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3,54

योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-54, verse-38

वासनावेशवैवश्यं भावयन्विषयाशयः ।
दीनतां परमामेति परिलूनमिवाम्बुजम् ॥ ३८ ॥
vāsanāveśavaivaśyaṃ bhāvayanviṣayāśayaḥ ,
dīnatāṃ paramāmeti parilūnamivāmbujam 38
38. vāsanāveśavaivaśyam bhāvayan viṣayāśayaḥ
dīnatām paramām eti parilūnam iva ambujam
38. viṣayāśayaḥ bhāvayan vāsanāveśavaivaśyam
paramām dīnatām eti parilūnam ambujam iva
38. A person whose mind is focused on sense objects, and who is overcome with helplessness due to the powerful influence of latent impressions (vāsanā), attains the utmost misery, like a lotus that has been plucked.

Words meanings summery:

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  • वासनावेशवैवश्यम् (vāsanāveśavaivaśyam) - helplessness due to the overpowering of latent impressions
  • भावयन् (bhāvayan) - experiencing, contemplating, causing to be, realizing
  • विषयाशयः (viṣayāśayaḥ) - whose mind or intention is directed towards sense objects
  • दीनताम् (dīnatām) - wretchedness, misery, helplessness
  • परमाम् (paramām) - highest, supreme, utmost
  • एति (eti) - attains, goes, reaches
  • परिलूनम् (parilūnam) - cut off, plucked, withered
  • इव (iva) - like, as, as it were
  • अम्बुजम् (ambujam) - lotus (literally "water-born")

Words meanings and morphology

वासनावेशवैवश्यम् (vāsanāveśavaivaśyam) - helplessness due to the overpowering of latent impressions
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of vāsanāveśavaivaśya
vāsanāveśavaivaśya - helplessness caused by the overwhelming power of innate tendencies or latent impressions (vāsanā)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāsanā+āveśa+vaivaśya)
  • vāsanā – latent impression, subconscious tendency, innate predisposition
    noun (feminine)
  • āveśa – entering, entrance, possession, intense absorption, overwhelming feeling
    noun (masculine)
    Prefix: ā
    Root: viś
  • vaivaśya – helplessness, dependence, subjugation
    noun (neuter)
    derived from vivaśa (helpless)
भावयन् (bhāvayan) - experiencing, contemplating, causing to be, realizing
(participle)
Nominative, masculine, singular of bhāvayat
bhāvayat - causing to be, showing, contemplating, realizing
Present Active Participle
Causative of root bhū (to be), stem bhāvaya, participle bhāvayat
Root: bhū (class 1)
विषयाशयः (viṣayāśayaḥ) - whose mind or intention is directed towards sense objects
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of viṣayāśaya
viṣayāśaya - having sense objects as one's dwelling/mind, intent on objects
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (viṣaya+āśaya)
  • viṣaya – object of sense, sphere, domain, subject
    noun (masculine)
  • āśaya – intention, mind, abode, repository
    noun (masculine)
    Prefix: ā
    Root: śī
दीनताम् (dīnatām) - wretchedness, misery, helplessness
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of dīnatā
dīnatā - wretchedness, misery, humility, poverty
derived from dīna (wretched) with suffix tā (feminine noun forming suffix)
परमाम् (paramām) - highest, supreme, utmost
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of parama
parama - highest, supreme, excellent, ultimate
एति (eti) - attains, goes, reaches
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of i
Root: i (class 2)
परिलूनम् (parilūnam) - cut off, plucked, withered
(participle)
Accusative, neuter, singular of parilūna
parilūna - cut off, plucked, withered, severed
Past Passive Participle
Prefix: pari
Root: lū
इव (iva) - like, as, as it were
(indeclinable)
अम्बुजम् (ambujam) - lotus (literally "water-born")
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of ambuja
ambuja - lotus (born in water)
Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (ambus+ja)
  • ambus – water
    noun (neuter)
  • ja – born, produced from
    adjective (masculine)
    kṛt suffix
    Root: jan (class 4)