योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-84, verse-9

रात्रिंदिवं महानेष शुष्यत्येव कृशानुना ।
चिन्तया चिन्तयामास संसारव्याधिभेषजम् ॥ ९ ॥

rātriṃdivaṃ mahāneṣa śuṣyatyeva kṛśānunā ,
cintayā cintayāmāsa saṃsāravyādhibheṣajam 9

9. rātrimdivam mahān eṣaḥ śuṣyati eva kṛśānunā
cintayā cintayāmāsa saṃsāravyādhibheṣajam

9. rātrimdivam eṣaḥ mahān kṛśānunā eva śuṣyati.
cintayā saṃsāravyādhibheṣajam cintayāmāsa.

9. Day and night, he, great as he was, continued to wither away as if consumed by fire (kṛśānu). Plagued by anxiety, he deliberated upon the remedy for the affliction of cyclical existence (saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• रात्रिम्दिवम् (rātrimdivam) - day and night

• महान् (mahān) - great, large, noble

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - he (referring to the king Śikhidhvaja) (this (one))

• शुष्यति (śuṣyati) - dries up, withers

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, certainly

• कृशानुना (kṛśānunā) - as if by the fire of grief or suffering (by fire)

• चिन्तया (cintayā) - by worry, with anxiety, due to thought

• चिन्तयामास (cintayāmāsa) - he thought, he pondered, he deliberated

• संसारव्याधिभेषजम् (saṁsāravyādhibheṣajam) - the remedy for the affliction of transmigration (saṃsāra) (medicine for the disease of cyclical existence)

Words meanings and morphology

रात्रिम्दिवम् (rātrimdivam) - day and night

(indeclinable)

Compound 'rātri' (night) and 'diva' (day), used adverbially.

Compound type : dvandva (rātri+diva)

• rātri – night
  noun (feminine)
• diva – day
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used adverbially.

महान् (mahān) - great, large, noble

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, noble

Note: Modifies 'eṣaḥ'.

एषः (eṣaḥ) - he (referring to the king Śikhidhvaja) (this (one))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Refers to the subject of the narrative.

शुष्यति (śuṣyati) - dries up, withers

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of śuṣ

Root: śuṣ (class 4)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the continuous nature of drying up.

कृशानुना (kṛśānunā) - as if by the fire of grief or suffering (by fire)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kṛśānu

kṛśānu - fire, Agni

Note: Instrumental case indicating the agent or means.

चिन्तया (cintayā) - by worry, with anxiety, due to thought

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of cintā

cintā - thought, worry, anxiety

From root 'cit' (to perceive, think) + 'ṇa' + 'ā'

Root: cit (class 10)

Note: Indicates the cause or instrument of his pondering.

चिन्तयामास (cintayāmāsa) - he thought, he pondered, he deliberated

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of cintayāmāsa

Periphrastic Perfect

Periphrastic perfect of the denominative verb 'cintaya' (from cintā) using the auxiliary 'ās' (to be)

Root: cit (class 10)

Note: Denominative verb from 'cintā'.

संसारव्याधिभेषजम् (saṁsāravyādhibheṣajam) - the remedy for the affliction of transmigration (saṃsāra) (medicine for the disease of cyclical existence)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of saṃsāravyādhibheṣaja

saṁsāravyādhibheṣaja - medicine for the disease of saṃsāra

Compound: saṃsāra (cyclical existence) + vyādhi (disease) + bheṣaja (medicine)

Compound type : tatpurusha (saṃsāra+vyādhi+bheṣaja)

• saṃsāra – cyclical existence, transmigration
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• vyādhi – disease, ailment, affliction
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: ādh (class 4)
• bheṣaja – medicine, remedy
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of 'cintayāmāsa'.

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