योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-39, verse-30

अशोक इव मञ्जर्यः पुष्करावर्तविद्युतः ।
न स्फुरन्ति जगत्कोशे तनुं त्यजसि किं मुधा ॥ ३० ॥

aśoka iva mañjaryaḥ puṣkarāvartavidyutaḥ ,
na sphuranti jagatkośe tanuṃ tyajasi kiṃ mudhā 30

30. aśoka iva mañjaryaḥ puṣkara-āvarta-vidyutaḥ na
sphuranti jagat-kośe tanum tyajasi kim mudhā

30. aśoka iva mañjaryaḥ puṣkara-āvarta-vidyutaḥ
jagat-kośe na sphuranti kim mudhā tanum tyajasi

30. The blossoms, like those of the Ashoka tree, and the lightning from the Puṣkarāvarta clouds are not flashing forth in the expanse of the world. Why do you abandon your body in vain?

Words meanings summery:

• अशोक (aśoka) - Ashoka tree, devoid of sorrow

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• मञ्जर्यः (mañjaryaḥ) - blossoms, buds, flower-stalks

• पुष्कर-आवर्त-विद्युतः (puṣkara-āvarta-vidyutaḥ) - lightning of the Puṣkarāvarta clouds

• न (na) - not, no

• स्फुरन्ति (sphuranti) - flash, vibrate, appear

• जगत्-कोशे (jagat-kośe) - in the expanse/realm of the world

• 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

अशोक (aśoka) - Ashoka tree, devoid of sorrow

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aśoka

aśoka - Ashoka tree (Saraca asoca), free from sorrow, causing no sorrow

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

मञ्जर्यः (mañjaryaḥ) - blossoms, buds, flower-stalks

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of mañjarī

mañjarī - blossom, bud, flower-stalk, cluster

पुष्कर-आवर्त-विद्युतः (puṣkara-āvarta-vidyutaḥ) - lightning of the Puṣkarāvarta clouds

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of puṣkara-āvarta-vidyut

puṣkara-āvarta-vidyut - lightning from the Puṣkarāvarta clouds (a mythical cloud type associated with cosmic destruction)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puṣkarāvarta+vidyut)

• puṣkarāvarta – a type of mythical cloud (often plural: Puṣkarāvartaka)
  noun (masculine)
• vidyut – lightning, flash
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: dyut (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

स्फुरन्ति (sphuranti) - flash, vibrate, appear

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of sphur

Present Indicative

Root: sphur (class 6)

जगत्-कोशे (jagat-kośe) - in the expanse/realm of the world

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jagat-kośa

jagat-kośa - world's sheath/expanse/treasury

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jagat+kośa)

• jagat – world, universe, moving
  noun (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root 'gam' (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)
• kośa – sheath, treasury, collection, space
  noun (masculine)

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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