योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-74, verse-48

दानादानसमाहारविहारविभवादिकाः ।
क्रिया जगति हस्यन्ते निराशैः पुरुषोत्तमैः ॥ ४८ ॥

dānādānasamāhāravihāravibhavādikāḥ ,
kriyā jagati hasyante nirāśaiḥ puruṣottamaiḥ 48

48. dāna-ādāna-samāhāra-vihāra-vibhava-ādikāḥ
kriyā jagati hasyante nirāśaiḥ puruṣa-uttamaiḥ

48. jagati dāna-ādāna-samāhāra-vihāra-vibhava-ādikāḥ
kriyā nirāśaiḥ puruṣa-uttamaiḥ hasyante

48. In this world, activities like giving, taking, accumulation, enjoyment, and prosperity are scoffed at by those supreme persons (puruṣottama) who have become desireless (nirāśa).

48. מעשים כמו נתינה, לקיחה, אגירה, טיול ועושר בעולם הזה נראים מעוררי שחוק בעיני האנשים המעולים, המשוחררים מכל ציפייה.

Words meanings summery:

• दान-आदान-समाहार-विहार-विभव-आदिकाः (dāna-ādāna-samāhāra-vihāra-vibhava-ādikāḥ) - (actions) like giving, taking, accumulation, enjoyment, prosperity, etc.

• क्रिया (kriyā) - actions, activities, deeds

• जगति (jagati) - in the world, on earth

• हस्यन्ते (hasyante) - are laughed at, are ridiculed, are scoffed at

• निराशैः (nirāśaiḥ) - by those who are desireless (nirāśa) (by those who are desireless, by the hopeless)

• पुरुष-उत्तमैः (puruṣa-uttamaiḥ) - by supreme persons (puruṣottama) (by the best among men, by supreme persons)

Words meanings and morphology

दान-आदान-समाहार-विहार-विभव-आदिकाः (dāna-ādāna-samāhāra-vihāra-vibhava-ādikāḥ) - (actions) like giving, taking, accumulation, enjoyment, prosperity, etc.

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of dānādānasamāhāravihāravibhavādi

dānādānasamāhāravihāravibhavādi - (activities) beginning with giving and taking, collection, wandering, and prosperity

Compound type : dvandva/tatpuruṣa followed by bahuvrīhi (ending in `ādi`) (dāna+ādāna+samāhāra+vihāra+vibhava+ādi)

• dāna – giving, gift
  noun (neuter)
• ādāna – taking, grasping, receiving
  noun (neuter)
• samāhāra – collection, aggregation, compilation
  noun (masculine)
• vihāra – wandering, recreation, enjoyment
  noun (masculine)
• vibhava – power, prosperity, wealth, grandeur
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, and so on
  indeclinable

Note: Refers to `kriyāḥ`.

क्रिया (kriyā) - actions, activities, deeds

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kriyā

kriyā - action, activity, performance, ritual

From root `kṛ` (to do).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

जगति (jagati) - in the world, on earth

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jagat

jagat - world, universe, earth, moving

From root `gam` (to go) + `_at` suffix.

Root: gam (class 1)

हस्यन्ते (hasyante) - are laughed at, are ridiculed, are scoffed at

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (lat) of has

Passive voice, present tense.

From root `has` (to laugh), present passive 3rd plural.

Root: has (class 1)

निराशैः (nirāśaiḥ) - by those who are desireless (nirāśa) (by those who are desireless, by the hopeless)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nirāśa

nirāśa - hopeless, desireless, free from longing

From `nir-āśā` (without hope/desire).

पुरुष-उत्तमैः (puruṣa-uttamaiḥ) - by supreme persons (puruṣottama) (by the best among men, by supreme persons)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of puruṣottama

puruṣottama - best among men, supreme person, an epithet of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+uttama)

• puruṣa – man, person, human being (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, highest, supreme
  adjective (masculine)

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