योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-29, verse-70

अस्मिञ्जगच्छून्यपुरे सर्वमेव प्रदूषितम् ।
देहगेहं प्रमत्तेन चित्तयक्षेण वल्गता ॥ ७० ॥

asmiñjagacchūnyapure sarvameva pradūṣitam ,
dehagehaṃ pramattena cittayakṣeṇa valgatā 70

70. asmin jagatśūnyapure sarvam eva pradūṣitam
dehageham pramattena cittayakṣeṇa valgatā

70. asmin jagatśūnyapure sarvam eva pradūṣitam.
pramattena valgatā cittayakṣeṇa dehageham (api) pradūṣitam

70. In this world, which is like an empty city, everything is polluted, including the body-house, by the reckless mind-demon that dances about.

Words meanings summery:

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

• जगत्शून्यपुरे (jagatśūnyapure) - in the empty city of the world, in the world-as-empty-city

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• प्रदूषितम् (pradūṣitam) - polluted, defiled, corrupted

• देहगेहम् (dehageham) - body-house, the body as a house

• प्रमत्तेन (pramattena) - by the mad, by the reckless, by the intoxicated

• चित्तयक्षेण (cittayakṣeṇa) - by the mind-demon

• वल्गता (valgatā) - by the one dancing, by the one roaming wildly

Words meanings and morphology

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Modifies 'jagatśūnyapure'.

जगत्शून्यपुरे (jagatśūnyapure) - in the empty city of the world, in the world-as-empty-city

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jagatśūnyapura

jagatśūnyapura - the world which is an empty city

Karmadhāraya compound describing the world as an empty city.

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (jagat+śūnya+pura)

• jagat – world, universe, moving
  noun (neuter)
  Present Active Participle
  Originally a present active participle of root gam (to go), used as a noun meaning 'that which moves' or 'the world'.
  Root: gam (class 1)
• śūnya – empty, void, vacant
  adjective (neuter)
  Root: śū
• pura – city, town, fortress
  noun (neuter)
  Root: pṛ

Note: Indicates the location where pollution occurs.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is' with 'pradūṣitam'.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'sarvam'.

प्रदूषितम् (pradūṣitam) - polluted, defiled, corrupted

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pradūṣita

pradūṣita - polluted, defiled, corrupted

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root dūṣ (to pollute, corrupt, spoil) with the upasarga pra (thoroughly, intensely).

Prefix: pra

Root: dūṣ (class 4)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'sarvam' and 'dehageham'.

देहगेहम् (dehageham) - body-house, the body as a house

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dehageha

dehageha - body-house, the body as a dwelling

Karmadhāraya compound, metaphorically equating the body with a house.

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (deha+geha)

• deha – body, form, person
  noun (masculine)
  From root dih (to smear, grow).
  Root: dih
• geha – house, dwelling, abode
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject, implying it is also polluted.

प्रमत्तेन (pramattena) - by the mad, by the reckless, by the intoxicated

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pramatta

pramatta - mad, reckless, intoxicated, negligent, careless

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root mad (to be mad, rejoice, be intoxicated) with the upasarga pra (forth, intensely).

Prefix: pra

Root: mad (class 4)

Note: Describes the agent 'cittayakṣeṇa'.

चित्तयक्षेण (cittayakṣeṇa) - by the mind-demon

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of cittayakṣa

cittayakṣa - mind-demon, the demon of the mind

Tatpurusha compound: cittasya yakṣaḥ (the demon of the mind).

Compound type : Tatpurusha (citta+yakṣa)

• citta – mind, thought, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• yakṣa – yakṣa (a class of nature-spirits), demon, spirit
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agent causing pollution.

वल्गता (valgatā) - by the one dancing, by the one roaming wildly

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of valgat

valgat - dancing, prancing, roaming, leaping

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of the root valg (to dance, leap, roam).

Root: valg (class 1)

Note: Describes the agent 'cittayakṣeṇa'.