योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-57, verse-17

पुंसो हरिणकोऽस्मीति स्वप्ने यस्योदिता मतिः ।
स किमन्विष्यति मृगं स्वमृगत्वपरिक्षये ॥ १७ ॥

puṃso hariṇako'smīti svapne yasyoditā matiḥ ,
sa kimanviṣyati mṛgaṃ svamṛgatvaparikṣaye 17

17. puṃsaḥ hariṇakaḥ asmi iti svapne yasya uditā
matiḥ sa kim anviṣyati mṛgam sva mṛgatva parikṣaye

17. yasya puṃsaḥ svapne hariṇakaḥ asmi iti matiḥ uditā,
sa sva mṛgatva parikṣaye kim mṛgam anviṣyati?

17. If a man (puruṣa) entertains the thought 'I am a deer' in a dream, what deer would he seek once his own deer-identity (mṛgatva) has disappeared?

Words meanings summery:

• पुंसः (puṁsaḥ) - of a man (puruṣa) (of a man, of a person)

• हरिणकः (hariṇakaḥ) - a small deer, a fawn

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• इति (iti) - marks a quotation or direct speech (thus, so)

• स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream, in sleep

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, of which

• उदिता (uditā) - arisen, appeared, uttered

• मतिः (matiḥ) - thought, mind, intelligence, understanding

• स (sa) - he, that

• किम् (kim) - what? why? (interrogative)

• अन्विष्यति (anviṣyati) - he seeks, he looks for, he pursues

• मृगम् (mṛgam) - a deer, an animal

• स्वमृगत्वपरिक्षये (svamṛgatvaparikṣaye) - in the destruction of one's own deer-nature

Words meanings and morphology

पुंसः (puṁsaḥ) - of a man (puruṣa) (of a man, of a person)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of puṃs

puṁs - man, male, person, soul, puruṣa

हरिणकः (hariṇakaḥ) - a small deer, a fawn

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hariṇaka

hariṇaka - a small deer, fawn

Diminutive of 'hariṇa'.

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Finite Verb

Present active indicative, 1st person singular.

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - marks a quotation or direct speech (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream, in sleep

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - sleep, dream

Root: svap (class 2)

यस्य (yasya) - whose, of which

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

उदिता (uditā) - arisen, appeared, uttered

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of udita

udita - risen, appeared, uttered, said

Past Passive Participle

From root 'i' (to go) with prefix 'ud' (up).

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

मतिः (matiḥ) - thought, mind, intelligence, understanding

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mati

mati - mind, thought, intelligence, opinion, belief

Root: man (class 4)

स (sa) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

किम् (kim) - what? why? (interrogative)

(indeclinable)

अन्विष्यति (anviṣyati) - he seeks, he looks for, he pursues

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of anviṣ

Finite Verb

Present active indicative, 3rd person singular.

Prefix: anu

Root: iṣ (class 4)

मृगम् (mṛgam) - a deer, an animal

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal, game

स्वमृगत्वपरिक्षये (svamṛgatvaparikṣaye) - in the destruction of one's own deer-nature

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svamṛgatvaparikṣaya

svamṛgatvaparikṣaya - destruction of one's own deer-nature/deer-identity

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+mṛgatva+parikṣaya)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun
• mṛgatva – deer-nature, deer-ness, quality of being a deer
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from 'mṛga' (deer) with suffix '-tva' (abstract noun suffix).
• parikṣaya – destruction, loss, decay, disappearance
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'kṣi' (to waste away) with prefix 'pari' (completely).
  Prefix: pari
  Root: kṣi (class 1)

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