योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-35, verse-58

शुष्के तृष्णावटे शान्ते मन्दे हृदयकानने ।
क्षीणेष्वक्षकदम्बेषु मिथ्याज्ञानघने क्षते ॥ ५८ ॥

śuṣke tṛṣṇāvaṭe śānte mande hṛdayakānane ,
kṣīṇeṣvakṣakadambeṣu mithyājñānaghane kṣate 58

58. śuṣke tṛṣṇāvaṭe śānte mande hṛdayakānane
kṣīṇeṣu akṣakadambeṣu mithyājñānaghane kṣate

58. tṛṣṇāvaṭe śuṣke śānte hṛdayakānane mande
akṣakadambeṣu kṣīṇeṣu mithyājñānaghane kṣate

58. ...when the dry well of craving has quieted, when the forest of the heart has become still, when the multitude of senses has diminished, and when the dense cloud of false knowledge has been rent asunder.

Words meanings summery:

• शुष्के (śuṣke) - in the dry, when dried up

• तृष्णावटे (tṛṣṇāvaṭe) - in the well of craving

• शान्ते (śānte) - in the calmed, when calmed, when tranquil

• मन्दे (mande) - in the sluggish, in the calm, when dull/slow

• हृदयकानने (hṛdayakānane) - in the forest of the heart

• क्षीणेषु (kṣīṇeṣu) - in the diminished, when diminished, when dwindled

• अक्षकदम्बेषु (akṣakadambeṣu) - in the multitudes of senses

• मिथ्याज्ञानघने (mithyājñānaghane) - in the dense cloud of false knowledge

• क्षते (kṣate) - in the destroyed, when injured/destroyed/rent

Words meanings and morphology

शुष्के (śuṣke) - in the dry, when dried up

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of śuṣka

śuṣka - dry, dried up, withered

Past Passive Participle

from root śuṣ

Root: śuṣ (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'tṛṣṇāvaṭe' in a locative absolute construction

तृष्णावटे (tṛṣṇāvaṭe) - in the well of craving

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tṛṣṇāvaṭa

tṛṣṇāvaṭa - well of craving/thirst

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tṛṣṇā+vaṭa)

• tṛṣṇā – thirst, craving, desire
  noun (feminine)
  Root: tṛṣ (class 4)
• vaṭa – well, pit
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of a locative absolute construction

शान्ते (śānte) - in the calmed, when calmed, when tranquil

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of śānta

śānta - peaceful, tranquil, calm, appeased

Past Passive Participle

from root śam

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'tṛṣṇāvaṭe' in a locative absolute construction

मन्दे (mande) - in the sluggish, in the calm, when dull/slow

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of manda

manda - slow, dull, sluggish, gentle, calm

Note: Agrees with 'hṛdayakānane' in a locative absolute construction

हृदयकानने (hṛdayakānane) - in the forest of the heart

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of hṛdayakānana

hṛdayakānana - forest of the heart (metaphor for the mind's complexity/wildness)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hṛdaya+kānana)

• hṛdaya – heart, mind, soul
  noun (neuter)
• kānana – forest, grove
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of a locative absolute construction

क्षीणेषु (kṣīṇeṣu) - in the diminished, when diminished, when dwindled

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of kṣīṇa

kṣīṇa - diminished, exhausted, wasted, dwindled

Past Passive Participle

from root kṣi

Root: kṣi (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'akṣakadambeṣu' in a locative absolute construction

अक्षकदम्बेषु (akṣakadambeṣu) - in the multitudes of senses

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of akṣakadamba

akṣakadamba - multitude of senses

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (akṣa+kadamba)

• akṣa – sense organ, eye
  noun (masculine)
• kadamba – multitude, collection, cluster
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of a locative absolute construction

मिथ्याज्ञानघने (mithyājñānaghane) - in the dense cloud of false knowledge

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mithyājñānaghana

mithyājñānaghana - dense mass/cloud of false knowledge

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mithyājñāna+ghana)

• mithyājñāna – false knowledge, illusion
  noun (neuter)
• ghana – dense, thick, cloud, mass
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of a locative absolute construction

क्षते (kṣate) - in the destroyed, when injured/destroyed/rent

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of kṣata

kṣata - injured, destroyed, damaged, rent

Past Passive Participle

from root kṣaṇ

Root: kṣaṇ (class 10)

Note: Agrees with 'mithyājñānaghane' in a locative absolute construction

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