योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-10, verse-55

तीव्रसंवेगसंपन्नस्वसंकल्पोपकल्पिते ।
अथ पुण्यक्षये जाते नीहार इव शार्वरे ॥ ५५ ॥

tīvrasaṃvegasaṃpannasvasaṃkalpopakalpite ,
atha puṇyakṣaye jāte nīhāra iva śārvare 55

55. tīvrasaṃvegasampannasvasaṅkalpopakalpite
atha puṇyakṣaye jāte nīhāra iva śārvare

55. atha puṇyakṣaye jāte
tīvrasaṃvegasampannasvasaṅkalpopakalpite nīhāra iva śārvare

55. Then, upon the exhaustion of his merit, from that state brought about by his own intense resolve and imbued with strong impetus, just like a nocturnal mist (disappears)...

Words meanings summery:

• तीव्रसंवेगसम्पन्नस्वसङ्कल्पोपकल्पिते (tīvrasaṁvegasampannasvasaṅkalpopakalpite) - Referring to the illusory or mental realm where the sage enjoyed the Apsara. (in that (state/realm) created by one's own strong resolve and endowed with intense momentum)

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon, consequently

• पुण्यक्षये (puṇyakṣaye) - upon the exhaustion of merit

• जाते (jāte) - having occurred, having happened

• नीहार (nīhāra) - mist, fog, dew

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• शार्वरे (śārvare) - Describes the setting for the mist in the simile. (in the night-time, nocturnal)

Words meanings and morphology

तीव्रसंवेगसम्पन्नस्वसङ्कल्पोपकल्पिते (tīvrasaṁvegasampannasvasaṅkalpopakalpite) - Referring to the illusory or mental realm where the sage enjoyed the Apsara. (in that (state/realm) created by one's own strong resolve and endowed with intense momentum)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of tīvrasaṃvegasampannasvasaṅkalpopakalpita

tīvrasaṁvegasampannasvasaṅkalpopakalpita - created by one's own strong resolve and endowed with intense momentum/impulse

Past Passive Participle ('upakalpita')

Complex compound adjective, the last part 'upakalpita' is a PPP. The entire compound describes a state or realm (implied noun).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (tīvra+saṃvega+sampanna+sva+saṅkalpa+upakalpita)

• tīvra – intense, sharp, fierce
  adjective
• saṃvega – intense emotion, strong impulse, impetus, agitation
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'vij' with prefix 'sam'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: vij (class 10)
• sampanna – endowed with, accomplished, possessed of, complete
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From 'sam' + 'pad' (to go, fall, obtain)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: pad (class 4)
• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun
• saṅkalpa – resolve, intention, will, solemn vow, mental faculty
  noun (masculine)
  From 'sam' + 'kḷp'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kḷp (class 1)
• upakalpita – created, arranged, imagined, conceived, prepared
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From 'upa' + 'kḷp' (to be able, to form, to create)
  Prefix: upa
  Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Modifies an implied noun like 'sthāna' (place) or 'loka' (world).

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon, consequently

(indeclinable)

पुण्यक्षये (puṇyakṣaye) - upon the exhaustion of merit

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of puṇyakṣaya

puṇyakṣaya - exhaustion/decay of merit

Compound type : tatpurusha (puṇya+kṣaya)

• puṇya – merit, virtue, good deed, auspicious, sacred
  noun (neuter)
• kṣaya – exhaustion, decay, destruction, loss
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'kṣi' (to decay, destroy)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction.

जाते (jāte) - having occurred, having happened

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, become, happened, occurred

Past Passive Participle

From root 'jan' (to be born, produce)

Root: jan (class 4)

नीहार (nīhāra) - mist, fog, dew

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nīhāra

nīhāra - mist, fog, dew, hoar-frost

Root: hṛ (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

शार्वरे (śārvare) - Describes the setting for the mist in the simile. (in the night-time, nocturnal)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of śārvara

śārvara - nocturnal, relating to night, night-time

Derived from 'śarvarī' (night). Here used as an adjective-turned-noun meaning 'night-time'.

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