योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-35, verse-82

उद्धूलिते घनाज्ञानकुलाये कायपादपात् ।
न जाने गत उड्डीय क्वाहंभावविहंगमः ॥ ८२ ॥

uddhūlite ghanājñānakulāye kāyapādapāt ,
na jāne gata uḍḍīya kvāhaṃbhāvavihaṃgamaḥ 82

82. ut dhūlite ghanājñānakulāye kāyapādapāt na
jāne gata uḍḍīya kva ahaṃbhāvavihaṅgamaḥ

82. ahaṃbhāvavihaṅgamaḥ kāyapādapāt ut dhūlite
ghanājñānakulāye kva gata uḍḍīya na jāne

82. I do not know where the bird of 'I-ness' (ahaṃbhāva) has flown away from the body-tree, from the nest of dense ignorance which has been stirred up.

Words meanings summery:

• उत् (ut) - up, out, upwards, thoroughly

• धूलिते (dhūlite) - in the agitated, shaken, dusted, stirred up

• घनाज्ञानकुलाये (ghanājñānakulāye) - in the nest of dense ignorance

• कायपादपात् (kāyapādapāt) - from the body-tree

• न (na) - not

• जाने (jāne) - I know

• गत (gata) - gone, departed, reached

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

• क्व (kva) - where?

• अहंभावविहङ्गमः (ahaṁbhāvavihaṅgamaḥ) - the bird of 'I-ness' (ego)

Words meanings and morphology

उत् (ut) - up, out, upwards, thoroughly

(indeclinable)

Note: Here treated as a separate word due to external sandhi undoing.

धूलिते (dhūlite) - in the agitated, shaken, dusted, stirred up

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of dhūlita

dhūlita - dusted, agitated, shaken, stirred

Past Passive Participle

formed from root 'dhūl' with suffix -ita

Root: dhūl (class 10)

Note: Agrees with 'ghanājñānakulāye'.

घनाज्ञानकुलाये (ghanājñānakulāye) - in the nest of dense ignorance

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ghanājñānakulāya

ghanājñānakulāya - nest of dense ignorance

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (ghana+ajñāna+kulāya)

• ghana – dense, thick, solid
  adjective
• ajñāna – ignorance, nescience, non-knowledge
  noun (neuter)
• kulāya – nest, habitation, home
  noun (neuter)

कायपादपात् (kāyapādapāt) - from the body-tree

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kāyapādapa

kāyapādapa - body-tree

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kāya+pādapa)

• kāya – body, collection
  noun (masculine)
• pādapa – tree (literally 'foot-drinker')
  noun (masculine)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

जाने (jāne) - I know

(verb)

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

Root: jñā (class 9)

गत (gata) - gone, departed, reached

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, departed, reached

Past Passive Participle

formed from root 'gam' with suffix -ta

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'ahaṃbhāvavihaṅgamaḥ'.

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)

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

अहंभावविहङ्गमः (ahaṁbhāvavihaṅgamaḥ) - the bird of 'I-ness' (ego)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ahaṃbhāvavihaṅgama

ahaṁbhāvavihaṅgama - the bird of ego (ahaṃbhāva), the sense of 'I'

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (ahaṃbhāva+vihaṅgama)

• ahaṃbhāva – ego, sense of 'I-ness', self-consciousness, ahaṃbhāva
  noun (masculine)
• vihaṅgama – bird
  noun (masculine)

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