योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-42, verse-42

कोशकारवदाबद्धं शोकाकारपदं गतम् ।
तन्मात्रवृन्दावयवमनन्तनरकातपम् ॥ ४२ ॥

kośakāravadābaddhaṃ śokākārapadaṃ gatam ,
tanmātravṛndāvayavamanantanarakātapam 42

42. kośakāravat ābaddham śokākārapadam gatam
tanmātravṛndāvayavam anantanarakātapa

42. kośakāravat ābaddham śokākārapadam gatam
tanmātravṛndāvayavam anantanarakātapa

42. Bound like a silkworm (kośakāra), it has fallen into a state whose form is sorrow. Its constituents are multitudes of subtle elements (tanmātras), and it is like the searing heat of endless hell.

42. כבולה כמו זחל המשי, היא הגיעה למצב של יגון כבד; איבריה עשויים מאוסף היסודות המעודנים (תַנְמָאטְרַה), והיא סובלת מחום התופת הבלתי נגמר.

Words meanings summery:

• कोशकारवत् (kośakāravat) - like a silkworm, like a cocoon maker

• आबद्धम् (ābaddham) - bound, tied, entangled

• शोकाकारपदम् (śokākārapadam) - a state whose form is sorrow, a sorrowful state

• गतम् (gatam) - gone, reached, attained, fallen into

• तन्मात्रवृन्दावयवम् (tanmātravṛndāvayavam) - whose constituents are multitudes of subtle elements (tanmātras)

• अनन्तनरकातप (anantanarakātapa) - an endless torment of hell, like the searing heat of endless hell

Words meanings and morphology

कोशकारवत् (kośakāravat) - like a silkworm, like a cocoon maker

(indeclinable)

Suffix -vat indicating similarity

Compound type : tatpurusha (kośa+kāra+vat)

• kośa – casket, sheath, cocoon, treasury
  noun (masculine)
• kāra – maker, doer, causing
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• vat – like, as if, similar to
  indeclinable

आबद्धम् (ābaddham) - bound, tied, entangled

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ābaddha

ābaddha - bound, tied, fettered, fixed, composed, entangled

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bandh with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Describes 'cittam'

शोकाकारपदम् (śokākārapadam) - a state whose form is sorrow, a sorrowful state

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śokākārapada

śokākārapada - state whose form is sorrow

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śoka+ākāra+pada)

• śoka – sorrow, grief, lamentation
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śuc (class 1)
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance, demeanor
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• pada – foot, step, mark, state, condition, position
  noun (neuter)

Note: Describes 'cittam'

गतम् (gatam) - gone, reached, attained, fallen into

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gata

gata - gone, departed, reached, attained, past

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Describes 'cittam'

तन्मात्रवृन्दावयवम् (tanmātravṛndāvayavam) - whose constituents are multitudes of subtle elements (tanmātras)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tanmātravṛndāvayava

tanmātravṛndāvayava - whose parts are collections of subtle elements

Compound type : bahuvrihi (tanmātra+vṛnda+avayava)

• tanmātra – subtle element (sound, touch, form, taste, smell)
  noun (neuter)
• vṛnda – multitude, collection, group
  noun (neuter)
• avayava – limb, part, constituent, member
  noun (masculine)

Note: Describes 'cittam'

अनन्तनरकातप (anantanarakātapa) - an endless torment of hell, like the searing heat of endless hell

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anantanarakātapa

anantanarakātapa - endless torment of hell, the heat of endless hell

Compound type : tatpurusha (ananta+naraka+ātapa)

• ananta – endless, infinite, boundless
  adjective (neuter)
  Negation of anta (end)
  Prefix: an
• naraka – hell, Hades, infernal region
  noun (masculine)
• ātapa – heat, sunshine, torment, affliction
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Describes 'cittam'

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