योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-63, verse-18

मृगी सा बत चित्तस्था बभूव विपिने लता ।
अवश्यंभावि लवनं लतिकाऽनुबभूव ह ॥ १८ ॥

mṛgī sā bata cittasthā babhūva vipine latā ,
avaśyaṃbhāvi lavanaṃ latikā'nubabhūva ha 18

18. mṛgī sā bata cittasthā babhūva vipine latā
avaśyaṃbhāvi lavanaṃ latikā anubabhūva ha

18. bata sā cittasthā mṛgī vipine latā babhūva
ha latikā avaśyaṃbhāvi lavanaṃ anubabhūva

18. Alas, that doe, dwelling in the mind, became a creeper in the forest. And indeed, that creeper then experienced its inevitable cutting.

Words meanings summery:

• मृगी (mṛgī) - doe (doe, female deer)

• सा (sā) - that (she, that (feminine))

• बत (bata) - alas! (alas!, oh!, indeed, pray)

• चित्तस्था (cittasthā) - dwelling in the mind (residing in the mind, dwelling in thought, fixed in the heart)

• बभूव (babhūva) - became (became, was, happened)

• विपिने (vipine) - in the forest (in the forest, in the grove)

• लता (latā) - creeper (creeper, vine, tendril)

• अवश्यंभावि (avaśyaṁbhāvi) - inevitable (inevitable, destined to be, necessarily occurring)

• लवनं (lavanaṁ) - cutting (cutting, reaping, severing, harvesting)

• लतिका (latikā) - that creeper (referring to the transformed doe) (a small creeper, little vine)

• अनुबभूव (anubabhūva) - experienced (experienced, felt, underwent)

• ह (ha) - indeed (indeed, certainly, surely, oh (interjection))

Words meanings and morphology

मृगी (mṛgī) - doe (doe, female deer)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛgī

mṛgī - female deer, doe

सा (sā) - that (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

बत (bata) - alas! (alas!, oh!, indeed, pray)

(indeclinable)

चित्तस्था (cittasthā) - dwelling in the mind (residing in the mind, dwelling in thought, fixed in the heart)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cittastha

cittastha - residing in the mind, dwelling in thought, fixed in the heart

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (citta+stha)

• citta – mind, thought, heart, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  Root: cit (class 1)
• stha – standing, staying, situated in, abiding
  adjective
  From root sthā (to stand) with suffix -a.
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Refers to the deer as a mental impression or subsequent form.

बभूव (babhūva) - became (became, was, happened)

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

विपिने (vipine) - in the forest (in the forest, in the grove)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vipina

vipina - forest, grove, thicket

लता (latā) - creeper (creeper, vine, tendril)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of latā

latā - creeper, vine, plant

अवश्यंभावि (avaśyaṁbhāvi) - inevitable (inevitable, destined to be, necessarily occurring)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of avaśyaṃbhāvin

avaśyaṁbhāvin - inevitable, destined to occur, what must be

agent noun/adjective

Compound of avaśya (necessarily) and bhāvin (being, happening, becoming).

Compound type : avyayībhāva / karmadhāraya (avaśya+bhāvin)

• avaśya – necessarily, certainly, inevitably
  indeclinable
• bhāvin – being, becoming, existing, future, what will be
  adjective
  future active participle / agent noun
  From root bhū with suffix -in.
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agrees with "lavanaṃ".

लवनं (lavanaṁ) - cutting (cutting, reaping, severing, harvesting)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of lavana

lavana - cutting, reaping, harvesting, severing

action noun

From root lū (to cut) with suffix -ana.

Root: lū (class 9)

Note: Object of experience.

लतिका (latikā) - that creeper (referring to the transformed doe) (a small creeper, little vine)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of latikā

latikā - a small creeper, tendril, small vine

Diminutive of latā.

Note: Subject of "anubabhūva".

अनुबभूव (anubabhūva) - experienced (experienced, felt, underwent)

(verb)

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

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

ह (ha) - indeed (indeed, certainly, surely, oh (interjection))

(indeclinable)

Note: An emphatic particle.

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