योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-53, verse-33

स्वतृष्णाकृष्णभोगिन्यो देहद्रुमकृतालयाः ।
क्वापि यान्ति विचारात्मन्यागते विनतासुते ॥ ३३ ॥

svatṛṣṇākṛṣṇabhoginyo dehadrumakṛtālayāḥ ,
kvāpi yānti vicārātmanyāgate vinatāsute 33

33. svatṛṣṇākṛṣṇabhoginyaḥ dehadrumakṛtālayāḥ
kva api yānti vicārātmani āgate vinatāsute

33. svatṛṣṇākṛṣṇabhoginyaḥ dehadrumakṛtālayāḥ [tāḥ],
vicārātmani āgate vinatāsute [sati],
kvāpi yānti.

33. The "serpents" of intense self-desire (tṛṣṇā) and attachment to enjoyments, which have made the body-tree their abode, vanish somewhere when the discerning spiritual self (ātman) awakens, just as snakes disappear upon the arrival of Garuḍa (the son of Vinatā).

33. נחשות התשוקה השחורות המקננות בעץ הגוף נמוגות ונעלמות ברגע שמופיע גָארוּדָה (בנה של וִינָתָא), הנשר של החקירה הפנימית.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वतृष्णाकृष्णभोगिन्यः (svatṛṣṇākṛṣṇabhoginyaḥ) - serpents of intense self-desire (tṛṣṇā) and attachment to enjoyments (female serpents dark with self-desire and enjoyment; those enjoying intense self-desire)

• देहद्रुमकृतालयाः (dehadrumakṛtālayāḥ) - having made the body-tree their abode

• क्व (kva) - where? to what place?

• अपि (api) - somewhere (in combination with kva) (also, even; (with kva) somewhere)

• यान्ति (yānti) - they vanish/disperse (they go, they proceed)

• विचारात्मनि (vicārātmani) - when the discerning spiritual self (ātman) awakens (in the discerning self, in the thinking mind)

• आगते (āgate) - upon the arrival of (having arrived, having come)

• विनतासुते (vinatāsute) - upon the arrival of Garuḍa (the son of Vinatā) (in the son of Vinatā (Garuda))

Words meanings and morphology

स्वतृष्णाकृष्णभोगिन्यः (svatṛṣṇākṛṣṇabhoginyaḥ) - serpents of intense self-desire (tṛṣṇā) and attachment to enjoyments (female serpents dark with self-desire and enjoyment; those enjoying intense self-desire)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of svatṛṣṇākṛṣṇabhoginī

svatṛṣṇākṛṣṇabhoginī - female serpent dark or intense with own desires and enjoyments; addicted to intense self-gratification

Feminine noun/adjective form.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+tṛṣṇā+kṛṣṇa+bhoginī)

• sva – own, self, personal
  pronoun (masculine)
• tṛṣṇā – thirst, desire, craving, greed
  noun (feminine)
  Root: tṛṣ (class 4)
• kṛṣṇa – black, dark; intense, severe
  adjective (masculine)
• bhoginī – female enjoyer; female serpent
  noun (feminine)
  Feminine form of bhogin (enjoyer, serpent).
  Root: bhuj (class 7)

देहद्रुमकृतालयाः (dehadrumakṛtālayāḥ) - having made the body-tree their abode

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of dehadrumakṛtālaya

dehadrumakṛtālaya - having made the body-tree an abode

Bahuvrīhi compound, feminine plural.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (deha+druma+kṛta+ālaya)

• deha – body, form, person
  noun (masculine)
• druma – tree, plant
  noun (masculine)
• kṛta – made, done, accomplished
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kṛ (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• ālaya – abode, dwelling, house
  noun (masculine)

क्व (kva) - where? to what place?

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - somewhere (in combination with kva) (also, even; (with kva) somewhere)

(indeclinable)

Note: Together, 'kva api' means 'somewhere'.

यान्ति (yānti) - they vanish/disperse (they go, they proceed)

(verb)

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

Present

Third person plural present active.

Root: yā (class 2)

विचारात्मनि (vicārātmani) - when the discerning spiritual self (ātman) awakens (in the discerning self, in the thinking mind)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vicārātman

vicārātman - discerning self, thinking self, rational soul

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vicāra+ātman)

• vicāra – deliberation, investigation, discernment, thought
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  Derived from root car (to move, go) with prefix vi.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: car (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence, mind, ego
  noun (masculine)

आगते (āgate) - upon the arrival of (having arrived, having come)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of āgata

āgata - come, arrived, returned

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam (to go) with prefix ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used in locative absolute construction, agrees with 'vinatāsute'.

विनतासुते (vinatāsute) - upon the arrival of Garuḍa (the son of Vinatā) (in the son of Vinatā (Garuda))

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vinatāsuta

vinatāsuta - son of Vinatā (referring to Garuḍa)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vinatā+suta)

• vinatā – mother of Garuḍa
  proper noun (feminine)
• suta – son
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Used in locative absolute construction. Refers to Garuḍa.

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