योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-45, verse-24

विजहार बहून्देशाननास्थश्चिन्तयान्वितः ।
प्रेर्यमाण इवान्येन वातनुन्न इवाम्बुदः ॥ २४ ॥

vijahāra bahūndeśānanāsthaścintayānvitaḥ ,
preryamāṇa ivānyena vātanunna ivāmbudaḥ 24

24. vijahāra bahūn deśān anāsthaḥ cintayā anvitaḥ |
preryamāṇaḥ iva anyena vāta-nunnaḥ iva ambudaḥ

24. anāsthaḥ cintayā anvitaḥ bahūn deśān vijahāra yathā
anyena preryamāṇaḥ iva vāta-nunnaḥ ambudaḥ iva

24. He wandered through many lands, detached and beset by anxiety, like a cloud propelled by the wind, as if driven by some other force.

24. הוא שוטט בארצות רבות, חסר עניין בדבר ושקוע בהרהורים, כאילו הונע בידי כוח זר, כמו ענן הנידף ברוח.

Words meanings summery:

• विजहार (vijahāra) - wandered (wandered, roamed, sported, amused himself)

• बहून् (bahūn) - many

• देशान् (deśān) - lands (countries, lands, regions)

• अनास्थः (anāsthaḥ) - detached (without attachment, indifferent, unconcerned, without foundation)

• चिन्तया (cintayā) - by anxiety (by thought, by worry, by anxiety)

• अन्वितः (anvitaḥ) - beset by (accompanied by, connected with, endowed with, followed by)

• प्रेर्यमाणः (preryamāṇaḥ) - being driven (being pushed, being urged, being impelled)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as it were)

• अन्येन (anyena) - by some other force (by another, by someone else)

• वात-नुन्नः (vāta-nunnaḥ) - propelled by the wind (propelled by the wind, wind-driven)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as it were)

• अम्बुदः (ambudaḥ) - cloud (cloud (giver of water))

Words meanings and morphology

विजहार (vijahāra) - wandered (wandered, roamed, sported, amused himself)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect past (liṭ) of vihar

perfect active 3rd singular

from root hṛ (to take) with upasarga vi- (often implies wandering, sporting)

Prefix: vi

Root: hṛ (class 1)

बहून् (bahūn) - many

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much, numerous

Note: Modifies 'deśān'.

देशान् (deśān) - lands (countries, lands, regions)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of deśa

deśa - country, land, region, place

Note: Object of motion, governed by 'vijahāra'.

अनास्थः (anāsthaḥ) - detached (without attachment, indifferent, unconcerned, without foundation)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anāstha

anāstha - without attachment, indifferent, without foundation

Compound type : nah-tatpurusha (an+āstha)

• an – not, un-
  indeclinable
• āstha – attachment, concern, interest, foundation (from āsthā)
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Describes the implied subject.

चिन्तया (cintayā) - by anxiety (by thought, by worry, by anxiety)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of cintā

cintā - thought, worry, anxiety, reflection

Note: Means 'by means of anxiety', governing 'anvitaḥ'.

अन्वितः (anvitaḥ) - beset by (accompanied by, connected with, endowed with, followed by)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anvita

anvita - accompanied by, connected with, possessed of

Past Passive Participle

from root i (to go) with upasarga anu- and suffix -ta

Prefix: anu

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Describes the implied subject, agreeing with 'anāsthaḥ'.

प्रेर्यमाणः (preryamāṇaḥ) - being driven (being pushed, being urged, being impelled)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of preryamāṇa

preryamāṇa - being urged, being impelled, being driven

Present Passive Participle

from root īr (to stir, move) with upasarga pra-, passive voice

Prefix: pra

Root: īr (class 2)

Note: Describes 'ambudaḥ'.

इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as it were)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a simile element.

अन्येन (anyena) - by some other force (by another, by someone else)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another

Note: Agent of the passive participle 'preryamāṇaḥ'.

वात-नुन्नः (vāta-nunnaḥ) - propelled by the wind (propelled by the wind, wind-driven)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāta-nunna

vāta-nunna - wind-driven, propelled by the wind

Compound type : tatpurusha (vāta+nunna)

• vāta – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
• nunna – pushed, driven, impelled
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root nud (to push, impel)
  Root: nud (class 6)

Note: Describes 'ambudaḥ'.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as it were)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces another simile element.

अम्बुदः (ambudaḥ) - cloud (cloud (giver of water))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ambuda

ambuda - cloud (giver of water)

Compound type : upapada-tatpurusha (ambas+da)

• ambas – water
  noun (neuter)
• da – giver, bestower (suffix)
  adjective (masculine)
  from root dā (to give)
  Root: dā (class 3)

Note: The object of comparison.

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