योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-4, verse-8

नवतामरसाकारकान्तलोचनलोलता ।
शान्ते मौर्ख्येऽक्षता वाते चलता सरसो यथा ॥ ८ ॥

navatāmarasākārakāntalocanalolatā ,
śānte maurkhye'kṣatā vāte calatā saraso yathā 8

8. navatāmarasākārakāntalocanalolatā śānte
maurkye akṣatā vāte calatā sarasaḥ yathā

8. navatāmarasākārakāntalocanalolatā yathā
sarasaḥ calatā maurkye śānte vāte akṣatā

8. The restlessness of beautiful eyes, shaped like fresh lotuses, is like the agitation of a lake which, due to ignorance (maurkya), remains undiminished even when the wind is calm.

Words meanings summery:

• नवतामरसाकारकान्तलोचनलोलता (navatāmarasākārakāntalocanalolatā) - the inherent agitation of the mind reflected through the eyes, described as the restlessness of beautiful lotus-like eyes (the restlessness of beautiful eyes shaped like fresh lotuses)

• शान्ते (śānte) - when the wind is calm (in a calm, peaceful, quiet state)

• मौर्क्ये (maurkye) - due to ignorance (maurkya) (in foolishness, in ignorance, in stupidity)

• अक्षता (akṣatā) - undiminished (referring to the agitation) (undiminished, unharmed, intact, unbroken)

• वाते (vāte) - when the wind (vāta) is calm (in the wind, by the wind)

• चलता (calatā) - the agitation (of the lake) (agitation, movement, restlessness, fickleness)

• सरसः (sarasaḥ) - of a lake (of a lake, pond, pool)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

Words meanings and morphology

नवतामरसाकारकान्तलोचनलोलता (navatāmarasākārakāntalocanalolatā) - the inherent agitation of the mind reflected through the eyes, described as the restlessness of beautiful lotus-like eyes (the restlessness of beautiful eyes shaped like fresh lotuses)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of navatāmarasākārakāntalocanalolatā

navatāmarasākārakāntalocanalolatā - the restlessness of beautiful eyes shaped like fresh lotuses

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nava+tāmarasa+ākāra+kānta+locana+lolatā)

• nava – new, fresh
  adjective
• tāmarasa – lotus
  noun (neuter)
• ākāra – shape, form, appearance
  noun (masculine)
• kānta – beautiful, lovely, desired
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kam- 'to desire'
  Root: kam (class 1)
• locana – eye
  noun (neuter)
• lolatā – restlessness, fickleness, agitation
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from lola (flickering, moving) + -tā (suffix for abstract noun)

Note: Subject of the simile.

शान्ते (śānte) - when the wind is calm (in a calm, peaceful, quiet state)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of śānta

śānta - calm, peaceful, quiet, tranquil

Past Passive Participle

From root śam- 'to be calm'

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: Qualifies `vāte` in a locative absolute construction.

मौर्क्ये (maurkye) - due to ignorance (maurkya) (in foolishness, in ignorance, in stupidity)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of maurkya

maurkya - foolishness, ignorance (maurkya), stupidity

Derived from mūrkha (foolish, ignorant)

Note: Indicates the condition or cause.

अक्षता (akṣatā) - undiminished (referring to the agitation) (undiminished, unharmed, intact, unbroken)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of akṣata

akṣata - unharmed, uninjured, intact, undiminished, unbroken

Past Passive Participle

Negation of kṣata (injured, diminished) by 'a-'. From root kṣi- 'to injure, destroy'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kṣata)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• kṣata – injured, damaged, diminished
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kṣi- 'to injure, destroy'
  Root: kṣi (class 1)

Note: Modifies `calatā`.

वाते (vāte) - when the wind (vāta) is calm (in the wind, by the wind)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vāta

vāta - wind, air

From root vā- 'to blow'

Root: vā (class 2)

Note: Locative absolute construction with `śānte`.

चलता (calatā) - the agitation (of the lake) (agitation, movement, restlessness, fickleness)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of calatā

calatā - movement, agitation, restlessness, fickleness

Derived from cala (moving, unsteady) + -tā (suffix for abstract noun)

Note: Predicate nominative for the implied verb 'is' or 'occurs'.

सरसः (sarasaḥ) - of a lake (of a lake, pond, pool)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of saras

saras - lake, pond, pool, water

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Possessive, 'of the lake'.

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used for comparison.