योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-118, verse-15

कुचकोटरसंसुप्तं विस्मृत्य जननी सुतम् ।
यथा रोदिति पुत्रार्थं तथात्मार्थमयं जनः ॥ १५ ॥

kucakoṭarasaṃsuptaṃ vismṛtya jananī sutam ,
yathā roditi putrārthaṃ tathātmārthamayaṃ janaḥ 15

15. kucakoṭarasaṃsuptam vismṛtya jananī sutam yathā
roditi putrārtham tathā ātma-artham ayam janaḥ

15. yathā jananī kucakoṭarasaṃsuptam sutam vismṛtya putrārtham roditi,
tathā ayam janaḥ ātma-artham (roditi)

15. Just as a mother, having forgotten her son sleeping soundly in the hollow of her breast, cries out for her child, similarly, this person (jana) laments for the true self (ātman).

15. כמו אם שכוחה המשכחת שבנה ישן בחיקה ובוכה בחיפושיה אחריו, כך האדם בוכה ומחפש את הַעַצְמִי הנמצא כבר בתוכו.

Words meanings summery:

• कुचकोटरसंसुप्तम् (kucakoṭarasaṁsuptam) - sleeping soundly in the hollow of the breast

• विस्मृत्य (vismṛtya) - having forgotten, having neglected

• जननी (jananī) - mother, producer, creatress

• सुतम् (sutam) - son, child

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in what manner

• रोदिति (roditi) - cries, weeps, laments

• पुत्रार्थम् (putrārtham) - for her child (for the sake of a son, for a son)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, in that manner)

• आत्म-अर्थम् (ātma-artham) - for the true self (ātman) (for the sake of the self, for the self's purpose)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (person) (this, this one)

• जनः (janaḥ) - this person (person, man, folk)

Words meanings and morphology

कुचकोटरसंसुप्तम् (kucakoṭarasaṁsuptam) - sleeping soundly in the hollow of the breast

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kucakoṭarasaṃsupta

kucakoṭarasaṁsupta - sleeping soundly in the hollow of the breast

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kuca+koṭara+saṃsupta)

• kuca – breast
  noun (masculine)
• koṭara – hollow, cavity, interior
  noun (neuter)
• saṃsupta – soundly asleep, deeply sleeping
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root svap (to sleep) with upasarga sam and suffix kta
  Prefix: sam
  Root: svap (class 2)

विस्मृत्य (vismṛtya) - having forgotten, having neglected

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root smṛ (to remember) with upasarga vi and suffix lyap

Prefix: vi

Root: smṛ (class 1)

जननी (jananī) - mother, producer, creatress

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jananī

jananī - mother, producer, creatress

From root jan (to be born, produce)

Root: jan (class 4)

सुतम् (sutam) - son, child

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of suta

suta - son, child

Past Passive Participle (loosely)

Often derived from root sū (to bear, produce) with kta suffix

Root: sū (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in what manner

(indeclinable)

रोदिति (roditi) - cries, weeps, laments

(verb)

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

Root: rud (class 2)

पुत्रार्थम् (putrārtham) - for her child (for the sake of a son, for a son)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva / tatpuruṣa (putra+artha)

• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)
• artha – purpose, aim, meaning, wealth, for the sake of
  noun (masculine)

तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

आत्म-अर्थम् (ātma-artham) - for the true self (ātman) (for the sake of the self, for the self's purpose)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva / tatpuruṣa (ātman+artha)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
• artha – purpose, aim, meaning, wealth, for the sake of
  noun (masculine)

अयम् (ayam) - this (person) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

जनः (janaḥ) - this person (person, man, folk)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - person, man, people, creature

Root: jan (class 4)

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