योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-15, verse-46

आधिव्याधिमहावर्तगर्तसंसारवर्त्मनि ।
ममतोग्रान्धकूपेऽस्मिन्मा पतातापदायिनि ॥ ४६ ॥

ādhivyādhimahāvartagartasaṃsāravartmani ,
mamatogrāndhakūpe'sminmā patātāpadāyini 46

46. ādhivyādhimahāvartagartasaṃsāravaratmani mamatā
ugra andhakūpe asmin mā patata āpadāyini

46. āpadāyini asmin mamatā ugra andhakūpe
ādhivyādhimahāvartagartasaṃsāravaratmani mā patata

46. O giver of misfortune, do not you all fall into this terrible blind well of possessiveness (mama-tā), which is on the path of transmigration (saṃsāra), a pit characterized by great whirlpools of mental (ādhi) and physical (vyādhi) ailments.

46. אל תפול לתוך בור הרעה החשוך והמפחיד של חשיבת ה'שלי', בתוך שביל סבך הקיום התופעתי המלא במערבולות של מכאובים ומחלות.

Words meanings summery:

• आधिव्याधिमहावर्तगर्तसंसारवरत्मनि (ādhivyādhimahāvartagartasaṁsāravaratmani) - on the path of transmigration, which is a pit with great whirlpools of mental and physical ailments

• ममता (mamatā) - possessiveness, sense of 'mine-ness', egoism

• उग्र (ugra) - terrible, fierce, formidable

• अन्धकूपे (andhakūpe) - in a blind well, in a dark well

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

• मा (mā) - do not, not

• पतत (patata) - do you all fall, fall

• आपदायिनि (āpadāyini) - O giver of misfortune, O causing distress

Words meanings and morphology

आधिव्याधिमहावर्तगर्तसंसारवरत्मनि (ādhivyādhimahāvartagartasaṁsāravaratmani) - on the path of transmigration, which is a pit with great whirlpools of mental and physical ailments

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ādhivyādhimahāvartagartasaṃsāravaratman

ādhivyādhimahāvartagartasaṁsāravaratman - path of transmigration (saṃsāra) that is a pit (garta) with great whirlpools (mahāvarta) of mental (ādhi) and physical (vyādhi) ailments

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ādhi+vyādhi+mahāvarta+garta+saṃsāra+vartman)

• ādhi – mental pain, distress, anxiety
  noun (masculine)
• vyādhi – sickness, disease, physical ailment
  noun (masculine)
• mahāvarta – great whirlpool, great eddy
  noun (masculine)
• garta – pit, hole, chasm
  noun (masculine)
• saṃsāra – transmigration, cycle of birth and death, worldly existence
  noun (masculine)
• vartman – path, road, track
  noun (neuter)

ममता (mamatā) - possessiveness, sense of 'mine-ness', egoism

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mamatā

mamatā - possessiveness, sense of 'mine-ness', egoism

Note: Used as the first part of a compound with ugra and andhakūpe in the original sandhi, indicating 'terrible blind well of possessiveness'.

उग्र (ugra) - terrible, fierce, formidable

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of ugra

ugra - terrible, fierce, formidable, powerful

Note: Agrees with 'andhakūpe' in case, gender, and number.

अन्धकूपे (andhakūpe) - in a blind well, in a dark well

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of andhakūpa

andhakūpa - blind well, a well covered with grass or rubbish

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (andha+kūpa)

• andha – blind, dark, confused
  adjective (masculine)
• kūpa – well, pit
  noun (masculine)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Agrees with 'andhakūpe' in case, gender, and number.

मा (mā) - do not, not

(indeclinable)

पतत (patata) - do you all fall, fall

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of pat

imperative

2nd person plural, Parasmaipada

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: The grammatical number of this verb (plural) does not match the singular vocative 'āpadāyini'. This may imply a collective address to the faculties or aspects of the individual, or a general exhortation.

आपदायिनि (āpadāyini) - O giver of misfortune, O causing distress

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of āpadāyin

āpadāyin - causing misfortune, producing distress, giver of calamity

Derived from 'āpadā' (misfortune) + 'dāyin' (giver)

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