योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-53, verse-44

सा च त्वया कृता नित्यं चित्त दुःखसुखोदये ।
यथा वियोगयामिन्यो मतयो हन्ति रागिणम् ॥ ४४ ॥

sā ca tvayā kṛtā nityaṃ citta duḥkhasukhodaye ,
yathā viyogayāminyo matayo hanti rāgiṇam 44

44. sā ca tvayā kṛtā nityam citta duḥkha-sukha-udaye
yathā viyoga-yāminyaḥ matayaḥ hanti rāgiṇam

44. citta! sā ca nityam tvayā duḥkha-sukha-udaye
kṛtā; yathā viyoga-yāminyaḥ matayaḥ rāgiṇam hanti

44. O mind, you constantly create that [state of deficiency and excess] when pain and pleasure arise, just as thoughts during nights of separation torment a passionate person.

Words meanings summery:

• सा (sā) - That state of deficiency and excess (nyūna-atirikta-tā) (she, that (feminine))

• च (ca) - and, also

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• कृता (kṛtā) - made, done, performed

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

• चित्त (citta) - O mind!

• दुःख-सुख-उदये (duḥkha-sukha-udaye) - at the arising of pain and pleasure

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like, in which manner

• वियोग-यामिन्यः (viyoga-yāminyaḥ) - nights of separation

• मतयः (matayaḥ) - thoughts, opinions, intentions, minds

• हन्ति (hanti) - kills, destroys, strikes, torments

• रागिणम् (rāgiṇam) - the passionate one, the lover, one who is attached

Words meanings and morphology

सा (sā) - That state of deficiency and excess (nyūna-atirikta-tā) (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Refers to nyūnātiriktatā from the previous verse.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

कृता (kṛtā) - made, done, performed

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, created

past passive participle

from √kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with sā.

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

(indeclinable)

चित्त (citta) - O mind!

(noun)

Vocative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, thought, intelligence, consciousness

from √cit

Root: cit (class 1)

दुःख-सुख-उदये (duḥkha-sukha-udaye) - at the arising of pain and pleasure

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of duḥkha-sukha-udaya

duḥkha-sukha-udaya - arising of pain and pleasure, dawn of sorrow and joy

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (duḥkha+sukha+udaya)

• duḥkha – pain, suffering, sorrow, misery
  noun (neuter)
• sukha – pleasure, happiness, joy, comfort
  noun (neuter)
• udaya – rising, coming forth, origin, prosperity
  noun (masculine)
  from ud-√i
  Prefix: ud
  Root: i (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like, in which manner

(indeclinable)

वियोग-यामिन्यः (viyoga-yāminyaḥ) - nights of separation

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of viyoga-yāminī

viyoga-yāminī - night of separation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (viyoga+yāminī)

• viyoga – separation, parting, disjunction
  noun (masculine)
  from vi-√yuj
  Prefix: vi
  Root: yuj (class 7)
• yāminī – night
  noun (feminine)
  from √yā
  Root: yā (class 2)

मतयः (matayaḥ) - thoughts, opinions, intentions, minds

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of mati

mati - thought, mind, opinion, intention, understanding

from √man

Root: man (class 4)

हन्ति (hanti) - kills, destroys, strikes, torments

(verb)

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

present active

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice, parasmaipada ending

Root: han (class 2)

रागिणम् (rāgiṇam) - the passionate one, the lover, one who is attached

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāgin

rāgin - passionate, enamoured, attached; a lover, a passionate person

from rāga + -in

Root: rañj (class 1)

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