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5,15

योगवासिष्ठः       yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-15, verse-9

क्षणमुल्लासमायाति क्षणमायाति शून्यताम् ।
जडा विदलयत्याशु तृष्णाप्रावृट्तरङ्गिणी ॥ ९ ॥
kṣaṇamullāsamāyāti kṣaṇamāyāti śūnyatām ,
jaḍā vidalayatyāśu tṛṣṇāprāvṛṭtaraṅgiṇī 9
9. kṣaṇam ullāsam āyāti kṣaṇam āyāti śūnyatām
jaḍā vidalayati āśu tṛṣṇāprāvṛttaraṅgiṇī
9. jaḍā tṛṣṇāprāvṛttaraṅgiṇī āśu vidalayati
kṣaṇam ullāsam āyāti kṣaṇam śūnyatām āyāti
9. This dull, rainy-season river of craving (tṛṣṇā) swiftly devastates; for one moment, it brings exhilaration, and for the next, it brings emptiness.

Words meanings summery:

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  • क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) - for a moment, instantly, in an instant
  • उल्लासम् (ullāsam) - joy, exhilaration, delight, blooming
  • आयाति (āyāti) - comes, approaches, arrives, reaches
  • शून्यताम् (śūnyatām) - emptiness, void, nothingness
  • जडा (jaḍā) - inert, dull, foolish, stupid
  • विदलयति (vidalayati) - destroys, breaks apart, agitates, makes restless
  • आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, immediately
  • तृष्णाप्रावृत्तरङ्गिणी (tṛṣṇāprāvṛttaraṅgiṇī) - Craving likened to a turbulent, destructive river during the rainy season. (the rainy-season river of craving)

Words meanings and morphology

क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) - for a moment, instantly, in an instant
(noun)
Accusative, masculine/neuter, singular of kṣaṇa
kṣaṇa - moment, instant, a very short period of time
Note: Functions as an adverb of time.
उल्लासम् (ullāsam) - joy, exhilaration, delight, blooming
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of ullāsa
ullāsa - joy, exhilaration, delight, blossoming, manifestation
From prefix ud- (up, forth) + root las (to shine, appear, sport).
Prefix: ud
Root: las (class 1)
आयाति (āyāti) - comes, approaches, arrives, reaches
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ā-yā
Present active indicative
From prefix ā- + root yā.
Prefix: ā
Root: yā (class 2)
Note: Subject is implicitly 'tṛṣṇā' or the state it causes.
शून्यताम् (śūnyatām) - emptiness, void, nothingness
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of śūnyatā
śūnyatā - emptiness, void, nothingness, the state of being empty
From śūnya (empty) + suffix tā (abstract noun).
जडा (jaḍā) - inert, dull, foolish, stupid
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of jaḍa
jaḍa - inert, dull, foolish, frozen, inanimate
Root: jaḍ
विदलयति (vidalayati) - destroys, breaks apart, agitates, makes restless
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vi-dal
Present active indicative (causative stem)
From prefix vi- + root dal in causative (dalayati).
Prefix: vi
Root: dal (class 1)
Note: Subject is 'tṛṣṇāprāvṛttaraṅgiṇī'.
आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, immediately
(indeclinable)
Also an adjective. Here used adverbially.
Note: Modifies 'vidalayati'.
तृष्णाप्रावृत्तरङ्गिणी (tṛṣṇāprāvṛttaraṅgiṇī) - Craving likened to a turbulent, destructive river during the rainy season. (the rainy-season river of craving)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of tṛṣṇāprāvṛttaraṅgiṇī
tṛṣṇāprāvṛttaraṅgiṇī - rainy-season river of craving
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tṛṣṇā+prāvṛt+taraṅgiṇī)
  • tṛṣṇā – craving, thirst, desire
    noun (feminine)
    From root tṛṣ (to thirst).
    Root: tṛṣ (class 4)
  • prāvṛt – rainy season, monsoon
    noun (feminine)
  • taraṅgiṇī – river (literally, having waves)
    noun (feminine)
    From taraṅga (wave) + ini (possessive suffix) + ī (feminine suffix).
Note: Subject of the sentence, specifically of 'vidalayati'.