योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-35, verse-6

दोषान्प्रसवति स्फारान्वासनावलिता मतिः ।
कीर्णकण्टकबीजा भूः कण्टकप्रसरं यथा ॥ ६ ॥

doṣānprasavati sphārānvāsanāvalitā matiḥ ,
kīrṇakaṇṭakabījā bhūḥ kaṇṭakaprasaraṃ yathā 6

6. doṣān prasavati sphārān vāsanāvalitā matiḥ
kīrṇakaṇṭakabījā bhūḥ kaṇṭakaprasaram yathā

6. vāsanāvalitā matiḥ sphārān doṣān prasavati
yathā kīrṇakaṇṭakabījā bhūḥ kaṇṭakaprasaram

6. The mind (mati), entangled by latent tendencies (vāsanās), gives rise to abundant faults, just as ground with scattered thorn seeds produces a proliferation of thorns.

Words meanings summery:

• दोषान् (doṣān) - faults, defects, vices.

• प्रसवति (prasavati) - produces, gives birth to, causes.

• स्फारान् (sphārān) - vast, extensive, abundant.

• वासनावलिता (vāsanāvalitā) - enveloped/entangled by vāsanās (latent tendencies).

• मतिः (matiḥ) - mind, intellect, thought.

• कीर्णकण्टकबीजा (kīrṇakaṇṭakabījā) - a ground/earth whose seeds are scattered thorns.

• भूः (bhūḥ) - ground. (earth, ground, land.)

• कण्टकप्रसरम् (kaṇṭakaprasaram) - proliferation of thorns, spread of thorns.

• यथा (yathā) - just as, in the manner that.

Words meanings and morphology

दोषान् (doṣān) - faults, defects, vices.

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of doṣa

doṣa - fault, defect, vice, error.

Masculine plural accusative.

Root: duṣ (class 4)

प्रसवति (prasavati) - produces, gives birth to, causes.

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of prasū

Present Active, 3rd Person Singular.

Root sū (2nd class, here 1st class with upasarga) with prefix pra, Present tense, active voice, 3rd singular.

Prefix: pra

Root: sū (class 2)

स्फारान् (sphārān) - vast, extensive, abundant.

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sphāra

sphāra - swelling, large, extensive, abundant, vast.

Masculine plural accusative.

Root: sphur (class 6)

वासनावलिता (vāsanāvalitā) - enveloped/entangled by vāsanās (latent tendencies).

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāsanāvalita

vāsanāvalita - enveloped by vāsanās, filled with latent tendencies.

Feminine singular nominative.

Compound type : tṛtīyā tatpuruṣa (vāsanā+avalita)

• vāsanā – latent tendency, impression, desire, perfume
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vas (class 1)
• avalita – enveloped, covered, surrounded, entangled
  Past Passive Participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Formed from root val (1st class) with prefix ava.
  Prefix: ava
  Root: val (class 1)

मतिः (matiḥ) - mind, intellect, thought.

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mati

mati - mind, intellect, thought, understanding, opinion.

Derived from root man (4th class). Feminine singular nominative.

Root: man (class 4)

कीर्णकण्टकबीजा (kīrṇakaṇṭakabījā) - a ground/earth whose seeds are scattered thorns.

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kīrṇakaṇṭakabīja

kīrṇakaṇṭakabīja - (ground) whose thorn-seeds are scattered.

Feminine singular nominative.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kīrṇa+kaṇṭakabīja)

• kīrṇa – scattered, spread, sown
  Past Passive Participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kṛ (6th class) 'to scatter'.
  Root: kṛ (class 6)
• kaṇṭakabīja – thorn-seed
  noun (neuter)

भूः (bhūḥ) - ground. (earth, ground, land.)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhū

bhū - earth, ground, land, place.

Feminine singular nominative.

Root: bhū (class 1)

कण्टकप्रसरम् (kaṇṭakaprasaram) - proliferation of thorns, spread of thorns.

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kaṇṭakaprasara

kaṇṭakaprasara - growth/spread of thorns.

Neuter singular accusative.

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (kaṇṭaka+prasara)

• kaṇṭaka – thorn, prickle
  noun (masculine)
• prasara – spread, diffusion, extension, growth
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root sṛ (1st class) with prefix pra.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: sṛ (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - just as, in the manner that.

(indeclinable)

Adverb of comparison.

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