योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-59, verse-7

मालिन्यं दुःखमप्येवं ज्वालाया इव कज्जलम् ।
आगमापायिनोऽनित्या मनःषष्ठेन्द्रियक्रियाः ॥ ७ ॥

mālinyaṃ duḥkhamapyevaṃ jvālāyā iva kajjalam ,
āgamāpāyino'nityā manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyakriyāḥ 7

7. mālinyam duḥkham api evam jvālāyāḥ iva kajjalam
āgamāpāyinaḥ anityāḥ manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyakriyāḥ

7. mālinyam duḥkham api evam jvālāyāḥ kajjalam iva (bhavati).
manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyakriyāḥ āgamāpāyinaḥ anityāḥ (ca santi).

7. Impurity, which is indeed suffering, is thus like soot from a flame. The activities of the mind and the other five senses are transient and impermanent.

Words meanings summery:

• मालिन्यम् (mālinyam) - impurity, defilement, dirtiness

• दुःखम् (duḥkham) - suffering, pain, misery

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• ज्वालायाः (jvālāyāḥ) - of a flame, from a flame

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• कज्जलम् (kajjalam) - soot, lampblack, collyrium

• आगमापायिनः (āgamāpāyinaḥ) - coming and going, transient, having appearance and disappearance

• अनित्याः (anityāḥ) - impermanent, transient, not eternal

• मनःषष्ठेन्द्रियक्रियाः (manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyakriyāḥ) - activities of the six senses including the mind

Words meanings and morphology

मालिन्यम् (mālinyam) - impurity, defilement, dirtiness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mālinya

mālinya - impurity, defilement, dirtiness

दुःखम् (duḥkham) - suffering, pain, misery

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - suffering, pain, misery, sorrow

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

ज्वालायाः (jvālāyāḥ) - of a flame, from a flame

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of jvālā

jvālā - flame, blaze, glow

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

कज्जलम् (kajjalam) - soot, lampblack, collyrium

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kajjala

kajjala - soot, lampblack, collyrium

आगमापायिनः (āgamāpāyinaḥ) - coming and going, transient, having appearance and disappearance

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of āgamāpāyin

āgamāpāyin - coming and going, transient, having appearance and disappearance

Compound type : dvandva (āgama+apāya)

• āgama – coming, arrival, appearance
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: gam (class 1)
• apāya – departure, disappearance, destruction
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: apa
  Root: i (class 2)

अनित्याः (anityāḥ) - impermanent, transient, not eternal

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of anitya

anitya - impermanent, transient, not eternal

मनःषष्ठेन्द्रियक्रियाः (manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyakriyāḥ) - activities of the six senses including the mind

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyakriyā

manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyakriyā - activities of the six senses including the mind

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (manas+ṣaṣṭha+indriya+kriyā)

• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
• ṣaṣṭha – sixth
  adjective (masculine)
• indriya – sense organ, faculty of sense
  noun (neuter)
• kriyā – action, activity, performance
  noun (feminine)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

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