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.

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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