योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-53, verse-54

अकृत्रिमविरोधस्थौ यत्र संघटितावुभौ ।
धारा इव पतन्त्येव तत्रानर्थपरम्पराः ॥ ५४ ॥

akṛtrimavirodhasthau yatra saṃghaṭitāvubhau ,
dhārā iva patantyeva tatrānarthaparamparāḥ 54

54. akṛtrimavirodhasthau yatra saṃghaṭitau ubhau
dhārā iva patanti eva tatra anarthaparamparāḥ

54. yatra akṛtrimavirodhasthau ubhau saṃghaṭitau
tatra anarthaparamparāḥ dhārā iva eva patanti

54. Where two entities, naturally in opposition, are brought together, a series of misfortunes indeed descends, like torrents.

Words meanings summery:

• अकृत्रिमविरोधस्थौ (akṛtrimavirodhasthau) - those standing in natural opposition, naturally inimical

• यत्र (yatra) - where

• संघटितौ (saṁghaṭitau) - united, brought together, assembled

• उभौ (ubhau) - both

• धारा (dhārā) - streams, torrents, flows

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• पतन्ति (patanti) - they fall, descend

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• तत्र (tatra) - there, then, in that place

• अनर्थपरम्पराः (anarthaparamparāḥ) - series of misfortunes, succession of calamities

Words meanings and morphology

अकृत्रिमविरोधस्थौ (akṛtrimavirodhasthau) - those standing in natural opposition, naturally inimical

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of akṛtrimavirodhastha

akṛtrimavirodhastha - standing in natural opposition, naturally inimical

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (akṛtrima+virodha+stha)

• akṛtrima – unartificial, natural, not made
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: a
• virodha – opposition, hostility, contradiction
  noun (masculine)
  From root rudh with vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: rudh (class 7)
• stha – standing, staying, situated in
  adjective (masculine)
  From root sthā
  Root: sthā (class 1)

यत्र (yatra) - where

(indeclinable)

संघटितौ (saṁghaṭitau) - united, brought together, assembled

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, dual of saṃghaṭita

saṁghaṭita - united, joined, brought together, assembled

Past Passive Participle

From root ghaṭ with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: ghaṭ (class 1)

उभौ (ubhau) - both

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ubha

ubha - both

धारा (dhārā) - streams, torrents, flows

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of dhārā

dhārā - stream, current, flow, cascade, torrent

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

पतन्ति (patanti) - they fall, descend

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of pat

Root: pat (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - there, then, in that place

(indeclinable)

अनर्थपरम्पराः (anarthaparamparāḥ) - series of misfortunes, succession of calamities

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of anarthaparamparā

anarthaparamparā - series of misfortunes, succession of calamities

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (anartha+paramparā)

• anartha – misfortune, evil, calamity, useless
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: a
• paramparā – succession, series, tradition, lineage
  noun (feminine)

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