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.

109. נדמה לי שבריאה זו, הספוגה איוולת, שבירה ביותר; היא מתפוררת לרסיסים כנגד זרם נחשולי המים.

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.

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