योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-50, verse-77

द्रुमेऽक्षिनासाकुसुमे भुजादिशाखे विलोलाङ्गुलिजालपत्रे ।
समुल्लसन्तं परिमारयान्तर्मनोमहामर्कटमङ्ग सिद्ध्यै ॥ ७७ ॥

drume'kṣināsākusume bhujādiśākhe vilolāṅgulijālapatre ,
samullasantaṃ parimārayāntarmanomahāmarkaṭamaṅga siddhyai 77

77. drume akṣināsākusume bhujādiśākhe vilolāṅgulijālapatre
samullasantaṃ parimārayā antar manomahāmarkaṭam aṅga siddhyai

77. aṅga siddhyai antar manomahāmarkaṭam drume akṣināsākusume
bhujādiśākhe vilolāṅgulijālapatre samullasantaṃ parimārayā

77. O friend, for the sake of spiritual attainment (siddhi), completely kill that great monkey of the mind, which is leaping about within the tree that has eyes and a nose as its flowers, arms and other limbs as its branches, and a network of restless fingers as its leaves.

Words meanings summery:

• द्रुमे (drume) - in the tree of the body (metaphorical) (in the tree)

• अक्षिनासाकुसुमे (akṣināsākusume) - (in the tree) whose flowers are eyes and nose (in which eyes and nose are flowers)

• भुजादिशाखे (bhujādiśākhe) - (in the tree) whose branches are arms and other limbs (in which arms etc. are branches)

• विलोलाङ्गुलिजालपत्रे (vilolāṅgulijālapatre) - (in the tree) whose leaves are a network of restless fingers (in which restless finger-nets are leaves)

• समुल्लसन्तं (samullasantaṁ) - leaping about (leaping forth, shining, moving about)

• परिमारया (parimārayā) - completely kill (kill completely, destroy)

• अन्तर् (antar) - within (within, inside)

• मनोमहामर्कटम् (manomahāmarkaṭam) - the great monkey which is the mind (the great monkey of the mind)

• अङ्ग (aṅga) - O friend (O dear one, O friend, O limb)

• सिद्ध्यै (siddhyai) - for the sake of spiritual attainment (siddhi) (for success, for accomplishment, for spiritual attainment)

Words meanings and morphology

द्रुमे (drume) - in the tree of the body (metaphorical) (in the tree)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of druma

druma - tree, wood

अक्षिनासाकुसुमे (akṣināsākusume) - (in the tree) whose flowers are eyes and nose (in which eyes and nose are flowers)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of akṣināsākusuma

akṣināsākusuma - having eyes and nose as flowers

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (akṣināsa+kusuma)

• akṣināsa – eyes and nose
  noun (neuter)
• kusuma – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)

Note: Locative singular form, agreeing with 'drume'.

भुजादिशाखे (bhujādiśākhe) - (in the tree) whose branches are arms and other limbs (in which arms etc. are branches)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of bhujādiśākha

bhujādiśākha - having arms etc. as branches

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhujādi+śākha)

• bhujādi – arms etc., beginning with arms
  noun (masculine)
• śākha – branch, bough
  noun (masculine)

Note: Locative singular form, agreeing with 'drume'.

विलोलाङ्गुलिजालपत्रे (vilolāṅgulijālapatre) - (in the tree) whose leaves are a network of restless fingers (in which restless finger-nets are leaves)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of vilolāṅgulijālapatra

vilolāṅgulijālapatra - having restless finger-nets as leaves

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vilolāṅgulijāla+patra)

• vilolāṅgulijāla – net of restless fingers
  noun (neuter)
• patra – leaf
  noun (neuter)

Note: Locative singular form, agreeing with 'drume'.

समुल्लसन्तं (samullasantaṁ) - leaping about (leaping forth, shining, moving about)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of samullasat

samullasat - shining, leaping up, thriving

Present Active Participle

From root √las (to shine, sport) with upasargas sam- and ud-.

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: las (class 1)

Note: Accusative singular form, modifying 'manomahāmarkaṭam'.

परिमारया (parimārayā) - completely kill (kill completely, destroy)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of parimāraya

Causative verb, Imperative 2nd singular

From causative of root √mṛ (to die) with upasarga pari-. Poetic or archaic imperative form with -ā.

Prefix: pari

Root: mṛ (class 1)

अन्तर् (antar) - within (within, inside)

(indeclinable)

मनोमहामर्कटम् (manomahāmarkaṭam) - the great monkey which is the mind (the great monkey of the mind)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of manomahāmarkaṭa

manomahāmarkaṭa - great mind-monkey

Compound type : karmadhāraya (manas+mahāmarkaṭa)

• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
• mahāmarkaṭa – great monkey
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of 'parimārayā'.

अङ्ग (aṅga) - O friend (O dear one, O friend, O limb)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of aṅga

aṅga - limb, body, friend, dear one

सिद्ध्यै (siddhyai) - for the sake of spiritual attainment (siddhi) (for success, for accomplishment, for spiritual attainment)

(noun)

Dative, feminine, singular of siddhi

siddhi - success, accomplishment, perfection, spiritual attainment

Root: sidh (class 1)

Note: Indicates purpose, 'for success'.

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