योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-89, verse-44

मनश्चालयितुं शक्ता न महाद्रिं मृगा इव ।
ममेयमसितापाङ्गी मनःकोशे प्रतिष्ठिता ॥ ४४ ॥

manaścālayituṃ śaktā na mahādriṃ mṛgā iva ,
mameyamasitāpāṅgī manaḥkośe pratiṣṭhitā 44

44. manaḥ calayituṃ śaktāḥ na mahādrim mṛgāḥ iva
mama iyam asitāpāṅgī manaḥkośe pratiṣṭhitā

44. mṛgāḥ mahādrim iva manaḥ calayituṃ na śaktāḥ mama
iyam asitāpāṅgī manaḥkośe pratiṣṭhitā [asti]

44. My mind cannot be stirred, just as deer are unable to move a great mountain. This woman with dark eye-corners is firmly established in the sheath of my mind.

Words meanings summery:

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

• चलयितुं (calayituṁ) - to stir, to move, to agitate

• शक्ताः (śaktāḥ) - (referring to `mṛgāḥ`) capable (capable, able, powerful)

• न (na) - not, no

• महाद्रिम् (mahādrim) - great mountain

• मृगाः (mṛgāḥ) - deer (in the simile) (deer, wild animals)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• इयम् (iyam) - this woman (this (feminine))

• असितापाङ्गी (asitāpāṅgī) - the beloved woman with beautiful dark eyes (a woman with dark eye-corners)

• मनःकोशे (manaḥkośe) - deep within the mind (in the sheath of the mind, in the treasury of the mind)

• प्रतिष्ठिता (pratiṣṭhitā) - firmly established, fixed (established, fixed, placed, firm)

Words meanings and morphology

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, soul

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Object of the infinitive 'calayitum'.

चलयितुं (calayituṁ) - to stir, to move, to agitate

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Formed from the causative stem 'calaya-' of root 'cal' (to move).

Root: cal (class 1)

शक्ताः (śaktāḥ) - (referring to `mṛgāḥ`) capable (capable, able, powerful)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śakta

śakta - capable, able, powerful, strong

Past Passive Participle

From root 'śak' (to be able).

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Agrees with `mṛgāḥ`.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle.

महाद्रिम् (mahādrim) - great mountain

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahādri

mahādri - great mountain, large mountain

Compound.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+adri)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• adri – mountain, rock, stone
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of the infinitive 'calayitum'.

मृगाः (mṛgāḥ) - deer (in the simile) (deer, wild animals)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal, gazelle

Root: mṛj (class 2)

Note: Subject of the implied verb in the simile.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

Note: Possessive form.

इयम् (iyam) - this woman (this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to the woman described by `asitāpāṅgī`.

असितापाङ्गी (asitāpāṅgī) - the beloved woman with beautiful dark eyes (a woman with dark eye-corners)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of asitāpāṅgī

asitāpāṅgī - one with dark (black) eye-corners; a beautiful woman

From `asita` (black) and `apāṅga` (outer corner of the eye).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (asita+apāṅga)

• asita – black, dark, dark-blue
  adjective
  Root: as (class 2)
• apāṅga – outer corner of the eye, glance
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: apa

Note: Predicate nominative, describing `iyam`.

मनःकोशे (manaḥkośe) - deep within the mind (in the sheath of the mind, in the treasury of the mind)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of manaḥkośa

manaḥkośa - sheath/treasury of the mind

Compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (manas+kośa)

• manas – mind, intellect, heart
  noun (neuter)
  Root: man (class 4)
• kośa – sheath, case, treasury, a cup
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kuṣ (class 1)

Note: Indicates location where she is established.

प्रतिष्ठिता (pratiṣṭhitā) - firmly established, fixed (established, fixed, placed, firm)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pratiṣṭhita

pratiṣṭhita - established, fixed, founded, consecrated

Past Passive Participle

From root `sthā` with `prati`.

Prefix: prati

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Used as a predicate adjective, agreeing with `iyam`.

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