योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-35, verse-81

तृष्णारज्जुगुणं छित्त्वा मच्छरीरकपञ्जरात् ।
न जाने क्व गतोड्डीय दुरहंकृतिपक्षिणी ॥ ८१ ॥

tṛṣṇārajjuguṇaṃ chittvā maccharīrakapañjarāt ,
na jāne kva gatoḍḍīya durahaṃkṛtipakṣiṇī 81

81. tṛṣṇārajjuguṇam chittvā mat śarīrakapañjarāt
na jāne kva gata uḍḍīya durahaṅkṛtipakṣiṇī

81. durahaṅkṛtipakṣiṇī tṛṣṇārajjuguṇam chittvā
mat śarīrakapañjarāt kva gata uḍḍīya na jāne

81. I do not know where the wicked bird of ego (ahaṅkāra) has flown away, having severed the rope of craving, from the cage that is my body.

Words meanings summery:

• तृष्णारज्जुगुन्̣अम् (tṛṣṇārajjuguṇam) - the quality/strand of the rope of craving

• छित्त्वा (chittvā) - having cut, having severed

• मत् (mat) - my, of me

• शरीरकपञ्जरात् (śarīrakapañjarāt) - from the cage of the body

• न (na) - not

• जाने (jāne) - I know

• क्व (kva) - where?

• गत (gata) - gone, departed, reached

• उड्डीय (uḍḍīya) - having flown up, having flown away

• दुरहङ्कृतिपक्षिणी (durahaṅkṛtipakṣiṇī) - the evil/wicked ego-bird

Words meanings and morphology

तृष्णारज्जुगुन्̣अम् (tṛṣṇārajjuguṇam) - the quality/strand of the rope of craving

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tṛṣṇārajjuguṇa

tṛṣṇārajjuguṇa - the quality/strand of the rope of craving/thirst

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tṛṣṇā+rajju+guṇa)

• tṛṣṇā – craving, thirst, desire
  noun (feminine)
• rajju – rope, cord
  noun (feminine)
• guṇa – quality, attribute, strand, thread, rope
  noun (masculine)

छित्त्वा (chittvā) - having cut, having severed

(indeclinable)

absolutive

formed from root 'chid' with suffix -tvā

Root: chid (class 7)

मत् (mat) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Used here as a possessive adjective, derived from 'asmad'.

शरीरकपञ्जरात् (śarīrakapañjarāt) - from the cage of the body

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of śarīrakapañjara

śarīrakapañjara - cage of the body

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (śarīraka+pañjara)

• śarīraka – body, corporeal
  noun (neuter)
• pañjara – cage, framework
  noun (neuter)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

जाने (jāne) - I know

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of jñā

Root: jñā (class 9)

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

गत (gata) - gone, departed, reached

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gata

gata - gone, departed, reached

Past Passive Participle

formed from root 'gam' with suffix -ta

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'durahaṅkṛtipakṣiṇī'.

उड्डीय (uḍḍīya) - having flown up, having flown away

(indeclinable)

absolutive

formed from root 'ḍī' with upasarga 'ut' and suffix -ya

Prefix: ut

Root: ḍī (class 4)

दुरहङ्कृतिपक्षिणी (durahaṅkṛtipakṣiṇī) - the evil/wicked ego-bird

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of durahaṅkṛtipakṣiṇī

durahaṅkṛtipakṣiṇī - evil ego (ahaṅkāra) bird

Compound type : karmadhāraya (dur+ahaṅkṛti+pakṣiṇī)

• dur – bad, evil, difficult
  indeclinable
• ahaṅkṛti – ego, self-conceit, the faculty of 'I-making', ahaṅkāra
  noun (feminine)
• pakṣiṇī – female bird
  noun (feminine)

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