योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-39, verse-29

वायुर्वहति नोन्मत्तस्त्रिलोकीभस्मधूसरः ।
लोलामरकपालाङ्कस्तनुं त्यजसि किं मुधा ॥ २९ ॥

vāyurvahati nonmattastrilokībhasmadhūsaraḥ ,
lolāmarakapālāṅkastanuṃ tyajasi kiṃ mudhā 29

29. vāyuḥ vahati na unmattaḥ trilokī-bhasma-dhūsaraḥ
lola-amara-kapāla-aṅkaḥ tanum tyajasi kim mudhā

29. unmattaḥ trilokī-bhasma-dhūsaraḥ lola-amara-kapāla-aṅkaḥ
vāyuḥ na vahati kim mudhā tanum tyajasi

29. The wind is not blowing madly, grayed by the ashes of the three worlds, nor does it bear the mark of the swaying skulls of the gods. Why do you abandon your body in vain?

Words meanings summery:

• वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind, air, breath

• वहति (vahati) - carries, blows, flows

• न (na) - not, no

• उन्मत्तः (unmattaḥ) - mad, frenzied, furious

• त्रिलोकी-भस्म-धूसरः (trilokī-bhasma-dhūsaraḥ) - gray with the ashes of the three worlds

• लोल-अमर-कपाल-अङ्कः (lola-amara-kapāla-aṅkaḥ) - marked by the swaying skulls of gods

• तनुम् (tanum) - body, form, person

• त्यजसि (tyajasi) - you abandon, you forsake, you give up

• किम् (kim) - what, why, how

• मुधा (mudhā) - in vain, uselessly, foolishly

Words meanings and morphology

वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind, air, breath

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - wind, air, a deity (Vāyu), breath, vital air

Root: vā (class 2)

वहति (vahati) - carries, blows, flows

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of vah

Present Indicative

Root: vah (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

उन्मत्तः (unmattaḥ) - mad, frenzied, furious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of unmatta

unmatta - mad, frenzied, drunk, furious, excited

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'mad' (to be mad, rejoice) with upasarga 'ud'.

Prefix: ud

Root: mad (class 4)

त्रिलोकी-भस्म-धूसरः (trilokī-bhasma-dhūsaraḥ) - gray with the ashes of the three worlds

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of trilokī-bhasma-dhūsara

trilokī-bhasma-dhūsara - grey with the ashes of the three worlds

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (trilokī+bhasma+dhūsara)

• trilokī – the three worlds (heaven, earth, and netherworld)
  noun (feminine)
• bhasma – ashes, dust
  noun (neuter)
• dhūsara – grey, dust-colored
  adjective (masculine)

लोल-अमर-कपाल-अङ्कः (lola-amara-kapāla-aṅkaḥ) - marked by the swaying skulls of gods

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lola-amara-kapāla-aṅka

lola-amara-kapāla-aṅka - marked by the swaying skulls of gods

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (lola+amara+kapāla+aṅka)

• lola – swaying, trembling, fickle
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: lul (class 1)
• amara – immortal, god, deity
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: a
  Root: mṛ (class 1)
• kapāla – skull, forehead, pot, cup
  noun (neuter)
• aṅka – mark, sign, distinguishing feature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: aṅk (class 1)

तनुम् (tanum) - body, form, person

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tanu

tanu - body, person, form, skin

Root: tan (class 8)

त्यजसि (tyajasi) - you abandon, you forsake, you give up

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of tyaj

Present Indicative

Root: tyaj (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what, why, how

(indeclinable)

मुधा (mudhā) - in vain, uselessly, foolishly

(indeclinable)

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