योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-54, verse-50

पतन्निवानवरतं प्रोत्पतन्निव चाभितः ।
सूत्काराकर्णनोद्भ्रान्तपूर्णसर्वेन्द्रियव्रणः ॥ ५० ॥

patannivānavarataṃ protpatanniva cābhitaḥ ,
sūtkārākarṇanodbhrāntapūrṇasarvendriyavraṇaḥ 50

50. patan iva anavaratam protpatan iva ca abhitaḥ
sūtkārākarṇanodbhrāntapūrṇasarvendriyavraṇaḥ

50. anavaratam patan iva ca abhitaḥ protpatan iva
sūtkārākarṇanodbhrāntapūrṇasarvendriyavraṇaḥ

50. As if constantly falling and then rising all around, he is utterly bewildered, with all his sensory wounds agitated and overwhelmed by the hearing of hissing sounds.

Words meanings summery:

• पतन् (patan) - falling

• इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

• अनवरतम् (anavaratam) - constantly, unceasingly, without interruption

• प्रोत्पतन् (protpatan) - flying up, springing up, rising

• इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

• च (ca) - and, also

• अभितः (abhitaḥ) - on all sides, all around, near

• सूत्काराकर्णनोद्भ्रान्तपूर्णसर्वेन्द्रियव्रणः (sūtkārākarṇanodbhrāntapūrṇasarvendriyavraṇaḥ) - whose wounds on all senses are filled and bewildered by the hearing of hissing sounds

Words meanings and morphology

पतन् (patan) - falling

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of patat

patat - falling, flying, dropping

Present Active Participle

Derived from root pat- 'to fall', present participle stem

Root: pat (class 1)

इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

(indeclinable)

अनवरतम् (anavaratam) - constantly, unceasingly, without interruption

(indeclinable)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+navarata)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• navarata – interrupted, ceased
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from ni-vṛt, 'to cease'
  Prefix: ni
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Functions adverbially.

प्रोत्पतन् (protpatan) - flying up, springing up, rising

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of protpatat

protpatat - flying up, springing forth, rising up

Present Active Participle

Derived from root pat- 'to fall/fly' with prefixes pra- and ut-

Prefixes: pra+ut

Root: pat (class 1)

इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अभितः (abhitaḥ) - on all sides, all around, near

(indeclinable)

Derived from abhi + -tas suffix

सूत्काराकर्णनोद्भ्रान्तपूर्णसर्वेन्द्रियव्रणः (sūtkārākarṇanodbhrāntapūrṇasarvendriyavraṇaḥ) - whose wounds on all senses are filled and bewildered by the hearing of hissing sounds

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūtkārākarṇanodbhrāntapūrṇasarvendriyavraṇa

sūtkārākarṇanodbhrāntapūrṇasarvendriyavraṇa - one whose wounds on all senses are filled/overwhelmed and bewildered by the hearing of hissing sounds

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sūtkāra-ākarṇana+udbhrānta+pūrṇa+sarva-indriya-vraṇa)

• sūtkāra-ākarṇana – hearing of hissing sounds
  noun (neuter)
  Tatpurusha compound: sūtkāra (hissing sound) + ākarṇana (listening/hearing)
• udbhrānta – bewildered, confused, agitated
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root bhrām- 'to wander' with prefix ut-
  Prefix: ut
  Root: bhrām (class 1)
• pūrṇa – filled, complete, full
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root pṛ- 'to fill'
  Root: pṛ (class 9)
• sarva-indriya-vraṇa – wounds of all senses
  noun (masculine)
  Tatpurusha compound: sarva (all) + indriya (sense) + vraṇa (wound)

Note: Describes the implied subject.

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