योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-62, verse-17

सा मृगी लोलनयना कदाचिन्निद्रया हृता ।
स्वप्ने ददर्श वल्लीत्वं स्वाभ्यासाद्दृढमात्मनि ॥ १७ ॥

sā mṛgī lolanayanā kadācinnidrayā hṛtā ,
svapne dadarśa vallītvaṃ svābhyāsāddṛḍhamātmani 17

17. sā mṛgī lola-nayanā kadācit nidrayā hṛtā svapne
dadarśa vallītvam sva-abhyāsāt dṛḍham ātmani

17. sā lola-nayanā mṛgī kadācit nidrayā hṛtā svapne
sva-abhyāsāt dṛḍham ātmani vallītvam dadarśa

17. That doe, with her restless eyes, once overcome by sleep, saw herself firmly transformed into a creeper in a dream, due to her firm mental habit (karma) within her self (ātman).

17. אותה צביה בעלת עיניים אילמות ונעות נכבשה יום אחד על ידי השינה, ובחלום ראתה את עצמה בבירור כצמח מטפס, מתוך נטייתה הפנימית העמוקה.

Words meanings summery:

• सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

• मृगी (mṛgī) - a doe, female deer

• लोल-नयना (lola-nayanā) - having restless eyes, with rolling eyes

• कदाचित् (kadācit) - once, sometime, perhaps

• निद्रया (nidrayā) - by sleep

• हृता (hṛtā) - carried away, taken, overcome

• स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

• ददर्श (dadarśa) - she saw, perceived

• वल्लीत्वम् (vallītvam) - the state of being a creeper

• स्व-अभ्यासात् (sva-abhyāsāt) - from one's own practice, due to one's own habit

• दृढम् (dṛḍham) - firmly, strongly, intensely

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the self, in herself, within her (ātman)

Words meanings and morphology

सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

Note: Demonstrative pronoun.

मृगी (mṛgī) - a doe, female deer

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛgī

mṛgī - doe, female deer

लोल-नयना (lola-nayanā) - having restless eyes, with rolling eyes

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of lola-nayanā

lola-nayanā - having restless eyes

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (lola+nayana)

• lola – moving, trembling, restless
  adjective
• nayana – eye; leading, guiding
  noun (neuter)
  Root: nī (class 1)

कदाचित् (kadācit) - once, sometime, perhaps

(indeclinable)

निद्रया (nidrayā) - by sleep

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of nidrā

nidrā - sleep

हृता (hṛtā) - carried away, taken, overcome

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of hṛta

hṛta - carried, taken, seized, overcome

Past Passive Participle

From root hṛ (to seize, carry) with -ta suffix.

Root: hṛ (class 1)

स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - sleep, dream

Root: svap (class 2)

ददर्श (dadarśa) - she saw, perceived

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

वल्लीत्वम् (vallītvam) - the state of being a creeper

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vallī-tva

vallī-tva - the state or condition of being a creeper

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vallī+tva)

• vallī – creeper, climbing plant
  noun (feminine)
• tva – suffix forming abstract nouns, -ness, -hood
  suffix (neuter)
  Abstract noun suffix

स्व-अभ्यासात् (sva-abhyāsāt) - from one's own practice, due to one's own habit

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of sva-abhyāsa

sva-abhyāsa - one's own practice, self-discipline, personal habit

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+abhyāsa)

• sva – one's own, self
  adjective
• abhyāsa – practice, repetition, habit, study
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root as (to throw, cast) with prefix abhi and nominal suffix -a.
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: as (class 4)

दृढम् (dṛḍham) - firmly, strongly, intensely

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dṛḍha

dṛḍha - firm, strong, solid, intense

Root: dṛh (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially here.

आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the self, in herself, within her (ātman)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, essence, breath

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