योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-22, verse-32

भवबहुलनिशानितान्तनिद्रासततविवेकविबोधवारिसेकैः ।
प्रगलति हिमशीतलैरशेषा शरदि महामिहिकेव चेतसीति ॥ ३२ ॥

bhavabahulaniśānitāntanidrāsatatavivekavibodhavārisekaiḥ ,
pragalati himaśītalairaśeṣā śaradi mahāmihikeva cetasīti 32

32. bhavabahulaniśānitāntanidrāsatatavivekavibodhavārisekaiḥ
pragalati himaśītalaiḥ aśeṣā śaradi mahāmihikā iva cetasi iti

32. śaradi mahāmihikā iva himaśītalaiḥ
bhavabahulaniśānitāntanidrāsatatavivekavibodhavārisekaiḥ cetasi aśeṣā pragalati iti

32. Just as a great fog completely melts away in autumn, so too, the profound slumber of countless cycles of existence (saṃsāra) thoroughly dissolves within the mind, through the continuous, ice-cool sprinkling of the waters of discernment and awakening.

32. השינה העמוקה של ליל הקיום התופעתי הנמשך נמוגה לחלוטין בחשיבה, הודות להשקיה המתמדת במים הצוננים של התבונה המבחינה, כשם שהערפל הכבד נעלם בסתיו.

Words meanings summery:

• भवबहुलनिशानितान्तनिद्रासततविवेकविबोधवारिसेकैः (bhavabahulaniśānitāntanidrāsatatavivekavibodhavārisekaiḥ) - by the sprinklings of water that bring constant discrimination and awakening against the profound sleep which is the night of abundant existences (saṃsāra)

• प्रगलति (pragalati) - melts away, dissolves, disappears

• हिमशीतलैः (himaśītalaiḥ) - by the cool as ice, by the snow-cold

• अशेषा (aśeṣā) - completely, entirely (referring to the profound sleep of existence which is melting away) (complete, entire, without remainder)

• शरदि (śaradi) - in autumn, during the autumn season

• महामिहिका (mahāmihikā) - a great fog, a thick mist

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• चेतसि (cetasi) - in the mind, in consciousness, in the heart

• इति (iti) - thus, concluding a statement or thought (thus, so, in this manner)

Words meanings and morphology

भवबहुलनिशानितान्तनिद्रासततविवेकविबोधवारिसेकैः (bhavabahulaniśānitāntanidrāsatatavivekavibodhavārisekaiḥ) - by the sprinklings of water that bring constant discrimination and awakening against the profound sleep which is the night of abundant existences (saṃsāra)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhavabahulaniśānitāntanidrāsatatavivekavibodhavāriseka

bhavabahulaniśānitāntanidrāsatatavivekavibodhavāriseka - sprinklings of water of constant discrimination and awakening that remove the profound sleep, which is the night of abundant existences (saṃsāra)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (bhava+bahula+niśā+nitānta+nidrā+satata+viveka+vibodha+vāri+seka)

• bhava – existence, birth, cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• bahula – abundant, numerous, much
  adjective (masculine)
• niśā – night, darkness
  noun (feminine)
• nitānta – intense, profound, excessive
  adjective (masculine)
• nidrā – sleep, slumber, profound sleep
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: drā (class 2)
• satata – constant, continuous, always
  adjective (masculine)
• viveka – discrimination, discernment, discretion
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: vic (class 6)
• vibodha – awakening, enlightenment, understanding
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: budh (class 1)
• vāri – water
  noun (neuter)
• seka – sprinkling, showering, effusion
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sic (class 6)

प्रगलति (pragalati) - melts away, dissolves, disappears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of pragal

Prefix: pra

Root: gal (class 1)

हिमशीतलैः (himaśītalaiḥ) - by the cool as ice, by the snow-cold

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of himaśītala

himaśītala - cool as ice, snow-cold

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (hima+śītala)

• hima – ice, snow, frost
  noun (neuter)
• śītala – cold, cool, frigid
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'sekaiḥ' (sprinklings).

अशेषा (aśeṣā) - completely, entirely (referring to the profound sleep of existence which is melting away) (complete, entire, without remainder)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of aśeṣa

aśeṣa - complete, entire, without remainder

Compound type : Nañ-Tatpuruṣa (a+śeṣa)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• śeṣa – remainder, residue, balance
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śiṣ (class 7)

Note: Agrees with the implicitly understood subject, 'profound sleep' (nidrā), which is feminine. Functions adverbially in the English translation.

शरदि (śaradi) - in autumn, during the autumn season

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of śarad

śarad - autumn, autumn season

महामिहिका (mahāmihikā) - a great fog, a thick mist

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahāmihikā

mahāmihikā - great fog, thick mist

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (mahā+mihikā)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• mihikā – fog, mist, haze
  noun (feminine)

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

चेतसि (cetasi) - in the mind, in consciousness, in the heart

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - mind, consciousness, intellect, heart

Root: cit (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, concluding a statement or thought (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

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