योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-39, verse-42

रोमराजीलताजालं यस्येमं देहदुर्द्रुमम् ।
अनर्थौघो हरत्युच्चैर्मरणं तस्य राजते ॥ ४२ ॥

romarājīlatājālaṃ yasyemaṃ dehadurdrumam ,
anarthaugho haratyuccairmaraṇaṃ tasya rājate 42

42. romarājīlatājālam yasya imam dehadurdrumam
anarthaughaḥ harati uccaiḥ maraṇam tasya rājate

42. yasya imam dehadurdrumam romarājīlatājālam anarthaughaḥ uccaiḥ harati,
tasya maraṇam rājate

42. For him whose network of hair-rows, like entangled creepers (romarājīlatājāla), on this miserable tree of a body, is severely swept away by a flood of misfortunes, for such a one, death is glorious.

Words meanings summery:

• रोमराजीलताजालम् (romarājīlatājālam) - network of hair-rows, like entangled creepers (network of hair-rows like creepers)

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

• इमम् (imam) - this (this, him, it)

• देहदुर्द्रुमम् (dehadurdrumam) - miserable tree of a body (miserable body-tree, evil tree of the body)

• अनर्थौघः (anarthaughaḥ) - flood of misfortunes (flood/torrent of misfortunes/evils)

• हरति (harati) - swept away (they sweep away) (carries away, takes away, removes, destroys)

• उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - severely (high, loudly, strongly, greatly)

• मरणम् (maraṇam) - death (death, dying)

• तस्य (tasya) - for him (his, of him, for him)

• राजते (rājate) - is glorious (shines, is brilliant, is glorious, rules)

Words meanings and morphology

रोमराजीलताजालम् (romarājīlatājālam) - network of hair-rows, like entangled creepers (network of hair-rows like creepers)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of romarājīlatājāla

romarājīlatājāla - network of hair-rows like creepers

Compound type : tatpurusha / upamita (roman+rājī+latā+jāla)

• roman – hair
  noun (neuter)
• rājī – line, row, series
  noun (feminine)
• latā – creeper, vine
  noun (feminine)
• jāla – net, network, web
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of the verb 'harati'.

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

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who, whoever

Note: Genitive singular of the relative pronoun 'yad'.

इमम् (imam) - this (this, him, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Masculine accusative singular, agreeing with dehadurdrumam.

देहदुर्द्रुमम् (dehadurdrumam) - miserable tree of a body (miserable body-tree, evil tree of the body)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dehadurdruma

dehadurdruma - miserable body-tree, evil body-tree

Compound type : karma_dhāraya (deha+durdruma)

• deha – body
  noun (masculine)
• durdruma – bad tree, evil tree, troublesome tree
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: dur
  Root: dru

अनर्थौघः (anarthaughaḥ) - flood of misfortunes (flood/torrent of misfortunes/evils)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anarthaugha

anarthaugha - flood of misfortunes

Compound type : tatpurusha (anartha+ogha)

• anartha – misfortune, evil, calamity, harm
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: an
  Root: arth (class 1)
• ogha – flood, torrent, stream, multitude
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the verb 'harati'.

हरति (harati) - swept away (they sweep away) (carries away, takes away, removes, destroys)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of hṛ

Present tense, third person, singular, active voice

Root: hṛ (class 1)

उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - severely (high, loudly, strongly, greatly)

(indeclinable)

मरणम् (maraṇam) - death (death, dying)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of maraṇa

maraṇa - death, dying

From root mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

तस्य (tasya) - for him (his, of him, for him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Genitive singular of 'tad' (masculine, referring to the person described by yasya).

राजते (rājate) - is glorious (shines, is brilliant, is glorious, rules)

(verb)

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

Present tense, third person, singular, middle voice

Root: rāj (class 1)

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