योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-66, verse-27

नानानुरञ्जनास्पृष्टा तृष्णा तरलपेलवा ।
चैत्यमग्रपताकेव दूरं समधिरोहति ॥ २७ ॥

nānānurañjanāspṛṣṭā tṛṣṇā taralapelavā ,
caityamagrapatākeva dūraṃ samadhirohati 27

27. nānānurañjanāspṛṣṭā tṛṣṇā taralapelavā
caityam agrapatākā iva dūram samadhirohati

27. nānānurañjanāspṛṣṭā taralapelavā tṛṣṇā
caityam agrapatākā iva dūram samadhirohati

27. Craving (tṛṣṇā), affected by various attachments, and being fickle and delicate, rises high and far, just like a topmost banner on a sacred monument or shrine (caitya).

Words meanings summery:

• नानानुरञ्जनास्पृष्टा (nānānurañjanāspṛṣṭā) - affected by manifold attachments and desires (touched/affected by various attachments/pleasures)

• तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) - craving (tṛṣṇā) (craving, thirst, desire)

• तरलपेलवा (taralapelavā) - fickle and delicate (fickle and delicate, wavering and tender)

• चैत्यम् (caityam) - a sacred monument or shrine (caitya) (a monument, a shrine, a sacred tree/mound)

• अग्रपताका (agrapatākā) - topmost banner (topmost banner, chief flag)

• इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as it were)

• दूरम् (dūram) - far and high (far, distant, high up)

• समधिरोहति (samadhirohati) - rises high and far (ascends, climbs, rises up)

Words meanings and morphology

नानानुरञ्जनास्पृष्टा (nānānurañjanāspṛṣṭā) - affected by manifold attachments and desires (touched/affected by various attachments/pleasures)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nānānurañjanāspṛṣṭa

nānānurañjanāspṛṣṭa - touched by various attachments

Past Passive Participle (āspṛṣṭa) compound

Compound of nānā, anurañjana, and āspṛṣṭa.

Compound type : tatpurusha (nānā+anurañjana+āspṛṣṭa)

• nānā – various, manifold, diverse
  indeclinable
• anurañjana – attachment, delight, pleasure, gratification
  noun (neuter)
  From anu-rañj + lyuṭ.
  Prefix: anu
  Root: rañj (class 1)
• āspṛṣṭa – touched, affected, connected
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from ā-spṛś + kta.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: spṛś (class 6)

Note: Qualifies tṛṣṇā.

तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) - craving (tṛṣṇā) (craving, thirst, desire)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tṛṣṇā

tṛṣṇā - craving, thirst, desire, longing, greed

From root tṛṣ (to thirst) + nā.

Root: tṛṣ (class 4)

Note: Subject of the verb samadhirohati.

तरलपेलवा (taralapelavā) - fickle and delicate (fickle and delicate, wavering and tender)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of taralapelava

taralapelava - fickle and delicate, wavering and tender

Compound of tarala and pelava.

Compound type : dvandva (tarala+pelava)

• tarala – fickle, tremulous, unsteady, agitated
  adjective
• pelava – delicate, tender, soft, subtle
  adjective

Note: Qualifies tṛṣṇā.

चैत्यम् (caityam) - a sacred monument or shrine (caitya) (a monument, a shrine, a sacred tree/mound)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of caitya

caitya - a sacred tree, shrine, monument, place of worship or meditation

From root ci (to heap up) + ya.

Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Object in the simile (location for the banner).

अग्रपताका (agrapatākā) - topmost banner (topmost banner, chief flag)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of agrapatākā

agrapatākā - topmost banner, principal flag

Compound of agra and patākā.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (agra+patākā)

• agra – top, summit, front, chief
  noun (neuter)
• patākā – banner, flag, standard
  noun (feminine)

Note: In simile with iva.

इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as it were)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

दूरम् (dūram) - far and high (far, distant, high up)

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as an adverb.

समधिरोहति (samadhirohati) - rises high and far (ascends, climbs, rises up)

(verb)

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

Present Active

Root ruh with upasargas sam and adhi.

Prefixes: sam+adhi

Root: ruh (class 1)

Note: Verb for tṛṣṇā.