योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-46, verse-3

रम्ये धनेऽथ दारादौ हर्षस्यावसरो हि कः ।
वृद्धायां मृगतृष्णायां किमानन्दो जलार्थिनाम् ॥ ३ ॥

ramye dhane'tha dārādau harṣasyāvasaro hi kaḥ ,
vṛddhāyāṃ mṛgatṛṣṇāyāṃ kimānando jalārthinām 3

3. ramye dhane atha dārādau harṣasya avasaraḥ hi kaḥ
vṛddhāyām mṛgatṛṣṇāyām kim ānandaḥ jalārthinām

3. ramye dhane atha dārādau hi harṣasya kaḥ avasaraḥ
vṛddhāyām mṛgatṛṣṇāyām jalārthinām kim ānandaḥ

3. Indeed, what opportunity for joy is there in beautiful wealth or in a wife (dāra) and so forth? When the mirage (mṛgatṛṣṇā) grows intense, what happiness is there for those seeking water?

Words meanings summery:

• रम्ये (ramye) - in beautiful, in pleasant

• धने (dhane) - in wealth, in riches

• अथ (atha) - or (then, now, moreover, or)

• दारादौ (dārādau) - in a wife or other family members/possessions (in a wife etc., in wives and the like)

• हर्षस्य (harṣasya) - of joy, of delight

• अवसरः (avasaraḥ) - occasion, opportunity, scope

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle) (indeed, for, because)

• कः (kaḥ) - what kind of, what (who, what, which)

• वृद्धायाम् (vṛddhāyām) - when grown intense, when fully developed (in the grown, in the increased, in the old)

• मृगतृष्णायाम् (mṛgatṛṣṇāyām) - in a mirage

• किम् (kim) - what (interrogative particle indicating rhetorical question or impossibility) (what, how, why)

• आनन्दः (ānandaḥ) - joy, bliss, happiness

• जलार्थिनाम् (jalārthinām) - of those seeking water, for those desirous of water

Words meanings and morphology

रम्ये (ramye) - in beautiful, in pleasant

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of ramya

ramya - beautiful, lovely, pleasant, delightful

Gerundive

Derived from root 'ram' (to delight) with suffix '-ya' forming a passive participle or gerundive sense.

Root: ram (class 1)

धने (dhane) - in wealth, in riches

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of dhana

dhana - wealth, riches, property, money

Root: dhā (class 3)

अथ (atha) - or (then, now, moreover, or)

(indeclinable)

दारादौ (dārādau) - in a wife or other family members/possessions (in a wife etc., in wives and the like)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of dārādi

dārādi - wife and others (e.g., children, family)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dāra+ādi)

• dāra – wife, wives
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, first, etc., and so on
  noun (masculine)

हर्षस्य (harṣasya) - of joy, of delight

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of harṣa

harṣa - joy, delight, exultation, happiness

Root: hṛṣ (class 1)

अवसरः (avasaraḥ) - occasion, opportunity, scope

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avasara

avasara - occasion, opportunity, scope, time, turn

Prefix: ava

Root: sṛ (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle) (indeed, for, because)

(indeclinable)

कः (kaḥ) - what kind of, what (who, what, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

वृद्धायाम् (vṛddhāyām) - when grown intense, when fully developed (in the grown, in the increased, in the old)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of vṛddha

vṛddha - grown, old, increased, large, fully developed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'vṛdh' (to grow) + suffix 'kta'.

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

मृगतृष्णायाम् (mṛgatṛṣṇāyām) - in a mirage

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of mṛgatṛṣṇā

mṛgatṛṣṇā - mirage, deer's thirst, optical illusion

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛga+tṛṣṇā)

• mṛga – deer, wild animal
  noun (masculine)
• tṛṣṇā – thirst, desire, craving
  noun (feminine)
  Root: tṛṣ (class 4)

किम् (kim) - what (interrogative particle indicating rhetorical question or impossibility) (what, how, why)

(indeclinable)

Note: This 'kim' functions more as an interrogative particle here, rather than a pronoun, asking 'what (kind of) joy?'

आनन्दः (ānandaḥ) - joy, bliss, happiness

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ānanda

ānanda - joy, happiness, bliss, delight

Prefix: ā

Root: nand (class 1)

जलार्थिनाम् (jalārthinām) - of those seeking water, for those desirous of water

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of jalārthin

jalārthin - one desiring water, thirsty person

Formed from 'jala' + 'arthin' (desirous of).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jala+arthin)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• arthin – desirous of, seeking, supplicant
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from 'artha' with suffix '-in'.

Note: Refers to multiple people seeking water.

Previous Verse Next Verse