योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-23, verse-9

पीताशेषविवेकाम्बुः शरीराम्भोधिवाडवः ।
न निर्दहति यं कोपस्तं मृत्युर्न जिघांसति ॥ ९ ॥

pītāśeṣavivekāmbuḥ śarīrāmbhodhivāḍavaḥ ,
na nirdahati yaṃ kopastaṃ mṛtyurna jighāṃsati 9

9. pītāśeṣavivekāmbuḥ śarīrāmbhodhivāḍavaḥ na
nirdahati yam kopaḥ tam mṛtyuḥ na jighāṃsati

9. yam kopaḥ pītāśeṣavivekāmbuḥ śarīrāmbhodhivāḍavaḥ na nirdahati,
mṛtyuḥ tam na jighāṃsati

9. If anger (kopa), which has drunk up all the water of discernment (viveka) and is like the submarine fire (vāḍava) in the ocean of the body, does not consume a person, then death does not desire to kill that person.

Words meanings summery:

• पीताशेषविवेकाम्बुः (pītāśeṣavivekāmbuḥ) - one who has drunk all the water of discernment; whose entire water of discernment has been drunk

• शरीराम्भोधिवाडवः (śarīrāmbhodhivāḍavaḥ) - the submarine fire in the ocean of the body

• न (na) - not, no

• निर्दहति (nirdahati) - he burns down, he consumes completely

• यम् (yam) - whom, which (relative pronoun)

• कोपः (kopaḥ) - anger, wrath, rage

• तम् (tam) - him, that

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

• न (na) - not, no

• जिघांसति (jighāṁsati) - desires to kill, wishes to harm

Words meanings and morphology

पीताशेषविवेकाम्बुः (pītāśeṣavivekāmbuḥ) - one who has drunk all the water of discernment; whose entire water of discernment has been drunk

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pītāśeṣavivekāmbu

pītāśeṣavivekāmbu - one whose entire water of discernment has been drunk

Compound adjective (Bahuvrīhi)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pīta+aśeṣa+viveka+ambu)

• pīta – drunk, consumed, imbibed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root pā 'to drink'
  Root: pā (class 1)
• aśeṣa – all, entire, complete, without remainder
  adjective
  Negative prefix a- + śeṣa
• viveka – discernment, discrimination, wisdom, judgment
  noun (masculine)
  From vi-vic 'to separate, discriminate'
  Prefix: vi
  Root: vic (class 7)
• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies kopaḥ.

शरीराम्भोधिवाडवः (śarīrāmbhodhivāḍavaḥ) - the submarine fire in the ocean of the body

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śarīrāmbhodhivāḍava

śarīrāmbhodhivāḍava - the submarine fire in the ocean of the body

Compound adjective

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śarīra+ambhodi+vāḍava)

• śarīra – body
  noun (neuter)
• ambhodi – ocean, sea (lit. water-holder)
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of ambu (water) and dhi (holder)
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• vāḍava – submarine fire, mare, mare's head
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies kopaḥ.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb.

निर्दहति (nirdahati) - he burns down, he consumes completely

(verb)

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

Verb with prefix nir.

Prefix: nir

Root: dah (class 1)

Note: Subject is kopaḥ.

यम् (yam) - whom, which (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Refers to the person being discussed.

कोपः (kopaḥ) - anger, wrath, rage

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kopa

kopa - anger, wrath, rage, fury

From root kup 'to be angry'

Root: kup (class 4)

Note: Subject of the verb nirdahati.

तम् (tam) - him, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Correlative to 'yam'.

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, the god of death

From root mṛ 'to die'

Root: mṛ (class 6)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb.

जिघांसति (jighāṁsati) - desires to kill, wishes to harm

(verb)

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

desiderative stem

Desiderative of √han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

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