योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-169, verse-22

परमात्मपरिक्रान्तो दुःखकण्टकसंकटे ।
सुदुष्प्रापसुखच्छाये पान्थः संसारवर्त्मनि ॥ २२ ॥

paramātmaparikrānto duḥkhakaṇṭakasaṃkaṭe ,
suduṣprāpasukhacchāye pānthaḥ saṃsāravartmani 22

22. paramātmaparikrāntaḥ duḥkhakaṇṭakasaṅkaṭe
suduṣprāpasukhacchāye pānthāḥ saṃsāravaṛtmani

22. pānthāḥ saṃsāravaṛtmani duḥkhakaṇṭakasaṅkaṭe
suduṣprāpasukhacchāye paramātmaparikrāntaḥ asti

22. A traveler (pānthāḥ) on the path of existence (saṃsāra), who wanders seeking the Supreme Self (ātman), (finds himself) in a predicament fraught with the thorns of suffering, and where the shade of happiness is exceedingly difficult to find.

22. נוסע בנתיב סַמְסָארָה (סבך הקיום התופעתי), עמוס בקשותי הסבל, בצל צנוע של אושר שקשה להשיגו, הרחק מהעצמי העליון,

Words meanings summery:

• परमात्मपरिक्रान्तः (paramātmaparikrāntaḥ) - one who traverses/wanders for the Supreme Self (ātman)

• दुःखकण्टकसङ्कटे (duḥkhakaṇṭakasaṅkaṭe) - in a difficult situation full of the thorns of suffering

• सुदुष्प्रापसुखच्छाये (suduṣprāpasukhacchāye) - in the shade of happiness that is very difficult to obtain

• पान्थाः (pānthāḥ) - a traveler, wayfarer

• संसारवर्̣त्मनि (saṁsāravaṛtmani) - on the path of transmigration (saṃsāra)

Words meanings and morphology

परमात्मपरिक्रान्तः (paramātmaparikrāntaḥ) - one who traverses/wanders for the Supreme Self (ātman)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paramātmaparikrānta

paramātmaparikrānta - traversing towards/for the Supreme Self

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (paramātman+parikrānta)

• paramātman – Supreme Self (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
• parama – supreme, highest, ultimate
  adjective (masculine/neuter/feminine)
• ātman – Self, soul, essence, individual soul, Supreme Soul
  noun (masculine)
• parikrānta – traversed, gone around, encompassed; undertaken
  adjective (masculine/neuter/feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From pari (prefix) + root kram (to step, go) + kta suffix.
  Prefix: pari
  Root: kram (class 1)

दुःखकण्टकसङ्कटे (duḥkhakaṇṭakasaṅkaṭe) - in a difficult situation full of the thorns of suffering

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of duḥkhakaṇṭakasaṅkaṭa

duḥkhakaṇṭakasaṅkaṭa - a difficult situation / narrow pass due to the thorns of suffering

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (duḥkhakaṇṭaka+saṅkaṭa)

• duḥkhakaṇṭaka – thorn of suffering
  noun (neuter)
• duḥkha – suffering, pain, misery
  noun (neuter)
• kaṇṭaka – thorn, prickle, impediment, enemy
  noun (masculine/neuter)
• saṅkaṭa – difficult, dangerous, crisis, narrow pass, predicament
  noun/adjective (neuter)

सुदुष्प्रापसुखच्छाये (suduṣprāpasukhacchāye) - in the shade of happiness that is very difficult to obtain

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of suduṣprāpasukhacchāyā

suduṣprāpasukhacchāyā - shade of happiness that is very difficult to obtain

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (suduṣprāpasukha+cchāyā)

• suduṣprāpasukha – happiness that is very difficult to obtain
  adjective/noun (neuter)
• su – good, very, well (prefix)
  indeclinable
• duṣprāpa – difficult to obtain, hard to reach
  adjective (masculine/neuter/feminine)
  Gerundive/Future Passive Participle (secondary sense)
  From dus (prefix, difficult) + pra (prefix) + root āp (to obtain)
  Prefixes: dus+pra
  Root: āp (class 5)
• sukha – happiness, pleasure, ease
  noun (neuter)
• cchāyā – shade, shadow, reflection, luster
  noun (feminine)

पान्थाः (pānthāḥ) - a traveler, wayfarer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pānthin

pānthin - traveler, wayfarer, pedestrian

From pathin (path) + aṇ suffix (one who has a path/travels)

संसारवर्̣त्मनि (saṁsāravaṛtmani) - on the path of transmigration (saṃsāra)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of saṃsāravaṛtman

saṁsāravaṛtman - path of existence/transmigration

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+vartman)

• saṃsāra – transmigration, cycle of birth and death, worldly existence
  noun (masculine)
  From sam (prefix) + root sṛ (to flow, move)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• vartman – path, road, track, course
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

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