योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-13, verse-109

मन्ये मौर्ख्यमयी सृष्टिरियमत्यन्तपेलवा ।
वास्तरङ्गप्रवाहेण कणशः परिशीर्यते ॥ १०९ ॥

manye maurkhyamayī sṛṣṭiriyamatyantapelavā ,
vāstaraṅgapravāheṇa kaṇaśaḥ pariśīryate 109

109. manye maurkya-mayī sṛṣṭiḥ iyam atyanta-pelavā
vāḥ-taraṅga-pravāheṇa kaṇaśaḥ pariśīryate

109. aham manye iyam maurkya-mayī atyanta-pelavā sṛṣṭiḥ vāḥ-taraṅga-pravāheṇa kaṇaśaḥ pariśīryate.

109. I consider this creation (sṛṣṭi) to be inherently foolish (maurkham) and extremely fragile. It is shattered into fragments by the current of water waves.

Words meanings summery:

• मन्ये (manye) - I consider (I think, I consider, I believe)

• मौर्क्य-मयी (maurkya-mayī) - full of folly (full of folly, consisting of folly)

• सृष्टिः (sṛṣṭiḥ) - creation (creation, emanation, production, nature)

• इयम् (iyam) - this (this (feminine))

• अत्यन्त-पेलवा (atyanta-pelavā) - extremely fragile (extremely delicate, very tender, exceedingly fragile)

• वाः-तरङ्ग-प्रवाहेण (vāḥ-taraṅga-pravāheṇa) - by the current of water waves (by the current of water-waves, by the flow of water-waves)

• कणशः (kaṇaśaḥ) - particle by particle, into fragments (particle by particle, fragment by fragment, into pieces)

• परिशीर्यते (pariśīryate) - is shattered / disintegrated (is shattered, is disintegrated, is crumbling, is perishing)

Words meanings and morphology

मन्ये (manye) - I consider (I think, I consider, I believe)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

Present Tense

Root man, ātmanepada form

Root: man (class 4)

Note: The subject 'I' is implicit.

मौर्क्य-मयी (maurkya-mayī) - full of folly (full of folly, consisting of folly)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of maurkya-maya

maurkya-maya - full of folly, consisting of folly

Compound of maurkya and suffix -maya (full of, consisting of)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (maurkya+maya)

• maurkya – folly, stupidity
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from mūrkha (foolish person)
• maya – consisting of, full of, made of
  adjective
  Suffix forming adjectives of material or abundance

Note: Agrees with 'sṛṣṭiḥ'.

सृष्टिः (sṛṣṭiḥ) - creation (creation, emanation, production, nature)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sṛṣṭi

sṛṣṭi - creation, emanation, production, nature

from root sṛj (to create, emit) + suffix kti

Root: sṛj (class 6)

इयम् (iyam) - this (this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Demonstrative pronoun, refers to 'sṛṣṭiḥ'.

अत्यन्त-पेलवा (atyanta-pelavā) - extremely fragile (extremely delicate, very tender, exceedingly fragile)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of atyanta-pelava

atyanta-pelava - extremely delicate, very tender, exceedingly fragile

Compound of atyanta (exceedingly) and pelava (delicate, soft)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (atyanta+pelava)

• atyanta – excessively, exceedingly, very
  indeclinable
  From ati (over) + anta (end), meaning 'to the extreme end'
• pelava – delicate, soft, tender, fragile
  adjective

Note: Agrees with 'sṛṣṭiḥ'.

वाः-तरङ्ग-प्रवाहेण (vāḥ-taraṅga-pravāheṇa) - by the current of water waves (by the current of water-waves, by the flow of water-waves)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vāḥ-taraṅga-pravāha

vāḥ-taraṅga-pravāha - current/flow of water waves

Compound: vāḥ (water) + taraṅga (wave) + pravāha (flow, current)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāḥ+taraṅga+pravāha)

• vāḥ – water
  noun (neuter)
  root vā (to blow) or a stem for vari
• taraṅga – wave
  noun (masculine)
  From root tṛ (to cross) + anga (moving)
  Root: tṛ (class 1)
• pravāha – flow, current, stream
  noun (masculine)
  From pra (forth) + root vah (to carry)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Indicates the agent of action 'pariśīryate'.

कणशः (kaṇaśaḥ) - particle by particle, into fragments (particle by particle, fragment by fragment, into pieces)

(indeclinable)

From kaṇa (grain, particle) + suffix śaḥ (distributive/adverbial)

Note: Adverb of manner.

परिशीर्यते (pariśīryate) - is shattered / disintegrated (is shattered, is disintegrated, is crumbling, is perishing)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of pariśīr

Present Tense

From pari (around, completely) + root śīr (to break, decay) in passive voice, ātmanepada form

Prefix: pari

Root: śīr (class 9)

Note: The subject 'sṛṣṭiḥ' is feminine singular nominative.