योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-74, verse-62

समदृष्टलतालोलवनितोऽद्रिशिलाकृतिः ।
रमते नैष भोगेषु पान्थो मरुमहीष्विव ॥ ६२ ॥

samadṛṣṭalatālolavanito'driśilākṛtiḥ ,
ramate naiṣa bhogeṣu pāntho marumahīṣviva 62

62. samadṛṣṭalatālolavanitaḥ adriśilākṛtiḥ ramate
na eṣaḥ bhogeṣu pānthaḥ marumahīṣu iva

62. eṣaḥ samadṛṣṭalatālolavanitaḥ adriśilākṛtiḥ
bhogeṣu na ramate pānthaḥ marumahīṣu iva

62. Such a person, who maintains an equanimous gaze even towards women swaying like vines and whose nature is as firm as a mountain rock, does not revel in worldly enjoyments, much like a traveler finds no pleasure in desert lands.

62. כשהוא מביט בשוויון נפש הן בנשים הפכפכות והן בזמורות בר, יציב כמו סלע הר, הוא אינו מוצא עניין בתענוגות, כשם שנתיך אינו מוצא נחמה באדמת מדבר.

Words meanings summery:

• समदृष्टलतालोलवनितः (samadṛṣṭalatālolavanitaḥ) - one whose view of women swaying like vines is equanimous

• अद्रिशिलाकृतिः (adriśilākṛtiḥ) - having the form of a mountain rock

• रमते (ramate) - delights, revels, enjoys

• न (na) - not, no

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (person)

• भोगेषु (bhogeṣu) - in enjoyments, in pleasures

• पान्थः (pānthaḥ) - a traveler, a wayfarer

• मरुमहीषु (marumahīṣu) - in desert lands

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

समदृष्टलतालोलवनितः (samadṛṣṭalatālolavanitaḥ) - one whose view of women swaying like vines is equanimous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samadṛṣṭalatālolavanita

samadṛṣṭalatālolavanita - one for whom women (vanita) swaying (lola) like vines (latā) are seen (dṛṣṭa) with equality (sama)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sama+dṛṣṭa+latā+lola+vanita)

• sama – equal, same, equanimous
  adjective (masculine)
• dṛṣṭa – seen, perceived
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √dṛś (to see)
  Root: √dṛś (class 1)
• latā – creeper, vine
  noun (feminine)
• lola – trembling, swaying, fickle
  adjective (masculine)
• vanita – woman, desired
  noun (feminine)

अद्रिशिलाकृतिः (adriśilākṛtiḥ) - having the form of a mountain rock

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adriśilākṛti

adriśilākṛti - form/nature like a mountain rock

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (adri+śilā+ākṛti)

• adri – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)
• śilā – rock, stone
  noun (feminine)
• ākṛti – form, shape, nature
  noun (feminine)

रमते (ramate) - delights, revels, enjoys

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of √ram

Root: √ram (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (person)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

भोगेषु (bhogeṣu) - in enjoyments, in pleasures

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of bhoga

bhoga - enjoyment, pleasure, experience, possession

Root: √bhuj (class 7)

पान्थः (pānthaḥ) - a traveler, a wayfarer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāntha

pāntha - traveler, pedestrian, wayfarer

Derived from 'patha' (path)

मरुमहीषु (marumahīṣu) - in desert lands

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of marumahī

marumahī - desert land, arid region

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (maru+mahī)

• maru – desert, wilderness
  noun (masculine)
• mahī – earth, land, ground
  noun (feminine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

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