योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-63, verse-15

मांसास्थिदारुमृद्रत्नमये जगति जर्जरे ।
वाञ्छनीयविहीनेऽस्मिञ्शून्ये किमिव वाञ्छ्यते ॥ १५ ॥

māṃsāsthidārumṛdratnamaye jagati jarjare ,
vāñchanīyavihīne'smiñśūnye kimiva vāñchyate 15

15. māṃsāsthidārumṛdratnamaye jagati jarjare
vāñchanīyavihīne asmin śūnye kim iva vāñchyate

15. asmin jarjare māṃsāsthidārumṛdratnamaye
vāñchanīyavihīne śūnye jagati kim iva vāñchyate

15. What, indeed, can be desired in this decaying world, which is composed of flesh, bone, wood, earth, and jewels, and is empty, being devoid of anything truly desirable?

Words meanings summery:

• मांसास्थिदारुमृद्रत्नमये (māṁsāsthidārumṛdratnamaye) - in that made of flesh, bone, wood, earth, and jewels

• जगति (jagati) - in the world, in the universe

• जर्जरे (jarjare) - in the decaying, dilapidated

• वाञ्छनीयविहीने (vāñchanīyavihīne) - in that devoid of anything desirable

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

• शून्ये (śūnye) - in the empty, void

• किम् (kim) - what?

• इव (iva) - as if, like, indeed

• वाञ्छ्यते (vāñchyate) - is desired, is wished for

Words meanings and morphology

मांसास्थिदारुमृद्रत्नमये (māṁsāsthidārumṛdratnamaye) - in that made of flesh, bone, wood, earth, and jewels

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of māṃsāsthidārumṛdratnamaya

māṁsāsthidārumṛdratnamaya - made of flesh, bone, wood, earth, and jewels

Compound ending in -maya (made of) describing the constituents.

Compound type : Descriptive/Tatpuruṣa (māṃsa+asthi+dāru+mṛd+ratna+maya)

• māṃsa – flesh, meat
  noun (neuter)
• asthi – bone
  noun (neuter)
• dāru – wood, timber
  noun (neuter)
• mṛd – earth, clay, soil
  noun (feminine)
• ratna – jewel, gem, treasure
  noun (neuter)
• maya – made of, consisting of, full of
  suffix/adjective
  Suffix indicating material or abundance.

जगति (jagati) - in the world, in the universe

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - moving, world, universe

Root: gam (class 1)

जर्जरे (jarjare) - in the decaying, dilapidated

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of jarjara

jarjara - decaying, dilapidated, worn out, old, shattered

वाञ्छनीयविहीने (vāñchanīyavihīne) - in that devoid of anything desirable

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of vāñchanīyavihīna

vāñchanīyavihīna - lacking what is desirable, devoid of desirability

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (vāñchanīya+vihīna)

• vāñchanīya – desirable, to be wished for
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  vāñch + anīya
  Root: vāñch (class 1)
• vihīna – devoid of, lacking, abandoned
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  vi-hā + kta
  Prefix: vi
  Root: hā (class 3)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here, present

शून्ये (śūnye) - in the empty, void

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, vacant, devoid, zero

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which, why

इव (iva) - as if, like, indeed

(indeclinable)

वाञ्छ्यते (vāñchyate) - is desired, is wished for

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vāñch

Root: vāñch (class 1)

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