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.

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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