योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-56, verse-53

उद्दाममन्मथं पानतत्परो वापि नृत्यतु ।
सर्वसङ्गपरित्यागी सममायातु वा गिरौ ॥ ५३ ॥

uddāmamanmathaṃ pānatatparo vāpi nṛtyatu ,
sarvasaṅgaparityāgī samamāyātu vā girau 53

53. uddāmamanmatham pānatatparaḥ vā api nṛtyatu
sarvasaṅgaparityāgī samāyātu vā girau

53. pānatatparaḥ uddāmamanmatham vā api nṛtyatu
vā sarvasaṅgaparityāgī girau samāyātu

53. Let him, addicted to drink, dance with unrestrained passion; or, abandoning all attachments (saṅga), let him go to a mountain.

Words meanings summery:

• उद्दाममन्मथम् (uddāmamanmatham) - with unrestrained passion/desire, intensely passionately

• पानतत्परः (pānatatparaḥ) - devoted/addicted to drink

• वा (vā) - or

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• नृत्यतु (nṛtyatu) - let him dance

• सर्वसङ्गपरित्यागी (sarvasaṅgaparityāgī) - abandoning all attachments

• समायातु (samāyātu) - let him reach, approach, arrive at

• वा (vā) - or

• गिरौ (girau) - on a mountain

Words meanings and morphology

उद्दाममन्मथम् (uddāmamanmatham) - with unrestrained passion/desire, intensely passionately

(adverb)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ud-dāma+manmatha)

• ud-dāma – unrestrained, unbound, excessive
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: ud
• manmatha – passion, lust, Cupid (god of love)
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root math
  Root: math (class 1)

Note: The 'm' ending suggests an adverbial accusative usage.

पानतत्परः (pānatatparaḥ) - devoted/addicted to drink

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pānatatpara

pānatatpara - addicted to drinking, engrossed in drink

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāna+tatpara)

• pāna – drinking, beverage
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root pā
  Root: pā (class 1)
• tatpara – devoted to, intent on, addicted to
  adjective (masculine)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

नृत्यतु (nṛtyatu) - let him dance

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of √nṛt

Root: nṛt (class 4)

सर्वसङ्गपरित्यागी (sarvasaṅgaparityāgī) - abandoning all attachments

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarvasaṅgaparityāgin

sarvasaṅgaparityāgin - one who has abandoned all attachments (saṅga)

Agent noun (n-declension)

Compound of sarvasaṅga and parityāgin

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+saṅga+parityāgin)

• sarva – all, every
  pronoun (masculine)
• saṅga – attachment, company, clinging
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root sañj with prefix sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sañj (class 1)
• parityāgin – one who abandons/forsakes
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from root tyaj with prefixes pari and ā
  Prefixes: pari+ā
  Root: tyaj (class 1)

समायातु (samāyātu) - let him reach, approach, arrive at

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of √i

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: i (class 2)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

गिरौ (girau) - on a mountain

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of giri

giri - mountain, hill

Root: gṛ (class 6)

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