योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-30, verse-80

मग्ना मोहमहापङ्के जीर्णेव वनदन्तिनी ।
भावाभावलतादोला परिलोलशरीरका ॥ ८० ॥

magnā mohamahāpaṅke jīrṇeva vanadantinī ,
bhāvābhāvalatādolā parilolaśarīrakā 80

80. magnā mohamahāpaṅke jīrṇā iva vanadantinī
bhāvābhāvalatādolā parilolaśarīrakā

80. mohamahāpaṅke magnā jīrṇā iva vanadantinī
bhāvābhāvalatādolā parilolaśarīrakā

80. Plunged into the great mire of delusion, like an old female forest elephant, constantly swinging like a creeper-swing between existence and non-existence, and having a trembling body.

Words meanings summery:

• मग्ना (magnā) - plunged, submerged, sunk

• मोहमहापङ्के (mohamahāpaṅke) - in the great mire of delusion; in the vast swamp of ignorance

• जीर्णा (jīrṇā) - old, worn out, decrepit

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• वनदन्तिनी (vanadantinī) - female forest elephant

• भावाभावलतादोला (bhāvābhāvalatādolā) - swinging like a creeper-swing between existence and non-existence

• परिलोलशरीरका (parilolaśarīrakā) - having a trembling body, with a constantly moving form

Words meanings and morphology

मग्ना (magnā) - plunged, submerged, sunk

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of magna

magna - plunged, submerged, sunk, immersed

Past Passive Participle

From root majj (to sink, plunge).

Root: majj (class 6)

Note: Main predicate adjective for the implied subject.

मोहमहापङ्के (mohamahāpaṅke) - in the great mire of delusion; in the vast swamp of ignorance

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mohamahāpaṅka

mohamahāpaṅka - great mire or swamp of delusion

Tatpuruṣa compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (moha+mahāpaṅka)

• moha – delusion, bewilderment, infatuation
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root muh (to be bewildered).
  Root: muh (class 4)
• mahāpaṅka – great mire, vast swamp
  noun (masculine)
  Tatpuruṣa compound of mahā (great) and paṅka (mire).
• mahā – great, large, extensive
  adjective (masculine)
  Stem form of mahat.
• paṅka – mud, mire, swamp, dirt
  noun (masculine)
  From root pañj (to be dirty).
  Root: pañj (class 1)

Note: Indicates the place or state of being plunged.

जीर्णा (jīrṇā) - old, worn out, decrepit

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jīrṇa

jīrṇa - old, worn out, digested, decrepit

Past Passive Participle

From root jṝ (to wear out, grow old).

Root: jṝ (class 9)

Note: Part of the simile, describing the female elephant.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle expressing comparison.

Note: Connects the main subject's state to the simile.

वनदन्तिनी (vanadantinī) - female forest elephant

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vanadantinī

vanadantinī - female forest elephant

Derived from vana (forest) and dantin (elephant, having tusks), with feminine suffix ī.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+dantinī)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
  Root: van (class 1)
• dantinī – female elephant
  noun (feminine)
  Feminine of dantin (elephant, lit. "having teeth/tusks").
  Root: dant

Note: Subject of the simile.

भावाभावलतादोला (bhāvābhāvalatādolā) - swinging like a creeper-swing between existence and non-existence

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāvābhāvalatādolā

bhāvābhāvalatādolā - a creeper-swing of existence and non-existence (metaphorical)

Tatpuruṣa compound, with latādolā as the core.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhāvābhāva+latādolā)

• bhāvābhāva – existence and non-existence
  noun (masculine)
  Dvandva compound.
• bhāva – existence, state of being, feeling
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhū (to be).
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• abhāva – non-existence, absence, negation
  noun (masculine)
  a (negation) + bhāva.
• latādolā – creeper-swing
  noun (feminine)
  Tatpuruṣa compound of latā (creeper) and dolā (swing).
• latā – creeper, vine
  noun (feminine)
• dolā – swing, palanquin
  noun (feminine)
  From root dul (to swing).
  Root: dul (class 1)

Note: Adjective describing the body/self, formed by apposition or Bahuvrīhi meaning "having a creeper-swing of existence and non-existence".

परिलोलशरीरका (parilolaśarīrakā) - having a trembling body, with a constantly moving form

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of parilolaśarīraka

parilolaśarīraka - one with a trembling or unsteady body

Bahuvrīhi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (parilola+śarīraka)

• parilola – trembling, shaking, unsteady, extremely restless
  adjective (masculine)
  Intensive participle of lol (to shake) with prefix pari.
  From root lul (to shake, roll) or lol with prefix pari.
  Prefix: pari
  Root: lul (class 1)
• śarīraka – body (often diminutive or emphasizing)
  noun (neuter)
  From śarīra + ka suffix.
  Root: śṝ (class 9)

Note: Compound adjective describing the subject.