योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-112, verse-16

अस्ति कश्चिन्महाबाहो मायायन्त्रमयः पुमान् ।
बालपेलवधीमूढो गूढो मौर्ख्येण केवलम् ॥ १६ ॥

asti kaścinmahābāho māyāyantramayaḥ pumān ,
bālapelavadhīmūḍho gūḍho maurkhyeṇa kevalam 16

16. asti kaścit mahābāho māyāyantramayaḥ pumān
bālapelavadhīmūḍhaḥ gūḍhaḥ maurkhyeṇa kevalam

16. mahābāho kaścit pumān asti māyāyantramayaḥ
bālapelavadhīmūḍhaḥ maurkhyeṇa kevalam gūḍhaḥ

16. O mighty-armed one, there exists a certain person (puruṣa) made of the machine of illusion (māyā), whose intellect is childish and fragile, thus deluded, and who is concealed solely by foolishness.

16. עז הזרועות, ישנו אדם אחד העשוי כולו ממנגנון של מָאיָה (האשליה הקוסמית), בעל תבונה רכה ופתיה כשל ילד, ועטוף כולו בסכלות טהורה.

Words meanings summery:

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone, a certain one

• महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one

• मायायन्त्रमयः (māyāyantramayaḥ) - consisting of an illusion (māyā) machine, made of the machine of illusion

• पुमान् (pumān) - man, person (puruṣa), male, spirit

• बालपेलवधीमूढः (bālapelavadhīmūḍhaḥ) - deluded by a childish and fragile intellect

• गूढः (gūḍhaḥ) - hidden, concealed, secret

• मौर्ख्येण (maurkhyeṇa) - by foolishness, by ignorance

• केवलम् (kevalam) - only, merely, solely

Words meanings and morphology

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone, a certain one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - someone, a certain one

महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - mighty-armed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bāhu)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

मायायन्त्रमयः (māyāyantramayaḥ) - consisting of an illusion (māyā) machine, made of the machine of illusion

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of māyāyantramaya

māyāyantramaya - consisting of an illusion (māyā) machine, made of the machine of illusion

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (māyāyantra+maya)

• māyāyantra – machine of illusion (māyā)
  noun (neuter)
• maya – consisting of, made of, full of
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix -maya meaning 'made of' or 'consisting of'

Note: Agrees with pumān

पुमान् (pumān) - man, person (puruṣa), male, spirit

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person (puruṣa), male, spirit, cosmic person

बालपेलवधीमूढः (bālapelavadhīmūḍhaḥ) - deluded by a childish and fragile intellect

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bālapelavadhīmūḍha

bālapelavadhīmūḍha - deluded by a childish and fragile intellect

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bālapelavadhī+mūḍha)

• bālapelavadhī – childish and fragile intellect
  noun (feminine)
• mūḍha – deluded, bewildered, foolish
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √muh (to be bewildered, confused)
  Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Agrees with pumān

गूढः (gūḍhaḥ) - hidden, concealed, secret

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gūḍha

gūḍha - hidden, concealed, secret

Past Passive Participle

from root √guh (to hide, conceal)

Root: guh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with pumān

मौर्ख्येण (maurkhyeṇa) - by foolishness, by ignorance

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of maurkhya

maurkhya - foolishness, ignorance

Derived from mūrkha (foolish) with suffix -ya (abstract noun)

केवलम् (kevalam) - only, merely, solely

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here

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