योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-63, verse-13

स भिक्षुर्जीवटो भूत्वा जन्तुर्जरठवासनः ।
तेषु देहेषु बभ्राम रन्ध्रेष्विव पिपीलिका ॥ १३ ॥

sa bhikṣurjīvaṭo bhūtvā janturjaraṭhavāsanaḥ ,
teṣu deheṣu babhrāma randhreṣviva pipīlikā 13

13. saḥ bhikṣuḥ jīvaṭaḥ bhūtvā jantuḥ jaraṭhavāsanaḥ
teṣu deheṣu babhrāma randhreṣu iva pipīlikā

13. saḥ bhikṣuḥ jantuḥ jaraṭhavāsanaḥ jīvaṭaḥ bhūtvā
pipīlikā randhreṣu iva teṣu deheṣu babhrāma

13. That monk, having become a persistent living being, a creature with ancient latent impressions (vāsanā), wandered among those bodies, just as an ant wanders through crevices.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• भिक्षुः (bhikṣuḥ) - monk, mendicant, beggar

• जीवटः (jīvaṭaḥ) - persistent living being (living being, survivor, tenacious, persistent)

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become, having been

• जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - creature, living being, person

• जरठवासनः (jaraṭhavāsanaḥ) - with ancient latent impressions (vāsanā) (having old impressions/tendencies, with aged karmic imprints)

• तेषु (teṣu) - in those, on those

• देहेषु (deheṣu) - in bodies, on bodies

• बभ्राम (babhrāma) - wandered, roamed, went about

• रन्ध्रेषु (randhreṣu) - in holes, in openings, in crevices

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• पिपीलिका (pipīlikā) - ant

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

भिक्षुः (bhikṣuḥ) - monk, mendicant, beggar

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhikṣu

bhikṣu - monk, mendicant, beggar, one who seeks alms

जीवटः (jīvaṭaḥ) - persistent living being (living being, survivor, tenacious, persistent)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīvaṭa

jīvaṭa - living being, survivor, tenacious, persistent, vital

Derived from 'jīva' (life, living) with suffix '-ṭa'.

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become, having been

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from the root 'bhū' (to be, become) with the suffix '-tvā'.

Root: bhū (class 1)

जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - creature, living being, person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - creature, living being, animal, person, progeny

जरठवासनः (jaraṭhavāsanaḥ) - with ancient latent impressions (vāsanā) (having old impressions/tendencies, with aged karmic imprints)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jaraṭhavāsana

jaraṭhavāsana - having old impressions/tendencies, with aged karmic imprints

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jaraṭha+vāsanā)

• jaraṭha – old, aged, decrepit, ancient
  adjective (masculine)
• vāsanā – latent impression, tendency, habit, mental trace from past experiences
  noun (feminine)

तेषु (teṣu) - in those, on those

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

देहेषु (deheṣu) - in bodies, on bodies

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of deha

deha - body, corporeal frame

बभ्राम (babhrāma) - wandered, roamed, went about

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of bhram

Perfect Tense

3rd person singular, perfect, active voice (parasmaipada) of the root 'bhram'.

Root: bhram (class 1)

रन्ध्रेषु (randhreṣu) - in holes, in openings, in crevices

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of randhra

randhra - hole, opening, crevice, fault, defect, weakness

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

पिपीलिका (pipīlikā) - ant

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pipīlikā

pipīlikā - ant

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