योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-11, verse-7

शतशाखत्वमायाति सेकेन विटपी यथा ।
अनन्ताधित्वमायासि शठभोगेच्छया तथा ॥ ७ ॥

śataśākhatvamāyāti sekena viṭapī yathā ,
anantādhitvamāyāsi śaṭhabhogecchayā tathā 7

7. śataśākhatvam āyāti sekena viṭapī yathā |
anantādhitvam āyāsi śaṭhabhogeccayā tathā ||

7. yathā sekena viṭapī śataśākhatvam āyāti tathā
śaṭhabhogeccayā tvam anantādhitvam āyāsi

7. Just as a tree (viṭapī) attains the state of having a hundred branches by being watered, so too you attain infinite lordship (anantādhitva) through the desire for deceitful enjoyment.

7. כפי שאילן מצמיח מאה ענפים הודות להשקיה, כך אתה מגיע למצוקת נפש אינסופית בשל התשוקה המטעה לתענוגות.

Words meanings summery:

• शतशाखत्वम् (śataśākhatvam) - the state of having a hundred branches, hundred-branchedness

• आयाति (āyāti) - attains (comes, attains, reaches)

• सेकेन (sekena) - by watering (by watering, by sprinkling)

• विटपी (viṭapī) - a tree (a tree, a branch)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in which way)

• अनन्ताधित्वम् (anantādhitvam) - infinite lordship (infinite lordship, unending dominion)

• आयासि (āyāsi) - you attain (you come, you attain, you reach)

• शठभोगेच्चया (śaṭhabhogeccayā) - through the desire for deceitful enjoyment (by the desire for deceitful enjoyment, by the desire for foolish pleasure)

• तथा (tathā) - so too (so, thus, in that way)

Words meanings and morphology

शतशाखत्वम् (śataśākhatvam) - the state of having a hundred branches, hundred-branchedness

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śataśākhatva

śataśākhatva - the state of having a hundred branches, hundred-branchedness

Derived from śataśākha + tva (abstract noun suffix)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śata+śākha+tva)

• śata – hundred
  numeral adjective
• śākha – branch
  noun (feminine)
• tva – suffix forming abstract nouns, -ness, -hood
  suffix (neuter)

आयाति (āyāti) - attains (comes, attains, reaches)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of yā

Present active indicative, 3rd person singular

Root yā with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

सेकेन (sekena) - by watering (by watering, by sprinkling)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of seka

seka - watering, sprinkling

From root sic (to sprinkle)

Root: sic (class 6)

विटपी (viṭapī) - a tree (a tree, a branch)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viṭapin

viṭapin - tree, plant

From viṭapa (branch) + -in (possessive suffix)

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, in which way)

(indeclinable)

अनन्ताधित्वम् (anantādhitvam) - infinite lordship (infinite lordship, unending dominion)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anantādhitva

anantādhitva - infinite lordship, unending dominion

Derived from ananta + adhi + tva

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ananta+adhitva)

• ananta – endless, infinite, boundless
  adjective
  a (negation) + anta (end)
• adhitva – lordship, sovereignty
  noun (neuter)
  adhi (overlord) + tva (abstract suffix)

आयासि (āyāsi) - you attain (you come, you attain, you reach)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of yā

Present active indicative, 2nd person singular

Root yā with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

शठभोगेच्चया (śaṭhabhogeccayā) - through the desire for deceitful enjoyment (by the desire for deceitful enjoyment, by the desire for foolish pleasure)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of śaṭhabhogeccā

śaṭhabhogeccā - desire for deceitful/foolish enjoyment

Compound of śaṭha + bhoga + icchā

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śaṭha+bhoga+icchā)

• śaṭha – deceitful, roguish, wicked, foolish
  adjective
• bhoga – enjoyment, pleasure, possession
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhuj (to enjoy)
  Root: bhuj (class 7)
• icchā – desire, wish
  noun (feminine)
  From root iṣ (to wish, desire)
  Root: iṣ (class 6)

तथा (tathā) - so too (so, thus, in that way)

(indeclinable)

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