योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-83, verse-11

लोभनाट्यारटत्पक्षी तीक्ष्णया द्वन्द्वतुण्डया ।
कायजीर्णद्रुमादस्माद्गुणखण्डं निकृन्तति ॥ ११ ॥

lobhanāṭyāraṭatpakṣī tīkṣṇayā dvandvatuṇḍayā ,
kāyajīrṇadrumādasmādguṇakhaṇḍaṃ nikṛntati 11

11. lobhanāṭyāraṭatpakṣī tīkṣṇayā dvandvatuṇḍayā
kāyajīrṇadrumāt asmāt guṇakhaṇḍam nikṛntati

11. lobhanāṭyāraṭatpakṣī tīkṣṇayā dvandvatuṇḍayā
guṇakhaṇḍam asmāt kāyajīrṇadrumāt nikṛntati

11. A bird, shrieking with its greedy display, using its sharp, dual beak, cuts away portions of (prakṛti's) constituents (guṇakhaṇḍam) from this aged tree that is the body (kāyajīrṇadrumād asmāt).

11. ציפור התאווה הצווחת, במקורה החד של הנגודים, מנקרת וקורעת את האיכויות הטובות מתוך העץ הנוטה ליפול של הגוף.

Words meanings summery:

• लोभनाट्यारटत्पक्षी (lobhanāṭyāraṭatpakṣī) - a symbolic representation of an entity driven by greedy desires (a bird crying out/shrieking its dance/display of greed)

• तीक्ष्णया (tīkṣṇayā) - refers to the sharp nature of the bird's beak (with a sharp, keen, fierce)

• द्वन्द्वतुण्डया (dvandvatuṇḍayā) - with a beak that symbolizes duality or pairs of opposites, perhaps referring to the mind's oscillating nature (with a dual beak; with a beak of duality/pairs of opposites)

• कायजीर्णद्रुमात् (kāyajīrṇadrumāt) - from the physical body, which is likened to an old, decaying tree (from the old body-tree)

• अस्मात् (asmāt) - from this particular entity (the body-tree) (from this)

• गुणखण्डम् (guṇakhaṇḍam) - a part of the fundamental attributes or strands (sattva, rajas, tamas) that constitute (prakṛti) (a piece of quality; a portion of (prakṛti's) constituent)

• निकृन्तति (nikṛntati) - metaphorically, takes away or destroys spiritual/positive qualities (cuts off, tears away, severs)

Words meanings and morphology

लोभनाट्यारटत्पक्षी (lobhanāṭyāraṭatpakṣī) - a symbolic representation of an entity driven by greedy desires (a bird crying out/shrieking its dance/display of greed)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lobhanāṭyāraṭatpakṣin

lobhanāṭyāraṭatpakṣin - a bird shrieking with a greedy display

Present Active Participle in compound

āraṭat is P.A.P. from √raṭ (to cry aloud) with prefix ā, here in a compound. pakṣin is the noun.

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (lobha+nāṭya+āraṭat+pakṣin)

• lobha – greed, covetousness, avarice
  noun (masculine)
  Root: lubh (class 4)
• nāṭya – dance, drama, play, dramatic representation, display
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from naṭa (dancer/actor)
  Root: naṭ
• āraṭat – shrieking, crying out aloud, roaring
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  From root √raṭ (to cry, roar) with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: raṭ (class 1)
• pakṣin – a bird (literally, 'having wings')
  noun (masculine)
  From pakṣa (wing) with in suffix

Note: Nominative singular of pakṣin

तीक्ष्णया (tīkṣṇayā) - refers to the sharp nature of the bird's beak (with a sharp, keen, fierce)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tīkṣṇa

tīkṣṇa - sharp, keen, pungent, fierce

Root: tij (class 4)

Note: Adjective modifying dvandvatuṇḍayā

द्वन्द्वतुण्डया (dvandvatuṇḍayā) - with a beak that symbolizes duality or pairs of opposites, perhaps referring to the mind's oscillating nature (with a dual beak; with a beak of duality/pairs of opposites)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of dvandvatuṇḍa

dvandvatuṇḍa - dual beak, beak of duality

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (dvandva+tuṇḍa)

• dvandva – pair, couple, duality, pairs of opposites
  noun (neuter)
  Root: dvandv
• tuṇḍa – beak, snout, mouth
  noun (neuter)

Note: tuṇḍā (feminine) as the second member of the compound

कायजीर्णद्रुमात् (kāyajīrṇadrumāt) - from the physical body, which is likened to an old, decaying tree (from the old body-tree)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kāyajīrṇadruma

kāyajīrṇadruma - old body-tree, the body which is an old tree

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (kāya+jīrṇa+druma)

• kāya – body, mass, collection
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ci (class 5)
• jīrṇa – old, aged, decaying, worn out
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √jṝ (to become old, decay)
  Root: jṝ (class 9)
• druma – a tree
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dru (class 1)

अस्मात् (asmāt) - from this particular entity (the body-tree) (from this)

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine/neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Refers to kāyajīrṇadrumāt

गुणखण्डम् (guṇakhaṇḍam) - a part of the fundamental attributes or strands (sattva, rajas, tamas) that constitute (prakṛti) (a piece of quality; a portion of (prakṛti's) constituent)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of guṇakhaṇḍa

guṇakhaṇḍa - piece/portion of quality/constituent (guṇa)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (guṇa+khaṇḍa)

• guṇa – quality, attribute, constituent, strand, virtue
  noun (masculine)
• khaṇḍa – piece, portion, part, fragment
  noun (neuter)
  Root: khaṇḍ (class 10)

Note: Object of nikṛntati

निकृन्तति (nikṛntati) - metaphorically, takes away or destroys spiritual/positive qualities (cuts off, tears away, severs)

(verb)

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

Present tense, 3rd person, singular

From root √kṛnt (to cut) with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: kṛnt (class 6)

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