योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-83, verse-10

कल्लोलव्यालवलिते शरीरश्वभ्रकोटरे ।
घननीहारखे स्वान्तश्चिन्ताचपलमर्कटी ॥ १० ॥

kallolavyālavalite śarīraśvabhrakoṭare ,
ghananīhārakhe svāntaścintācapalamarkaṭī 10

10. kallolavyālavalite śarīraśvabhrakoṭare
ghananīhārakhe svāntaḥ cintācapalamarkaṭī

10. svāntaḥ kallolavyālavalite śarīraśvabhrakoṭare
ghananīhārakhe cintācapalamarkaṭī

10. The inner mind is a fickle monkey of anxiety (cintācapalamarkaṭī), dwelling within the hollow pit of the body (śarīraśvabhrakoṭare), which is entwined with serpent-like waves, and in a space like a dense, fog-filled sky.

Words meanings summery:

• कल्लोलव्यालवलिते (kallolavyālavalite) - agitated by the disturbances of serpent-like waves, referring to the body-pit (agitated by serpent-like waves; surrounded by serpent-like waves)

• शरीरश्वभ्रकोटरे (śarīraśvabhrakoṭare) - in the deep, hollow space of the body, which is likened to a pit (in the cavity of the body-pit)

• घननीहारखे (ghananīhārakhe) - in the obscured, clouded internal space of the mind/body (in the sky of dense fog; in a dense, fog-filled space)

• स्वान्तः (svāntaḥ) - the internal faculty of thought and feeling (the inner mind, the heart, conscience)

• चिन्ताचपलमर्कटी (cintācapalamarkaṭī) - the mind, characterized by restless and anxious thoughts (the fickle monkey of anxiety)

Words meanings and morphology

कल्लोलव्यालवलिते (kallolavyālavalite) - agitated by the disturbances of serpent-like waves, referring to the body-pit (agitated by serpent-like waves; surrounded by serpent-like waves)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of kallolavyālavalita

kallolavyālavalita - agitated by serpent-like waves; encircled by wave-serpents

Past Passive Participle

From root √val (to move, agitate) with suffix kta. Compound.

Compound type : Instrumental Tatpuruṣa (kallola+vyāla+valita)

• kallola – a large wave, billow
  noun (masculine)
• vyāla – a serpent, snake; a vicious animal
  noun (masculine)
• valita – agitated, moved, encircled, surrounded, entwined
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √val (to move, turn, agitate, cover)
  Root: val (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying śarīraśvabhrakoṭare

शरीरश्वभ्रकोटरे (śarīraśvabhrakoṭare) - in the deep, hollow space of the body, which is likened to a pit (in the cavity of the body-pit)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śarīraśvabhrakoṭara

śarīraśvabhrakoṭara - cavity of the body-pit

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (śarīra+śvabhra+koṭara)

• śarīra – body, corporeal frame
  noun (neuter)
  Root: śrī
• śvabhra – a pit, a hole, a cavity, a cavern
  noun (neuter)
• koṭara – a hollow, cavity, hole (especially in a tree)
  noun (neuter)

घननीहारखे (ghananīhārakhe) - in the obscured, clouded internal space of the mind/body (in the sky of dense fog; in a dense, fog-filled space)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ghananīhārakha

ghananīhārakha - sky of dense fog

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (ghana+nīhāra+kha)

• ghana – dense, thick; solid
  adjective (masculine)
• nīhāra – fog, mist, frost
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: hṛ
• kha – sky, atmosphere, space; a hole, cavity
  noun (neuter)

स्वान्तः (svāntaḥ) - the internal faculty of thought and feeling (the inner mind, the heart, conscience)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svānta

svānta - inner mind, heart, conscience

From sva (own) + anta (end, interior)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (sva+anta)

• sva – own, one's own
  adjective
• anta – end, limit, interior
  noun (masculine/neuter)

चिन्ताचपलमर्कटी (cintācapalamarkaṭī) - the mind, characterized by restless and anxious thoughts (the fickle monkey of anxiety)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cintācapalamarkaṭī

cintācapalamarkaṭī - the fickle monkey of anxiety

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (cintā+capala+markaṭī)

• cintā – thought, consideration, anxiety, worry
  noun (feminine)
  Root: cit
• capala – fickle, restless, wavering, trembling
  adjective
  Root: camp
• markaṭī – a female monkey
  noun (feminine)
  Feminine form of markaṭa

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