योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-51, verse-43

आन्तरान्ध्यतमस्त्यागं कृत्वा विषयलम्पटम् ।
तस्योड्डीय मनो याति कदाचित्त्रस्तपक्षिवत् ॥ ४३ ॥

āntarāndhyatamastyāgaṃ kṛtvā viṣayalampaṭam ,
tasyoḍḍīya mano yāti kadācittrastapakṣivat 43

43. āntara-andha-tamaḥ-tyāgam kṛtvā viṣaya-lampaṭam
tasya ut-ḍīya manaḥ yāti kadācit trasta-pakṣi-vat

43. kadācit manaḥ āntara-andha-tamaḥ-tyāgam kṛtvā,
viṣaya-lampaṭam (sat),
tasya ut-ḍīya,
trasta-pakṣi-vat yāti

43. Sometimes the mind (manaḥ), abandoning profound inner darkness, and being greedy for sense objects, flies up from that [darkness] and departs like a frightened bird.

Words meanings summery:

• आन्तर-अन्ध-तमः-त्यागम् (āntara-andha-tamaḥ-tyāgam) - abandonment of profound inner darkness

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having made, having performed

• विषय-लम्पटम् (viṣaya-lampaṭam) - greedy for sense objects, attached to sense objects

• तस्य (tasya) - from that (darkness) (from that, its)

• उत्-डीय (ut-ḍīya) - having flown up, having taken flight

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, thought

• याति (yāti) - goes, moves, proceeds

• कदाचित् (kadācit) - sometimes, at some time, occasionally

• त्रस्त-पक्षि-वत् (trasta-pakṣi-vat) - like a frightened bird

Words meanings and morphology

आन्तर-अन्ध-तमः-त्यागम् (āntara-andha-tamaḥ-tyāgam) - abandonment of profound inner darkness

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āntara-andha-tamaḥ-tyāga

āntara-andha-tamaḥ-tyāga - abandonment of inner profound darkness

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (āntara-andha-tamas+tyāga)

• āntara – inner, internal
  adjective (neuter)
• andha – blind, dark, obscure
  adjective (masculine)
• tamas – darkness, gloom, ignorance, inertia
  noun (neuter)
• tyāga – abandonment, relinquishment, sacrifice
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'tyaj' (to abandon)
  Root: tyaj (class 1)

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having made, having performed

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Formed from root 'kṛ' and suffix 'ktvā'

Root: kṛ (class 8)

विषय-लम्पटम् (viṣaya-lampaṭam) - greedy for sense objects, attached to sense objects

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of viṣaya-lampaṭa

viṣaya-lampaṭa - greedy for objects of sense, devoted to sensual pleasures

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (viṣaya+lampaṭa)

• viṣaya – object (of sense), sphere, domain
  noun (masculine)
  Root: si (class 5)
• lampaṭa – greedy, attached, addicted, lustful
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with implicit 'manaḥ'.

तस्य (tasya) - from that (darkness) (from that, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

उत्-डीय (ut-ḍīya) - having flown up, having taken flight

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Formed from root 'ḍī' with prefix 'ud' and suffix 'lyap'

Prefix: ud

Root: ḍī (class 4)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, thought

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, understanding, thought

Root: man (class 4)

याति (yāti) - goes, moves, proceeds

(verb)

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

Root: yā (class 2)

कदाचित् (kadācit) - sometimes, at some time, occasionally

(indeclinable)

त्रस्त-पक्षि-वत् (trasta-pakṣi-vat) - like a frightened bird

(indeclinable)

Compound 'trastapakṣi' (frightened bird) with suffix 'vat' (like)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (trasta+pakṣi)

• trasta – frightened, scared, trembling
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'tras' (to tremble, be afraid)
  Root: tras (class 1)
• pakṣi – bird, winged creature
  noun (masculine)

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