योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-50, verse-82

फूत्कारदग्धाखिलपान्थलोकमत्यन्तदुष्प्रापपरप्रबोधम् ।
आशीविषं शोषितलोकखण्डं व्यात्त्यामिषोद्धूतशरीरदण्डम् ॥ ८२ ॥

phūtkāradagdhākhilapānthalokamatyantaduṣprāpaparaprabodham ,
āśīviṣaṃ śoṣitalokakhaṇḍaṃ vyāttyāmiṣoddhūtaśarīradaṇḍam 82

82. phūtkāradagdhākhilapānthalokam atyantaduṣprāpaparaprabodham
āśīviṣam śoṣitalokakhaṇḍam vyāttyāmiṣoddhūtaśarīradaṇḍam

82. āśīviṣam phūtkāradagdhākhilapānthalokam,
atyantaduṣprāpaparaprabodham,
śoṣitalokakhaṇḍam,
vyāttyāmiṣoddhūtaśarīradaṇḍam (asti).

82. (This describes) the venomous serpent (āśīviṣa) that has scorched all travelers (souls) with its hissing breath, making supreme awakening (paraprabodha) extremely difficult to attain, that has dried up segments of the world, and whose very being is agitated by pervasive desires.

Words meanings summery:

• फूत्कारदग्धाखिलपान्थलोकम् (phūtkāradagdhākhilapānthalokam) - (the python of intention) that destroys the spiritual progress of all seekers with its poisonous influence (like a hiss) (having burnt all travelers/people with its hiss)

• अत्यन्तदुष्प्रापपरप्रबोधम् (atyantaduṣprāpaparaprabodham) - an obstacle to higher knowledge (paraprabodha) (making supreme awakening extremely difficult to attain)

• आशीविषम् (āśīviṣam) - (metaphor for the terrible python of intention) (venomous snake, poisonous serpent)

• शोषितलोकखण्डम् (śoṣitalokakhaṇḍam) - (the python of intention) that saps the vitality of people and leads to decay in the world (that has dried up/withered parts of the world/people)

• व्यात्त्यामिषोद्धूतशरीरदण्डम् (vyāttyāmiṣoddhūtaśarīradaṇḍam) - (the python of intention) whose very being is stirred into action by widespread cravings and sense attachments (whose body/power is agitated/sustained by pervasive desires for sense objects)

Words meanings and morphology

फूत्कारदग्धाखिलपान्थलोकम् (phūtkāradagdhākhilapānthalokam) - (the python of intention) that destroys the spiritual progress of all seekers with its poisonous influence (like a hiss) (having burnt all travelers/people with its hiss)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of phūtkāradagdhākhilapānthaloka

phūtkāradagdhākhilapānthaloka - one who has burnt all travelers by hissing

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (phūtkāra+dagdha+akhila+pānthaloka)

• phūtkāra – hissing, blowing sound
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from onomatopoeic phūt and root kṛ (to make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• dagdha – burnt, scorched
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root dah (to burn).
  Root: dah (class 1)
• akhila – all, entire, complete
  adjective
  Derived from khila with negation a.
  Prefix: a
• pānthaloka – people, travelers, humanity
  noun (masculine)
  Tatpurusha compound.

Note: Adjective modifying the implied saṃkalpaghorājagaram.

अत्यन्तदुष्प्रापपरप्रबोधम् (atyantaduṣprāpaparaprabodham) - an obstacle to higher knowledge (paraprabodha) (making supreme awakening extremely difficult to attain)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of atyantaduṣprāpaparaprabodha

atyantaduṣprāpaparaprabodha - one for whom supreme enlightenment is extremely difficult to attain

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (atyanta+duṣprāpa+paraprabodha)

• atyanta – extremely, excessively
  indeclinable
  ati (over) + anta (end).
  Prefix: ati
• duṣprāpa – difficult to obtain, hard to reach
  adjective
  Gerundive
  From prāp (to obtain) with dus (difficult).
  Prefixes: dus+pra
  Root: āp (class 5)
• paraprabodha – supreme awakening, highest knowledge, ultimate enlightenment (paraprabodha)
  noun (masculine)
  Tatpurusha compound.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying the implied saṃkalpaghorājagaram.

आशीविषम् (āśīviṣam) - (metaphor for the terrible python of intention) (venomous snake, poisonous serpent)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āśīviṣa

āśīviṣa - venomous snake (literally 'having poison in its fangs')

Bahuvrīhi compound: āśī (fang) + viṣa (poison).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (āśī+viṣa)

• āśī – fang, serpent's tooth
  noun (feminine)
• viṣa – poison, venom
  noun (neuter)
  Root: viṣ

Note: The main noun being described by the other adjectives in this verse.

शोषितलोकखण्डम् (śoṣitalokakhaṇḍam) - (the python of intention) that saps the vitality of people and leads to decay in the world (that has dried up/withered parts of the world/people)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śoṣitalokakhaṇḍa

śoṣitalokakhaṇḍa - one who has dried up parts of the world/people

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śoṣita+lokakhaṇḍa)

• śoṣita – dried up, withered, emaciated
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from causative of root śuṣ (to dry).
  Root: śuṣ (class 4)
• lokakhaṇḍa – parts of the world, segments of people
  noun (neuter)
  Tatpurusha compound.

Note: Adjective modifying the implied saṃkalpaghorājagaram.

व्यात्त्यामिषोद्धूतशरीरदण्डम् (vyāttyāmiṣoddhūtaśarīradaṇḍam) - (the python of intention) whose very being is stirred into action by widespread cravings and sense attachments (whose body/power is agitated/sustained by pervasive desires for sense objects)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vyāttyāmiṣoddhūtaśarīradaṇḍa

vyāttyāmiṣoddhūtaśarīradaṇḍa - one whose body/form is agitated by pervasive desires/sense objects

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vyātti+āmiṣa+uddhūta+śarīradaṇḍa)

• vyātti – pervasion, extensiveness, spreading
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from yam with vi and ā.
  Prefixes: vi+ā
  Root: yam (class 1)
• āmiṣa – desire, sense object, flesh, prey
  noun (neuter)
• uddhūta – agitated, shaken up, excited, disturbed, removed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root dhū (to shake) with ud.
  Prefix: ud
  Root: dhū (class 5)
• śarīradaṇḍa – body, physical form, being (literally 'body-staff')
  noun (masculine)
  Karmadhāraya or Tatpurusha. daṇḍa can mean rod/staff, but also implies form or strength in compounds.

Note: Adjective modifying the implied saṃkalpaghorājagaram.

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