योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-21, verse-16

हृदयं शून्यतामेति प्रकटीकृतकोटरम् ।
अगस्तिपीतार्णववदाशाविवशचेतसाम् ॥ १६ ॥

hṛdayaṃ śūnyatāmeti prakaṭīkṛtakoṭaram ,
agastipītārṇavavadāśāvivaśacetasām 16

16. hṛdayam śūnyatām eti prakaṭī-kṛta-koṭaram
agasti-pīta-arṇava-vat āśā-vivaśa-cetasām

16. āśā-vivaśa-cetasām hṛdayam agasti-pīta-arṇava-vat prakaṭī-kṛta-koṭaram (sat) śūnyatām eti.

16. The heart of those whose minds are overwhelmed by desire (āśā) attains emptiness, its inner hollow exposed, just like the ocean that was drunk by Agasti.

Words meanings summery:

• हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - the heart (as center of emotions/mind) (heart, mind, core)

• शून्यताम् (śūnyatām) - state of emptiness (emptiness, void)

• एति (eti) - it attains (it goes, it attains, it comes)

• प्रकटी-कृत-कोटरम् (prakaṭī-kṛta-koṭaram) - its inner hollow revealed (whose hollow is made manifest, whose cavity is revealed)

• अगस्ति-पीत-अर्णव-वत् (agasti-pīta-arṇava-vat) - like the ocean that Agasti consumed (like the ocean drunk by Agasti)

• आशा-विवश-चेतसाम् (āśā-vivaśa-cetasām) - of those whose intellects are enslaved by desire (āśā) (of those whose minds are overcome by desire)

Words meanings and morphology

हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - the heart (as center of emotions/mind) (heart, mind, core)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hṛdaya

hṛdaya - heart, mind, soul, core

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'eti'.

शून्यताम् (śūnyatām) - state of emptiness (emptiness, void)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śūnyatā

śūnyatā - emptiness, void, nothingness

From śūnya (empty) + tā (abstract suffix)

Note: Object of 'eti'.

एति (eti) - it attains (it goes, it attains, it comes)

(verb)

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

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Verb for 'hṛdayam'.

प्रकटी-कृत-कोटरम् (prakaṭī-kṛta-koṭaram) - its inner hollow revealed (whose hollow is made manifest, whose cavity is revealed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prakaṭī-kṛta-koṭara

prakaṭī-kṛta-koṭara - having a manifested cavity/hollow

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (prakaṭī-kṛta+koṭara)

• prakaṭī-kṛta – made manifest, revealed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From prakaṭī-kar (to make manifest) + kta suffix
  Prefix: pra
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• koṭara – hollow, cavity, hole (especially in a tree)
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'hṛdayam'.

अगस्ति-पीत-अर्णव-वत् (agasti-pīta-arṇava-vat) - like the ocean that Agasti consumed (like the ocean drunk by Agasti)

(indeclinable)

Compound + indeclinable suffix 'vat'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (agasti+pīta+arṇava+vat)

• agasti – name of a revered sage (rishi)
  proper noun (masculine)
• pīta – drunk, consumed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root pā (to drink) + kta suffix
  Root: pā (class 1)
• arṇava – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• vat – like, as
  indeclinable
  Suffix for comparison

Note: Adverbial particle for comparison.

आशा-विवश-चेतसाम् (āśā-vivaśa-cetasām) - of those whose intellects are enslaved by desire (āśā) (of those whose minds are overcome by desire)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of āśā-vivaśa-cetas

āśā-vivaśa-cetas - one whose mind is overwhelmed by desire

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (āśā+vivaśa+cetas)

• āśā – hope, desire, expectation
  noun (feminine)
  Root: aś (class 5)
• vivaśa – powerless, helpless, overwhelmed, subject to
  adjective (masculine)
  From vi + vaśa (power)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: vaś (class 2)
• cetas – mind, intellect, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Refers to the people whose hearts are described.

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