योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-39, verse-43

यस्य स्वदेहविपिनमाधिव्याधिदवाग्नयः ।
दहन्ति लोलाङ्गलतं मरणं तस्य राजते ॥ ४३ ॥

yasya svadehavipinamādhivyādhidavāgnayaḥ ,
dahanti lolāṅgalataṃ maraṇaṃ tasya rājate 43

43. yasya svadehavipinam ādhivyādhidavāgnayaḥ
dahanti lolāṅgalatam maraṇam tasya rājate

43. yasya ādhivyādhidavāgnayaḥ lolāṅgalatam svadehavipinam dahanti,
tasya maraṇam rājate

43. For him whose own body-forest, which is as frail as a trembling creeper, is consumed by the devastating fires of mental anguish (ādhi) and physical diseases (vyādhi), for such a one, death is glorious.

Words meanings summery:

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

• स्वदेहविपिनम् (svadehavipinam) - own body-forest (forest of one's own body)

• आधिव्याधिदवाग्नयः (ādhivyādhidavāgnayaḥ) - devastating fires of mental anguish (ādhi) and physical diseases (vyādhi) (mental anguish and physical disease as forest fires)

• दहन्ति (dahanti) - is consumed (they consume) (they burn, consume)

• लोलाङ्गलतम् (lolāṅgalatam) - frail as a trembling creeper (trembling creeper-like body/limbs, frail body)

• 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

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'.

स्वदेहविपिनम् (svadehavipinam) - own body-forest (forest of one's own body)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svadehavipina

svadehavipina - forest of one's own body

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+deha+vipina)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun
• deha – body
  noun (masculine)
• vipina – forest, grove, wood
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of the verb 'dahanti'.

आधिव्याधिदवाग्नयः (ādhivyādhidavāgnayaḥ) - devastating fires of mental anguish (ādhi) and physical diseases (vyādhi) (mental anguish and physical disease as forest fires)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ādhivyādhidavāgni

ādhivyādhidavāgni - forest fire of mental and physical diseases

Compound type : tatpurusha (ādhi+vyādhi+davāgni)

• ādhi – mental suffering, anxiety, anguish
  noun (masculine)
• vyādhi – physical disease, illness
  noun (masculine)
• davāgni – forest fire
  noun (masculine)
  Root: agni

Note: Subject of the verb 'dahanti'.

दहन्ति (dahanti) - is consumed (they consume) (they burn, consume)

(verb)

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

Present tense, third person, plural, active voice

Root: dah (class 1)

लोलाङ्गलतम् (lolāṅgalatam) - frail as a trembling creeper (trembling creeper-like body/limbs, frail body)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of lolāṅgalata

lolāṅgalata - trembling creeper-like body

Compound type : karma_dhāraya (lola+aṅga+latā)

• lola – trembling, shaking, unsteady, restless
  adjective
  Root: lul (class 1)
• aṅga – limb, body, part
  noun (neuter)
• latā – creeper, vine
  noun (feminine)

Note: Agrees with and describes 'svadehavipinam'.

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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