योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-117, verse-23

भविष्यद्दुःखबोधाढ्या सौषुप्ती सोच्यते गतिः ।
एते तस्यामवस्थायां तृणलोष्टशिलादयः ॥ २३ ॥

bhaviṣyadduḥkhabodhāḍhyā sauṣuptī socyate gatiḥ ,
ete tasyāmavasthāyāṃ tṛṇaloṣṭaśilādayaḥ 23

23. bhaviṣyaddurkhabodhāḍhyā sauṣuptī sā ucyate
gatiḥ ete tasyām avasthāyām tṛṇaloṣṭaśilādayaḥ

23. bhaviṣyaddurkhabodhāḍhyā sā sauṣuptī gatiḥ ucyate.
tasyām avasthāyām ete tṛṇaloṣṭaśilādayaḥ (santi).

23. That state of deep sleep (sauṣuptī), characterized by the awareness of future suffering, is called a (specific) condition (gati). In that very state (tasyām avasthāyām), objects like grass, clods of earth, and stones (ete tṛṇaloṣṭaśilādayaḥ) exist.

Words meanings summery:

• भविष्यद्दुर्खबोधाढ्या (bhaviṣyaddurkhabodhāḍhyā) - characterized by the awareness of future suffering; rich in the knowledge of future misery

• सौषुप्ती (sauṣuptī) - the deep sleep state

• सा (sā) - that (feminine)

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is called, is said

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - a (specific) condition/state (state, condition, course, movement, destination)

• एते (ete) - these (masculine/neuter plural nominative)

• तस्याम् (tasyām) - in that (feminine locative singular)

• अवस्थायाम् (avasthāyām) - in the state, in the condition

• तृणलोष्टशिलादयः (tṛṇaloṣṭaśilādayaḥ) - grass, clods of earth, stones, etc.

Words meanings and morphology

भविष्यद्दुर्खबोधाढ्या (bhaviṣyaddurkhabodhāḍhyā) - characterized by the awareness of future suffering; rich in the knowledge of future misery

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhaviṣyaddurkhabodhāḍhya

bhaviṣyaddurkhabodhāḍhya - full of the awareness of future suffering

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bhaviṣyat+duḥkha+bodha+āḍhya)

• bhaviṣyat – future, about to be
  adjective (neuter)
  Future Active Participle
  From root `bhū` (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• duḥkha – suffering, pain, misery
  noun (neuter)
• bodha – awareness, perception, knowledge
  noun (masculine)
  From root `budh` (to awaken, know)
  Root: budh (class 1)
• āḍhya – rich in, full of, endowed with
  adjective (masculine)

सौषुप्ती (sauṣuptī) - the deep sleep state

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sauṣuptī

sauṣuptī - the state of deep sleep (suṣupti), pertaining to deep sleep

Derived from `suṣupti` (deep sleep)

Root: svap (class 2)

सा (sā) - that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, it, this

Demonstrative pronoun

उच्यते (ucyate) - is called, is said

(verb)

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

Present Passive

From root `vac`, passive voice, present tense. `vac` becomes `uc` in weak forms and passive.

Root: vac (class 2)

गतिः (gatiḥ) - a (specific) condition/state (state, condition, course, movement, destination)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, movement, course, path, state, condition, destination

From root `gam` (to go) + `ti` suffix

Root: gam (class 1)

एते (ete) - these (masculine/neuter plural nominative)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Refers to `tṛṇaloṣṭaśilādayaḥ`.

तस्याम् (tasyām) - in that (feminine locative singular)

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, it, this

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Refers to `sauṣuptī` (state of deep sleep).

अवस्थायाम् (avasthāyām) - in the state, in the condition

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of avasthā

avasthā - state, condition, situation, period

From `ava` + root `sthā` (to stand)

Prefix: ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

तृणलोष्टशिलादयः (tṛṇaloṣṭaśilādayaḥ) - grass, clods of earth, stones, etc.

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tṛṇaloṣṭaśilādi

tṛṇaloṣṭaśilādi - grass, clods of earth, stones, and the like

An `ādi` (etc.) compound, listing multiple items followed by `ādi`.

Compound type : dvandva with ādi suffix (tṛṇa+loṣṭa+śilā+ādi)

• tṛṇa – grass, blade of grass, straw
  noun (neuter)
• loṣṭa – clod of earth, lump of clay
  noun (neuter)
• śilā – stone, rock
  noun (feminine)
• ādi – beginning, starting with, and so on, etcetera
  indeclinable

Note: Implied verb `santi` (are) is understood.

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