योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-35, verse-37

अन्यः पश्यत्यहो मौर्ख्यं कस्येयं खलु चक्रिका ।
भुङ्क्ते प्रकृतिरादत्ते मनोदेहस्य संकटः ॥ ३७ ॥

anyaḥ paśyatyaho maurkhyaṃ kasyeyaṃ khalu cakrikā ,
bhuṅkte prakṛtirādatte manodehasya saṃkaṭaḥ 37

37. anyaḥ paśyati aho maurkham kasya iyam khalu cakrikā
bhuṅkte prakṛtiḥ ādatte manodehasya saṅkaṭaḥ

37. anyaḥ paśyati,
"aho,
(idam kīdṛśam) maurkham! iyam cakrikā khalu kasya?" prakṛtiḥ bhuṅkte (ca) ādatte (ca),
(kintu) manodehasya saṅkaṭaḥ (bhavati).

37. Another person observes, "Oh, what foolishness! Whose, indeed, is this cycle (cakrikā)?" Nature (prakṛti) experiences and receives, while distress afflicts the mind and body.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another, other, different

• पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, observes, beholds

• अहो (aho) - Oh!, Alas!, Ah!

• मौर्ख्यम् (maurkhyam) - foolishness, stupidity, ignorance

• कस्य (kasya) - whose, of whom, to whom

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• खलु (khalu) - indeed, certainly, surely, truly

• चक्रिका (cakrikā) - Referring to the cycle of existence or experience. (cycle, wheel, small disk)

• भुङ्क्ते (bhuṅkte) - enjoys, experiences, consumes

• प्रकृतिः (prakṛtiḥ) - nature, primal matter, disposition

• आदत्ते (ādatte) - takes, receives, accepts

• मनोदेहस्य (manodehasya) - of the mind and body, pertaining to the psychophysical being

• सङ्कटः (saṅkaṭaḥ) - distress, difficulty, crisis, danger

Words meanings and morphology

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another, other, different

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - another, other, different, distinct

पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, observes, beholds

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of paśyati

Present tense form of root dṛś (class 4) with a suppletive stem paśya-

Root: dṛś (class 4)

अहो (aho) - Oh!, Alas!, Ah!

(indeclinable)

मौर्ख्यम् (maurkhyam) - foolishness, stupidity, ignorance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of maurkhya

maurkhya - foolishness, stupidity, ignorance, folly

Derived from mūrkha (foolish) with suffix -ya

कस्य (kasya) - whose, of whom, to whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, singular of kim

kim - who?, what?, which?

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

खलु (khalu) - indeed, certainly, surely, truly

(indeclinable)

चक्रिका (cakrikā) - Referring to the cycle of existence or experience. (cycle, wheel, small disk)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cakrikā

cakrikā - a small wheel, a cycle, a potter's wheel

Feminine diminutive of cakra (wheel)

भुङ्क्ते (bhuṅkte) - enjoys, experiences, consumes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of bhuj

Present tense, ātmanepada, of root bhuj (class 7)

Root: bhuj (class 7)

प्रकृतिः (prakṛtiḥ) - nature, primal matter, disposition

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prakṛti

prakṛti - nature (prakṛti), primal matter, original form, disposition, character

Formed from pra-kṛ (to make, to do)

Prefix: pra

Root: kṛ (class 8)

आदत्ते (ādatte) - takes, receives, accepts

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of ā-dā

Present tense, ātmanepada, of root dā (class 3) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

मनोदेहस्य (manodehasya) - of the mind and body, pertaining to the psychophysical being

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of manodeha

manodeha - mind-body, psychophysical organism

Compound type : dvandva (manas+deha)

• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Root: man (class 4)
• deha – body, physical form
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dih (class 4)

सङ्कटः (saṅkaṭaḥ) - distress, difficulty, crisis, danger

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṅkaṭa

saṅkaṭa - distress, difficulty, crisis, danger, narrowness

From saṃ-kaṭ (to be narrow, difficult)

Prefix: sam

Root: kaṭ

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