योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-39, verse-37

पीवराज्ञानयोगेन यस्य पर्याकुलं मनः ।
दुःखानि विनिकृन्तन्ति मरण तस्य राजते ॥ ३७ ॥

pīvarājñānayogena yasya paryākulaṃ manaḥ ,
duḥkhāni vinikṛntanti maraṇa tasya rājate 37

37. pīvara-ajñāna-yogena yasya paryākulam manaḥ
duḥkhāni vinikr̥ntanti maraṇam tasya rājate

37. yasya manaḥ pīvara-ajñāna-yogena paryākulam duḥkhāni vinikr̥ntanti,
tasya maraṇam rājate

37. For him whose mind is greatly agitated by a dense entanglement of ignorance (ajñāna), and whom sorrows tear apart, death appears splendid.

Words meanings summery:

• पीवर-अज्ञान-योगेन (pīvara-ajñāna-yogena) - by the powerful application of ignorance, by the strong entanglement of ignorance

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom, for whom

• पर्याकुलम् (paryākulam) - greatly agitated, distressed, confused

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

• दुःखानि (duḥkhāni) - sorrows, sufferings, pains

• विनिक्र्̥न्तन्ति (vinikr̥ntanti) - they cut apart, they tear asunder, they destroy

• मरणम् (maraṇam) - death, dying

• तस्य (tasya) - for him, his, of him

• राजते (rājate) - it shines, it appears glorious, it is splendid

Words meanings and morphology

पीवर-अज्ञान-योगेन (pīvara-ajñāna-yogena) - by the powerful application of ignorance, by the strong entanglement of ignorance

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pīvara-ajñāna-yoga

pīvara-ajñāna-yoga - a powerful union with ignorance, strong ignorance and its binding

Compound type : tatpurusha (pīvara+ajñāna+yoga)

• pīvara – fat, stout, strong, swollen, robust
  adjective (masculine)
• ajñāna – ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance
  noun (neuter)
  Negation of jñāna (knowledge).
  Prefix: a
• yoga – union, connection, discipline, application, means, spiritual practice, concentration
  noun (masculine)
  Root: yuj (class 7)

यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom, for whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

पर्याकुलम् (paryākulam) - greatly agitated, distressed, confused

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of paryākula

paryākula - greatly agitated, distressed, confused, bewildered

Derived from prefixes 'pari-' and 'ā-' with root √kul (to accumulate, be dense).

Prefixes: pari+ā

Root: kul

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, disposition

दुःखानि (duḥkhāni) - sorrows, sufferings, pains

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of duḥkha

duḥkha - suffering, pain, sorrow, misery, discomfort

विनिक्र्̥न्तन्ति (vinikr̥ntanti) - they cut apart, they tear asunder, they destroy

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vinikr̥nt

Derived from prefixes 'vi-' and 'ni-' with root √kr̥nt (to cut).

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: kr̥nt (class 6)

मरणम् (maraṇam) - death, dying

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of maraṇa

maraṇa - death, dying

Action noun

Derived from the root √mr̥ (to die).

Root: mr̥ (class 6)

तस्य (tasya) - for him, his, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

राजते (rājate) - it shines, it appears glorious, it is splendid

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of rāj

Root: rāj (class 1)

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