योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-9, verse-55

सहस्राङ्कुरशाखात्मफलपल्लवशालिनः ।
अस्य संसारवृक्षस्य मनो मूलमहाङ्कुरः ॥ ५५ ॥

sahasrāṅkuraśākhātmaphalapallavaśālinaḥ ,
asya saṃsāravṛkṣasya mano mūlamahāṅkuraḥ 55

55. sahasrāṅkuraśākhātmaphalapallavaśālinaḥ
asya saṃsāravṛkṣasya manaḥ mūlamahāṅkuraḥ

55. manaḥ sahasrāṅkuraśākhātmaphalapallavaśālinaḥ
asya saṃsāravṛkṣasya mūlamahāṅkuraḥ

55. The mind is the great root-sprout of this tree of transmigration (saṃsāra), which is adorned with thousands of sprouts, branches, forms, fruits, and new leaves.

55. עץ הסַמְסָארָה הזה, השופע אלפי נבטים, ענפים, פירות ועעלים צעירים – החשיבה היא נבט השורש הראשי שלו.

Words meanings summery:

• सहस्राङ्कुरशाखात्मफलपल्लवशालिनः (sahasrāṅkuraśākhātmaphalapallavaśālinaḥ) - adorned with thousands of sprouts, branches, forms, fruits, and new leaves

• अस्य (asya) - of this

• संसारवृक्षस्य (saṁsāravṛkṣasya) - of the tree of transmigration (saṃsāra)

• मनः (manaḥ) - the mind

• मूलमहाङ्कुरः (mūlamahāṅkuraḥ) - the great root-sprout

Words meanings and morphology

सहस्राङ्कुरशाखात्मफलपल्लवशालिनः (sahasrāṅkuraśākhātmaphalapallavaśālinaḥ) - adorned with thousands of sprouts, branches, forms, fruits, and new leaves

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sahasrāṅkuraśākhātmaphalapallavaśālin

sahasrāṅkuraśākhātmaphalapallavaśālin - possessing/adorned with thousands of sprouts, branches, forms, fruits, and new leaves

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sahasra+aṅkura+śākhā+ātman+phala+pallava+śālin)

• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)
• aṅkura – sprout, shoot, germ
  noun (masculine)
• śākhā – branch, limb
  noun (feminine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence, body, nature, form
  noun (masculine)
• phala – fruit, result, consequence
  noun (neuter)
• pallava – new leaf, young shoot, sprout
  noun (masculine)
• śālin – possessing, endowed with, adorned with
  adjective

अस्य (asya) - of this

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, these

संसारवृक्षस्य (saṁsāravṛkṣasya) - of the tree of transmigration (saṃsāra)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of saṃsāravṛkṣa

saṁsāravṛkṣa - the tree of transmigration, the world-tree

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+vṛkṣa)

• saṃsāra – transmigration, the cycle of birth and death, the world
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• vṛkṣa – tree
  noun (masculine)

मनः (manaḥ) - the mind

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, consciousness

मूलमहाङ्कुरः (mūlamahāṅkuraḥ) - the great root-sprout

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mūlamahāṅkura

mūlamahāṅkura - the great root-sprout

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mūla+mahā+aṅkura)

• mūla – root, origin, basis
  noun (neuter)
• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• aṅkura – sprout, shoot, germ
  noun (masculine)

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