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).

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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