योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-41, verse-39

भयविषाददुराधिविपत्प्रदां हृदयमोहमहापटलांकुराम् ।
भृशमपास्य कुदृष्टिमिमां बलाद्भव भवार्णवपारमुपागतः ॥ ३९ ॥

bhayaviṣādadurādhivipatpradāṃ hṛdayamohamahāpaṭalāṃkurām ,
bhṛśamapāsya kudṛṣṭimimāṃ balādbhava bhavārṇavapāramupāgataḥ 39

39. bhaya-viṣāda-durādhi-vipat-pradām
hṛdaya-moha-mahā-paṭala-aṅkurām
bhṛśam apāsya kudṛṣṭim imām balāt
bhava bhava-arṇava-pāram upāgataḥ

39. balāt bhṛśam bhaya-viṣāda-durādhi-vipat-pradām hṛdaya-moha-mahā-paṭala-aṅkurām imām kudṛṣṭim apāsya,
bhava-arṇava-pāram upāgataḥ bhava

39. Forcefully cast away this erroneous perspective, which causes fear, despondency, severe mental anguish, and misfortunes, and which is the sprout of the great veil of delusion in the heart. Having done so, become one who has reached the other shore of the ocean of existence (saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• भय-विषाद-दुराधि-विपत्-प्रदाम् (bhaya-viṣāda-durādhi-vipat-pradām) - causing fear, despondency, severe mental anguish, and misfortunes (giving fear, sorrow, evil anxieties, and calamities (accusative singular, feminine))

• हृदय-मोह-महा-पटल-अङ्कुराम् (hṛdaya-moha-mahā-paṭala-aṅkurām) - the sprout of the great curtain of delusion in the heart (the sprout of the great veil of delusion in the heart (accusative singular, feminine))

• भृशम् (bhṛśam) - forcefully (vehemently, greatly, excessively, thoroughly)

• अपास्य (apāsya) - having cast away (having cast away, having removed, having thrown off)

• कुदृष्टिम् (kudṛṣṭim) - this erroneous perspective (bad vision, erroneous view, wrong perspective (accusative singular))

• इमाम् (imām) - this (kudṛṣṭi) (this (feminine accusative singular))

• बलात् (balāt) - by force (by force, forcefully, with power)

• भव (bhava) - become (be, become (imperative))

• भव-अर्णव-पारम् (bhava-arṇava-pāram) - the other shore of the ocean of saṃsāra (the other shore of the ocean of existence (accusative singular))

• उपागतः (upāgataḥ) - one who has reached (one who has approached, one who has arrived, one who has reached (nominative singular, masculine))

Words meanings and morphology

भय-विषाद-दुराधि-विपत्-प्रदाम् (bhaya-viṣāda-durādhi-vipat-pradām) - causing fear, despondency, severe mental anguish, and misfortunes (giving fear, sorrow, evil anxieties, and calamities (accusative singular, feminine))

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhaya-viṣāda-durādhi-vipat-pradā

bhaya-viṣāda-durādhi-vipat-pradā - giver of fear, sorrow, evil anxiety, and calamity

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhaya+viṣāda+durādhi+vipat+pradā)

• bhaya – fear, dread
  noun (neuter)
• viṣāda – dejection, despondency, sorrow
  noun (masculine)
• durādhi – evil anxiety, great mental distress
  noun (feminine)
  compound of dur (bad) + ādhi (anxiety)
  Prefix: dur
• vipat – calamity, misfortune
  noun (feminine)
• pradā – giver, bestower
  noun (feminine)
  feminine form of prada (from pra-dā)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Qualifies `kudṛṣṭim`.

हृदय-मोह-महा-पटल-अङ्कुराम् (hṛdaya-moha-mahā-paṭala-aṅkurām) - the sprout of the great curtain of delusion in the heart (the sprout of the great veil of delusion in the heart (accusative singular, feminine))

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of hṛdaya-moha-mahā-paṭala-aṅkurā

hṛdaya-moha-mahā-paṭala-aṅkurā - sprout of the great covering of delusion in the heart

Compound type : tatpurusha (hṛdaya+moha+mahā+paṭala+aṅkurā)

• hṛdaya – heart, mind
  noun (neuter)
• moha – delusion, infatuation, bewilderment
  noun (masculine)
  Root: muh (class 4)
• mahā – great, large
  adjective (feminine)
• paṭala – covering, layer, screen, veil
  noun (neuter)
• aṅkurā – sprout, shoot, bud
  noun (feminine)

Note: Qualifies `kudṛṣṭim`.

भृशम् (bhṛśam) - forcefully (vehemently, greatly, excessively, thoroughly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb modifying `apāsya`.

अपास्य (apāsya) - having cast away (having cast away, having removed, having thrown off)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

absolutive from verb root 'as' with prefix 'apā'

Prefix: apā

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Used to indicate an action completed before the main verb.

कुदृष्टिम् (kudṛṣṭim) - this erroneous perspective (bad vision, erroneous view, wrong perspective (accusative singular))

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kudṛṣṭi

kudṛṣṭi - bad view, false doctrine, wrong perception

compound of ku (bad) + dṛṣṭi (view)

Compound type : tatpurusha (ku+dṛṣṭi)

• ku – bad, evil, wrong
  prefix
• dṛṣṭi – vision, sight, view, opinion
  noun (feminine)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Direct object of `apāsya`.

इमाम् (imām) - this (kudṛṣṭi) (this (feminine accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Qualifies `kudṛṣṭim`.

बलात् (balāt) - by force (by force, forcefully, with power)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force

Note: Functions as an adverb here.

भव (bhava) - become (be, become (imperative))

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of bhū

imperative active

2nd person singular, imperative mood, active voice

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: The main verb of the second clause.

भव-अर्णव-पारम् (bhava-arṇava-pāram) - the other shore of the ocean of saṃsāra (the other shore of the ocean of existence (accusative singular))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhava-arṇava-pāra

bhava-arṇava-pāra - the far shore of the ocean of existence

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhava+arṇava+pāra)

• bhava – existence, being, world, becoming (saṃsāra)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• arṇava – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• pāra – far shore, opposite bank, end
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of `upāgataḥ` (implied with "having reached").

उपागतः (upāgataḥ) - one who has reached (one who has approached, one who has arrived, one who has reached (nominative singular, masculine))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upāgata

upāgata - approached, arrived at, obtained

Past Passive Participle

from verb root 'gam' with prefixes 'upā' and 'ā'

Prefixes: upā+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject "you" for "bhava".

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