योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-21, verse-19

शीतता सा न शीतांशोर्न हिमाचलकन्दरे ।
न रम्भाचन्दनावल्यां निःस्पृहेषु मनःसु या ॥ १९ ॥

śītatā sā na śītāṃśorna himācalakandare ,
na rambhācandanāvalyāṃ niḥspṛheṣu manaḥsu yā 19

19. śītatā sā na śītāṃśoḥ na himācalakandare na
rambhācandanāvalyām niḥspṛheṣu manaḥsu yā

19. yā śītatā niḥspṛheṣu manaḥsu sā na śītāṃśoḥ
na himācalakandare na rambhācandanāvalyām

19. That coolness which resides in desireless minds is found neither in the moon, nor in the caves of the Himalayas, nor in a sequence of plantain trees and sandalwood paste.

Words meanings summery:

• शीतता (śītatā) - coolness, coldness

• सा (sā) - that (feminine)

• न (na) - not

• शीतांशोः (śītāṁśoḥ) - of the moon

• न (na) - nor

• हिमाचलकन्दरे (himācalakandare) - in the cave of the Himalayas

• न (na) - nor

• रम्भाचन्दनावल्याम् (rambhācandanāvalyām) - in the series of plantain trees and sandalwood (paste)

• निःस्पृहेषु (niḥspṛheṣu) - in the desireless (minds)

• मनःसु (manaḥsu) - in the minds

• या (yā) - which (feminine)

Words meanings and morphology

शीतता (śītatā) - coolness, coldness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śītatā

śītatā - coolness, coldness, frigidity

Derived from 'śīta' (cold) with suffix '-tā' (abstract noun)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'to be'.

सा (sā) - that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Refers back to 'śītatā'.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

शीतांशोः (śītāṁśoḥ) - of the moon

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śītāṃśu

śītāṁśu - moon (lit. 'cool-rayed')

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śīta+aṃśu)

• śīta – cold, cool, frigid
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `śyai` (to freeze, to be cold)
  Root: śyai (class 1)
• aṃśu – ray, beam of light
  noun (masculine)
  Root: aṃś (class 1)

Note: Used with negation, implying 'not in the moon'.

न (na) - nor

(indeclinable)

हिमाचलकन्दरे (himācalakandare) - in the cave of the Himalayas

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of himācalakandara

himācalakandara - cave of the Himalayas

Compound type : tatpurusha (himācala+kandara)

• himācala – the Himalayas (lit. 'abode of snow')
  proper noun (masculine)
• kandara – cave, grotto
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 6)

न (na) - nor

(indeclinable)

रम्भाचन्दनावल्याम् (rambhācandanāvalyām) - in the series of plantain trees and sandalwood (paste)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of rambhācandanāvalī

rambhācandanāvalī - a row/series of plantain trees and sandalwood (paste/trees)

Compound type : dvandva-tatpurusha (rambhā+candana+āvalī)

• rambhā – plantain tree, a celestial nymph
  noun (feminine)
  Root: rambh (class 1)
• candana – sandalwood, sandalwood paste
  noun (neuter)
  Root: cand (class 1)
• āvalī – a row, a line, a series, a multitude
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: val

निःस्पृहेषु (niḥspṛheṣu) - in the desireless (minds)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of niḥspṛha

niḥspṛha - free from desire, desireless, indifferent

Formed with prefix 'nis-' (without) + 'spṛhā' (desire)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nis+spṛhā)

• nis – out, away, without
  indeclinable
• spṛhā – desire, longing
  noun (feminine)
  From root `spṛh` (to long for)
  Root: spṛh (class 10)

मनःसु (manaḥsu) - in the minds

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, soul

s-stem noun

Root: man (class 4)

या (yā) - which (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

Note: Relative pronoun, refers to 'śītatā'.

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