योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-56, verse-3

महामरणमूर्च्छान्धकूपे निपतिताशयः ।
अन्तर्निलीननिःशेषनेत्रादीन्द्रियवृत्तिमान् ॥ ३ ॥

mahāmaraṇamūrcchāndhakūpe nipatitāśayaḥ ,
antarnilīnaniḥśeṣanetrādīndriyavṛttimān 3

3. mahāmaraṇamūrcchāndhakūpe nipatitāśayaḥ
antarnilīnaniḥśeṣanetrādīndriyavṛttimān

3. (rājā) nipatitāśayaḥ mahāmaraṇamūrcchāndhakūpe
(saḥ) antarnilīnaniḥśeṣanetrādīndriyavṛttimān

3. His consciousness (āśaya) had fallen into the dark well of a profound death-like swoon, and the functions (vṛtti) of his eyes and all other senses (indriya) were entirely absorbed within.

Words meanings summery:

• महामरणमूर्च्छान्धकूपे (mahāmaraṇamūrcchāndhakūpe) - into the dark well of a profound death-like swoon (in the dark well of great death-swoon)

• निपतिताशयः (nipatitāśayaḥ) - His consciousness (āśaya) had fallen (whose mind has fallen, with fallen consciousness)

• अन्तर्निलीननिःशेषनेत्रादीन्द्रियवृत्तिमान् (antarnilīnaniḥśeṣanetrādīndriyavṛttimān) - whose functions (vṛtti) of the eyes and all other senses (indriya) were entirely absorbed within (possessing inwardly merged and completely ceased functions of eyes and other senses)

Words meanings and morphology

महामरणमूर्च्छान्धकूपे (mahāmaraṇamūrcchāndhakūpe) - into the dark well of a profound death-like swoon (in the dark well of great death-swoon)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahāmaraṇamūrcchāndhakūpa

mahāmaraṇamūrcchāndhakūpa - dark well of great death-swoon

Tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahā+maraṇa+mūrcchā+andha+kūpa)

• mahā – great, vast
  adjective (feminine)
• maraṇa – death, dying
  noun (neuter)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• mūrcchā – swoon, faint, unconsciousness
  noun (feminine)
  Root: mūrcch (class 1)
• andha – dark, blind
  adjective (masculine)
• kūpa – well, pit
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to a metaphorical well of unconsciousness.

निपतिताशयः (nipatitāśayaḥ) - His consciousness (āśaya) had fallen (whose mind has fallen, with fallen consciousness)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nipatitāśaya

nipatitāśaya - one whose mind/consciousness has fallen

Bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nipatita+āśaya)

• nipatita – fallen, descended
  past passive participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root pat with prefix ni
  Prefix: ni
  Root: pat (class 1)
• āśaya – mind, intention, consciousness, receptacle
  noun (masculine)

Note: Describes `rājā`.

अन्तर्निलीननिःशेषनेत्रादीन्द्रियवृत्तिमान् (antarnilīnaniḥśeṣanetrādīndriyavṛttimān) - whose functions (vṛtti) of the eyes and all other senses (indriya) were entirely absorbed within (possessing inwardly merged and completely ceased functions of eyes and other senses)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of antarnilīnaniḥśeṣanetrādīndriyavṛttimat

antarnilīnaniḥśeṣanetrādīndriyavṛttimat - one whose functions of eyes and other senses are inwardly merged and completely ceased

Bahuvrīhi compound with matup suffix

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (antarnilīna+niḥśeṣa+netra+ādi+indriya+vṛtti+mat)

• antarnilīna – inwardly merged, dissolved within
  past passive participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root lī with prefix ni, and 'antar' as an adverbial prefix
  Prefixes: antar+ni
  Root: lī (class 4)
• niḥśeṣa – without remainder, complete, entirely ceased
  adjective (masculine)
  Tatpuruṣa compound, from niḥ + śeṣa
• netra – eye
  noun (neuter)
• ādi – beginning, et cetera, and others
  indeclinable
• indriya – sense organ, faculty, power
  noun (neuter)
• vṛtti – function, activity, mode, existence
  noun (feminine)
• mat – possessing
  suffix (masculine)
  matup suffix indicating possession

Note: Describes `rājā`.

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