योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-15, verse-19

तृष्णयाशयकौशिक्या हृद्यमङ्गलभूतया ।
रूढया भगवानेष विष्णुर्वामनतां गतः ॥ १९ ॥

tṛṣṇayāśayakauśikyā hṛdyamaṅgalabhūtayā ,
rūḍhayā bhagavāneṣa viṣṇurvāmanatāṃ gataḥ 19

19. tṛṣṇayā āśayakauśikyā hṛdyāmaṅgalabhūtayā
rūḍhayā bhagavān eṣa viṣṇuḥ vāmanatām gataḥ

19. rūḍhayā hṛdyāmaṅgalabhūtayā āśayakauśikyā
tṛṣṇayā eṣa bhagavān viṣṇuḥ vāmanatām gataḥ

19. By deeply entrenched craving (tṛṣṇā), whose intrinsic nature is like an owl, and which, though initially pleasing, has become inauspicious, this Lord Viṣṇu assumed the form of a dwarf (vāmana).

Words meanings summery:

• तृष्णया (tṛṣṇayā) - by craving (tṛṣṇā), as the instrumental cause (by craving, through desire, with thirst)

• आशयकौशिक्या (āśayakauśikyā) - by craving, whose intrinsic nature is like an owl (by the one whose intention/mind is like an owl)

• हृद्यामङ्गलभूतया (hṛdyāmaṅgalabhūtayā) - by craving, which, though initially pleasing, has become inauspicious (by the one who, though pleasing, has become inauspicious)

• रूढया (rūḍhayā) - by craving that is deeply entrenched/rooted (by the one grown, arisen, established, deeply rooted)

• भगवान् (bhagavān) - Lord (a title for Viṣṇu) (Lord, blessed, glorious, divine)

• एष (eṣa) - this (referring to Viṣṇu) (this, he, here)

• विष्णुः (viṣṇuḥ) - Lord Viṣṇu, specifically referring to his Vāmana avatāra (Viṣṇu (a deity in Hinduism))

• वामनताम् (vāmanatām) - the state of being a dwarf, referring to Viṣṇu's Vāmana incarnation (dwarf-nature, state of being a dwarf, dwarfishness)

• गतः (gataḥ) - assumed (the state of a dwarf) (gone, attained, assumed, reached, become)

Words meanings and morphology

तृष्णया (tṛṣṇayā) - by craving (tṛṣṇā), as the instrumental cause (by craving, through desire, with thirst)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tṛṣṇā

tṛṣṇā - craving, thirst, desire, longing, avidity

From root `tṛṣ` (to thirst).

Root: tṛṣ (class 4)

Note: Main instrumental agent.

आशयकौशिक्या (āśayakauśikyā) - by craving, whose intrinsic nature is like an owl (by the one whose intention/mind is like an owl)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of āśayakauśikī

āśayakauśikī - having an owl-like nature/mind/intention

Compound of `āśaya` (mind/intention) and `kauśikī` (feminine of kauśika, owl-like/owl).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (āśaya+kauśikī)

• āśaya – intention, meaning, repository, mind, heart, inner nature
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: śī (class 2)
• kauśikī – owl, owl-like, belonging to Kauśika (Indra)
  noun (feminine)
  Feminine form of `kauśika`.

हृद्यामङ्गलभूतया (hṛdyāmaṅgalabhūtayā) - by craving, which, though initially pleasing, has become inauspicious (by the one who, though pleasing, has become inauspicious)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of hṛdyāmaṅgalabhūtā

hṛdyāmaṅgalabhūtā - (feminine) having become inauspicious despite being pleasing to the heart

Past Passive Participle (`bhūtā`)

Compound of `hṛdya` (pleasing) + `a` (not) + `maṅgala` (auspicious) + `bhūtā` (become).

Compound type : descriptive compound (hṛdya+amaṅgala+bhūtā)

• hṛdya – pleasant to the heart, charming, agreeable, desirable
  adjective
• amaṅgala – inauspicious, unlucky, evil
  adjective
  `a` (negation) + `maṅgala` (auspicious).
• bhūtā – become, existed, happened, past
  participle (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `bhū` (to be, become). Feminine nominative singular.
  Root: bhū (class 1)

रूढया (rūḍhayā) - by craving that is deeply entrenched/rooted (by the one grown, arisen, established, deeply rooted)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of rūḍha

rūḍha - grown, arisen, mounted, climbed, firmly established, deeply rooted

Past Passive Participle

From root `ruh` (to grow, ascend).

Root: ruh (class 1)

भगवान् (bhagavān) - Lord (a title for Viṣṇu) (Lord, blessed, glorious, divine)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - possessing fortune, glorious, divine, blessed, venerable, Lord

From `bhaga` (fortune) + `vat` suffix.

Root: bhaj (class 1)

एष (eṣa) - this (referring to Viṣṇu) (this, he, here)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

विष्णुः (viṣṇuḥ) - Lord Viṣṇu, specifically referring to his Vāmana avatāra (Viṣṇu (a deity in Hinduism))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viṣṇu

viṣṇu - Viṣṇu, the Preserver deity, an epithet of the sun

Root: viṣ (class 10)

वामनताम् (vāmanatām) - the state of being a dwarf, referring to Viṣṇu's Vāmana incarnation (dwarf-nature, state of being a dwarf, dwarfishness)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vāmanatā

vāmanatā - dwarf-nature, state of being a dwarf, dwarfishness, littleness

From `vāmana` (dwarf) + `tā` (suffix for state/nature).

गतः (gataḥ) - assumed (the state of a dwarf) (gone, attained, assumed, reached, become)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, moved, obtained, reached, assumed, become, departed

Past Passive Participle

From root `gam` (to go, move).

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used here with an accusative object (`vāmanatām`) to mean 'assumed the state of'.

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