योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-14, verse-17

चिन्तयन्तमिवानन्ताश्चिरभुक्ताऽचिरोज्झिताः ।
संसारसागरगतीर्हर्षशोकनिरन्तराः ॥ १७ ॥

cintayantamivānantāścirabhuktā'cirojjhitāḥ ,
saṃsārasāgaragatīrharṣaśokanirantarāḥ 17

17. cintayantam iva anantāḥ cirabhuktā acirojjhitāḥ
saṃsārasāgaragatīḥ harṣaśokanirantarāḥ

17. anantāḥ cirabhuktāḥ acirojjhitāḥ harṣaśokanirantarāḥ
saṃsārasāgaragatīḥ iva cintayantam

17. As if contemplating the endless journeys through the ocean of transmigration (saṃsāra), which were long-enjoyed yet recently abandoned, and incessantly characterized by joy and sorrow.

Words meanings summery:

• चिन्तयन्तम् (cintayantam) - Contemplating the cycles of transmigration. (thinking, contemplating, meditating)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अनन्ताः (anantāḥ) - endless cycles of transmigration (endless, infinite, boundless)

• चिरभुक्ता (cirabhuktā) - transmigration cycles experienced for a long time (long-enjoyed, experienced for a long time)

• अचिरोज्झिताः (acirojjhitāḥ) - transmigration cycles recently abandoned (recently abandoned, not long ago given up)

• संसारसागरगतीः (saṁsārasāgaragatīḥ) - journeys through the ocean of transmigration (saṃsāra)

• हर्षशोकनिरन्तराः (harṣaśokanirantarāḥ) - incessantly characterized by joy and sorrow, full of joy and sorrow without interval

Words meanings and morphology

चिन्तयन्तम् (cintayantam) - Contemplating the cycles of transmigration. (thinking, contemplating, meditating)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of cintayat

cintayat - thinking, contemplating

Present Active Participle

From causal form of root 'cit' (to perceive, observe) -> 'cintay' (to think) + 'śatṛ' suffix.

Root: cit (class 10)

Note: Participial form functioning as an adjective.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अनन्ताः (anantāḥ) - endless cycles of transmigration (endless, infinite, boundless)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of ananta

ananta - endless, infinite, boundless, without end

'a' (negation) + 'anta' (end)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+anta)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• anta – end, limit, boundary
  noun (masculine)

Note: Declined to match 'saṃsārasāgaragatīḥ'.

चिरभुक्ता (cirabhuktā) - transmigration cycles experienced for a long time (long-enjoyed, experienced for a long time)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of cirabhukta

cirabhukta - long-enjoyed, long-experienced

Past Passive Participle

Compound 'cira' (for a long time) + 'bhukta' (enjoyed, experienced). 'bhukta' is PPP of 'bhuj'.

Compound type : descriptive compound (cira+bhukta)

• cira – long (time), for a long time
  indeclinable
• bhukta – enjoyed, experienced, eaten
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'bhuj' (to enjoy, eat, experience).
  Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: Declined to match 'saṃsārasāgaragatīḥ'.

अचिरोज्झिताः (acirojjhitāḥ) - transmigration cycles recently abandoned (recently abandoned, not long ago given up)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of acirojjhita

acirojjhita - recently abandoned, not long ago given up

Past Passive Participle

Compound 'acira' (not long) + 'ujjhita' (abandoned, given up). 'ujjhita' is PPP of 'ujjh'.

Compound type : tatpurusha (acira+ujjhita)

• acira – not long, recent
  adjective (masculine)
  'a' (negation) + 'cira' (long time).
• ujjhita – abandoned, forsaken, given up
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'ujjh' (to abandon, forsake).
  Root: ujjh (class 6)

Note: Declined to match 'saṃsārasāgaragatīḥ'.

संसारसागरगतीः (saṁsārasāgaragatīḥ) - journeys through the ocean of transmigration (saṃsāra)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of saṃsārasāgaragati

saṁsārasāgaragati - motion/journey through the ocean of saṃsāra

Compound 'saṃsāra' (transmigration) + 'sāgara' (ocean) + 'gati' (motion, journey).

Compound type : tatpurusha (saṃsāra+sāgara+gati)

• saṃsāra – transmigration, cycle of birth and death (saṃsāra)
  noun (masculine)
• sāgara – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• gati – motion, course, journey, state, destiny
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'gam' (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)

हर्षशोकनिरन्तराः (harṣaśokanirantarāḥ) - incessantly characterized by joy and sorrow, full of joy and sorrow without interval

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of harṣaśokanirantara

harṣaśokanirantara - constantly filled with joy and sorrow, uninterrupted by joy and sorrow

Compound 'harṣa' (joy) + 'śoka' (sorrow) + 'nirantara' (without interval, constant). 'harṣaśoka' is dvandva, then 'harṣaśoka' + 'nirantara' is a descriptive compound.

Compound type : dvandva then descriptive tatpurusha (harṣa+śoka+nirantara)

• harṣa – joy, delight
  noun (masculine)
• śoka – sorrow, grief
  noun (masculine)
• nirantara – without interval, continuous, constant, incessant
  adjective (masculine)
  From 'nis' (without) + 'antara' (interval).
  Prefix: nis

Note: Declined to match 'saṃsārasāgaragatīḥ'.

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