योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-105, verse-22

सुखदुःखदशामोहान्दिनरात्रिविपर्ययान् ।
अनुभूय बहून्द्रष्टा म्रियते स्वप्नसंसृतौ ॥ २२ ॥

sukhaduḥkhadaśāmohāndinarātriviparyayān ,
anubhūya bahūndraṣṭā mriyate svapnasaṃsṛtau 22

22. sukhaduḥkhadaśāmohān dinarātriviparyayān
anubhūya bahūn draṣṭā mriyate svapnasaṃsṛtau

22. draṣṭā sukhaduḥkhadaśāmohān dinarātriviparyayān
bahūn anubhūya svapnasaṃsṛtau mriyate

22. Having experienced many states of happiness and sorrow, delusion, and the alternations of day and night, the seer (draṣṭā) "dies" within the cycle of dream existence (saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• सुखदुःखदशामोहान् (sukhaduḥkhadaśāmohān) - states of happiness, sorrow, and delusion

• दिनरात्रिविपर्ययान् (dinarātriviparyayān) - alternations of day and night

• अनुभूय (anubhūya) - having experienced, having perceived

• बहून् (bahūn) - many, numerous

• द्रष्टा (draṣṭā) - the seer, the observer, one who sees

• म्रियते (mriyate) - dies, passes away

• स्वप्नसंसृतौ (svapnasaṁsṛtau) - in the dream cycle, in the dream existence

Words meanings and morphology

सुखदुःखदशामोहान् (sukhaduḥkhadaśāmohān) - states of happiness, sorrow, and delusion

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sukhaduḥkhadaśāmoha

sukhaduḥkhadaśāmoha - states of happiness, sorrow, and delusion

Compound type : dvandva (sukha+duḥkha+daśā+moha)

• sukha – happiness, ease, pleasure
  noun (neuter)
• duḥkha – sorrow, pain, suffering
  noun (neuter)
• daśā – state, condition, stage
  noun (feminine)
• moha – delusion, confusion, infatuation
  noun (masculine)
  Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Object of 'anubhūya'.

दिनरात्रिविपर्ययान् (dinarātriviparyayān) - alternations of day and night

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dinarātriviparyaya

dinarātriviparyaya - alternations of day and night

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dina+rātri+viparyaya)

• dina – day
  noun (neuter)
  Root: div (class 1)
• rātri – night
  noun (feminine)
  Root: rā (class 2)
• viparyaya – alternation, inversion, reverse
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √i (to go) with prefixes vi- and pari-.
  Prefixes: vi+pari
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Object of 'anubhūya'.

अनुभूय (anubhūya) - having experienced, having perceived

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from √bhū (to be) with prefix anu- and suffix -ya.

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Expresses an action completed before the main verb.

बहून् (bahūn) - many, numerous

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, numerous, much

Note: Qualifies sukhaduḥkhadaśāmohān and dinarātriviparyayān.

द्रष्टा (draṣṭā) - the seer, the observer, one who sees

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of draṣṭṛ

draṣṭṛ - seer, observer, witness

Agent Noun

Derived from √dṛś (to see) with suffix -tṛ.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Subject of the verb 'mriyate'.

म्रियते (mriyate) - dies, passes away

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of mṛ

Middle voice form of √mṛ.

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: The main verb of the sentence.

स्वप्नसंसृतौ (svapnasaṁsṛtau) - in the dream cycle, in the dream existence

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of svapnasaṃsṛti

svapnasaṁsṛti - dream existence, cycle of dream (saṃsāra)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svapna+saṃsṛti)

• svapna – sleep, dream
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• saṃsṛti – going through, flowing together, repeated birth and death, transmigration, (saṃsāra)
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from √sṛ (to go, flow) with prefix saṃ-.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Specifies where the 'death' occurs.

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