - agitated, bewildered, distressed, confused

from ā- + root kul (to collect, be agitated)

Prefix: ā

Root: kul (class 1)

Note: Qualifies janaiḥ.

जनैः (janaiḥ) - by people, by men

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, people, man, creature

from root jan (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agent in the passive construction ākalpyate.

आकल्प्यते (ākalpyate) - is conceived, is imagined, is created

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of ākalp

present tense, passive voice

from ā- + root kḷp (to be able, to arrange)

Prefix: ā

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: The passive verb for the subject dīrgha-saṃsāra-svapna-vibhramaḥ.

दीर्घ-संसार-स्वप्न-विभ्रमः (dīrgha-saṁsāra-svapna-vibhramaḥ) - the extensive, bewildering dream-like illusion of the cycle of birth and death (saṃsāra) (the long, dream-like illusion of saṃsāra)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dīrgha-saṃsāra-svapna-vibhrama

dīrgha-saṁsāra-svapna-vibhrama - the long, dream-like illusion of saṃsāra

complex compound: dīrgha (long) + saṃsāra (saṃsāra) + svapna (dream) + vibhrama (illusion)

Compound type : karmadhāraya/tatpuruṣa (dīrgha+saṃsāra+svapna+vibhrama)

• dīrgha – long, extended
  adjective
• saṃsāra – wandering through, cycle of birth and death, transmigration (saṃsāra)
  noun (masculine)
  from sam- + root sṛ (to flow, move)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• svapna – dream, sleep
  noun (masculine)
  from root svap (to sleep)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• vibhrama – illusion, confusion, error, bewilderment
  noun (masculine)
  from vi- + root bhram (to wander, be confused)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: bhram (class 1)

Note: Subject of the passive verb ākalpyate.

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