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.

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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