योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-7, chapter-25, verse-26
वासनावेशवलिताः कुविकारशतात्मभिः ।
व्रजन्त्यधोधो धावन्तं शिलाः शैलच्युता इव ॥ २६ ॥
व्रजन्त्यधोधो धावन्तं शिलाः शैलच्युता इव ॥ २६ ॥
vāsanāveśavalitāḥ kuvikāraśatātmabhiḥ ,
vrajantyadhodho dhāvantaṃ śilāḥ śailacyutā iva 26
vrajantyadhodho dhāvantaṃ śilāḥ śailacyutā iva 26
26.
vāsanāveśavalitāḥ kuvikāraśatātmabhiḥ vrajanti
adhaḥ adhaḥ dhāvantam śilāḥ śailacyutāḥ iva
adhaḥ adhaḥ dhāvantam śilāḥ śailacyutāḥ iva
26.
vāsanāveśavalitāḥ kuvikāraśatātmabhiḥ (janāḥ) adhaḥ adhaḥ vrajanti,
(yathā) dhāvantam śailacyutāḥ śilāḥ iva.
(yathā) dhāvantam śailacyutāḥ śilāḥ iva.
26.
Individuals, imbued with hundreds of ignoble modifications arising from the powerful sway of innate tendencies (vāsanā), descend further and further, like stones dislodged from a mountain rushing downwards.
Words meanings summery:
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- वासनावेशवलिताः (vāsanāveśavalitāḥ) - overcome by the influx of innate tendencies/impressions (vāsanā), imbued with the sway of vāsanā
- कुविकारशतात्मभिः (kuvikāraśatātmabhiḥ) - by those whose selves/natures are hundreds of ignoble/bad modifications, or by hundreds of selves consisting of bad modifications
- व्रजन्ति (vrajanti) - they go, they move, they descend
- अधः (adhaḥ) - down, downwards, below
- अधः (adhaḥ) - down, downwards, below
- धावन्तम् (dhāvantam) - describing the swift downward motion of the stones, or the path/direction of rushing downwards (rushing, running, flowing swiftly (towards))
- शिलाः (śilāḥ) - stones, rocks
- शैलच्युताः (śailacyutāḥ) - fallen from a mountain, dislodged from a mountain
- इव (iva) - like, as, as if
Words meanings and morphology
वासनावेशवलिताः (vāsanāveśavalitāḥ) - overcome by the influx of innate tendencies/impressions (vāsanā), imbued with the sway of vāsanā
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of vāsanāveśavalita
vāsanāveśavalita - imbued/overcome by the powerful influence (āveśa) of innate tendencies (vāsanā)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāsanā+āveśa+valita)
- vāsanā – innate tendency, subconscious impression, latent impression (vāsanā)
noun (feminine)
from root vas ('to dwell') with suffix -anā
Root: vas (class 1) - āveśa – entering, influx, possession, intense application
noun (masculine)
from root viś with prefix ā
Prefix: ā
Root: viś (class 6) - valita – surrounded, endowed with, overcome by
participle (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
from root val ('to cover, to move')
Root: val (class 1)
कुविकारशतात्मभिः (kuvikāraśatātmabhiḥ) - by those whose selves/natures are hundreds of ignoble/bad modifications, or by hundreds of selves consisting of bad modifications
(adjective)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of kuvikāraśatātman
kuvikāraśatātman - whose inner self or nature (ātman) consists of hundreds of bad (ku) modifications (vikāra)
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ku+vikāra+śata+ātman)
- ku – bad, evil, ignoble (prefix)
indeclinable - vikāra – change, modification, alteration, aberration
noun (masculine)
from root kṛ with prefix vi
Prefix: vi
Root: kṛ (class 8) - śata – hundred
noun (neuter) - ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature (ātman)
noun (masculine)
व्रजन्ति (vrajanti) - they go, they move, they descend
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vraj
Root: vraj (class 1)
अधः (adhaḥ) - down, downwards, below
(indeclinable)
Note: Repetition 'adhaḥ adhaḥ' emphasizes 'lower and lower'.
अधः (adhaḥ) - down, downwards, below
(indeclinable)
धावन्तम् (dhāvantam) - describing the swift downward motion of the stones, or the path/direction of rushing downwards (rushing, running, flowing swiftly (towards))
(participle)
Accusative, masculine, singular of dhāvat
dhāvat - running, rushing, flowing, moving swiftly
Present Active Participle
from root dhāv
Root: dhāv (class 1)
Note: Its accusative singular form is unusual if directly modifying the nominative plural 'śilāḥ'. It may function adverbially to 'vrajanti', meaning 'rushing downwards', or describe an implied object of motion like 'a rushing stream'.
शिलाः (śilāḥ) - stones, rocks
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, plural of śilā
śilā - stone, rock, slab
शैलच्युताः (śailacyutāḥ) - fallen from a mountain, dislodged from a mountain
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, plural of śailacyuta
śailacyuta - fallen from a mountain, mountain-fallen
Past Passive Participle used as adjective
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śaila+cyuta)
- śaila – mountain, rock, rocky
noun (masculine) - cyuta – fallen, dropped, dislodged, departed
participle (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
from root cyu
Root: cyu (class 1)
इव (iva) - like, as, as if
(indeclinable)