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).

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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