योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-70, verse-70

प्राणापानप्रवाहस्थहृत्पद्मान्तरचारिणी ।
दुःखशक्तिर्महाघोरा जीवशक्तिरिवोदिता ॥ ७० ॥

prāṇāpānapravāhasthahṛtpadmāntaracāriṇī ,
duḥkhaśaktirmahāghorā jīvaśaktirivoditā 70

70. prāṇāpānapravāhasthahṛtpadmāntaracāriṇī
duḥkhaśaktiḥ mahāghorā jīvaśaktiḥ iva uditā

70. prāṇāpānapravāhasthahṛtpadmāntaracāriṇī
mahāghorā duḥkhaśaktiḥ jīvaśaktiḥ iva uditā

70. The intensely dreadful power of suffering (duḥkhaśakti), moving within the heart-lotus situated in the flow of the vital breaths (prāṇa and apāna), manifests as if it were the very power of life (jīvaśakti).

70. כשהיא נעה בתוך לוטוס הלב בזרם הנשימה הפנימית (פְּרָאַנָה וְאַפָּאַנָה), עלתה עוצמה איומה של סבל, הדומה לעוצמת כוח החיים עצמו.

Words meanings summery:

• प्राणापानप्रवाहस्थहृत्पद्मान्तरचारिणी (prāṇāpānapravāhasthahṛtpadmāntaracāriṇī) - moving within the heart-lotus located in the current of `prāṇa` and `apāna`

• दुःखशक्तिः (duḥkhaśaktiḥ) - the power of suffering (duḥkhaśakti) (power of suffering, energy of pain)

• महाघोरा (mahāghorā) - intensely dreadful (very dreadful, intensely terrible, extremely formidable)

• जीवशक्तिः (jīvaśaktiḥ) - the power of life (jīvaśakti) (power of life, life-energy)

• इव (iva) - as if (as, like, as if, similar to)

• उदिता (uditā) - manifests (risen, appeared, manifest, uttered)

Words meanings and morphology

प्राणापानप्रवाहस्थहृत्पद्मान्तरचारिणी (prāṇāpānapravāhasthahṛtpadmāntaracāriṇī) - moving within the heart-lotus located in the current of `prāṇa` and `apāna`

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prāṇāpānapravāhasthahṛtpadmāntaracāriṇ

prāṇāpānapravāhasthahṛtpadmāntaracāriṇ - moving within the heart-lotus situated in the current of `prāṇa` and `apāna`

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (prāṇa+apāna+pravāha+stha+hṛd+padma+antara+cārin)

• prāṇa – life-breath, vital air, in-breath
  noun (masculine)
  From `pra` + root `an` (to breathe)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: an (class 2)
• apāna – downward vital air, out-breath
  noun (masculine)
  From `apa` + root `an` (to breathe)
  Prefix: apa
  Root: an (class 2)
• pravāha – flow, current, stream
  noun (masculine)
  From `pra` + root `vah` (to carry) + suffix `ghaÑ`
  Prefix: pra
  Root: vah (class 1)
• stha – standing, situated, located in
  adjective
  Agent noun
  From root `sthā` (to stand) + suffix `ka`
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• hṛd – heart
  noun (neuter)
• padma – lotus
  noun (neuter)
• antara – inside, within, interior
  indeclinable (neuter)
• cārin – moving, wandering, practicing
  adjective
  Agent noun
  From root `car` (to move) + suffix `ṇini`
  Root: car (class 1)

दुःखशक्तिः (duḥkhaśaktiḥ) - the power of suffering (duḥkhaśakti) (power of suffering, energy of pain)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of duḥkhaśakti

duḥkhaśakti - power of pain/suffering

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (duḥkha+śakti)

• duḥkha – suffering, pain, sorrow, misery
  noun (neuter)
• śakti – power, energy, strength, faculty
  noun (feminine)
  From root `śak` (to be able)
  Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

महाघोरा (mahāghorā) - intensely dreadful (very dreadful, intensely terrible, extremely formidable)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahāghora

mahāghora - very terrible, very dreadful

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ghora)

• mahā – great, mighty, intense
  adjective
• ghora – dreadful, terrible, formidable
  adjective

जीवशक्तिः (jīvaśaktiḥ) - the power of life (jīvaśakti) (power of life, life-energy)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jīvaśakti

jīvaśakti - power of life, life-force

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jīva+śakti)

• jīva – living, alive, life, soul
  noun (masculine)
  From root `jīv` (to live)
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• śakti – power, energy, strength, faculty
  noun (feminine)
  From root `śak` (to be able)
  Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Refers to what `duḥkhaśakti` appears *as*.

इव (iva) - as if (as, like, as if, similar to)

(indeclinable)

उदिता (uditā) - manifests (risen, appeared, manifest, uttered)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of udita

udita - risen, appeared, manifest, produced, said

Past Passive Participle

From `ud` + root `i` (to go) + suffix `kta`

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Used here in the sense of 'has arisen' or 'is manifest'.

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