योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-25, verse-5

अस्याः संसारसल्लक्या वासनोत्सेधकारिणी ।
कदल्या वनजालिन्या रसलेखेव माधवी ॥ ५ ॥

asyāḥ saṃsārasallakyā vāsanotsedhakāriṇī ,
kadalyā vanajālinyā rasalekheva mādhavī 5

5. asyāḥ samsārasallakyā vāsanotsedhakāriṇī
kadalyā vanajālinyā rasalekhā iva mādhavī

5. asyāḥ samsārasallakyā mādhavī vāsanotsedhakāriṇī
kadalyā vanajālinyā rasalekhā iva

5. This Madhavi creeper (a metaphor for something that promotes vāsanā), which causes the proliferation of latent impressions (vāsanā), is to this *sallakī* tree of transmigration (saṃsāra) what the pith or essence (rasalekhā) is to a banana plant or a forest creeper.

Words meanings summery:

• अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of this, belonging to this

• सम्सारसल्लक्या (samsārasallakyā) - of the sallakī tree of transmigration

• वासनोत्सेधकारिणी (vāsanotsedhakāriṇī) - causing the increase of impressions, bringing about the proliferation of vāsanā

• कदल्या (kadalyā) - of the banana plant, of the plantain tree

• वनजालिन्या (vanajālinyā) - of the forest creeper, of the forest network/thicket

• रसलेखा (rasalekhā) - the pith or essential characteristic (a line of sap, an essence, a trace of juice)

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• माधवी (mādhavī) - a spring creeper, a specific flowering plant

Words meanings and morphology

अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of this, belonging to this

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this (feminine)

सम्सारसल्लक्या (samsārasallakyā) - of the sallakī tree of transmigration

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of samsārasallakī

samsārasallakī - the sallakī tree (Boswellia serrata) of worldly existence

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (samsāra+sallakī)

• samsāra – transmigration, worldly existence
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• sallakī – Boswellia serrata tree, a type of tree
  noun (feminine)

वासनोत्सेधकारिणी (vāsanotsedhakāriṇī) - causing the increase of impressions, bringing about the proliferation of vāsanā

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāsanotsedhakāriṇī

vāsanotsedhakāriṇī - one who causes the growth or increase of latent impressions

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāsanotsedha+kāriṇī)

• vāsanotsedha – growth of latent impressions, increase of vāsanā
  noun (masculine)
• kāriṇī – causing, making, performing (feminine)
  adjective (feminine)
  agent noun
  Feminine form of kārin, derived from root kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

कदल्या (kadalyā) - of the banana plant, of the plantain tree

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of kadalī

kadalī - banana plant, plantain tree

वनजालिन्या (vanajālinyā) - of the forest creeper, of the forest network/thicket

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of vanajālinī

vanajālinī - forest creeper, forest thicket, network of trees/creepers

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+jālinī)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• jālinī – a network, a bush, a creeper (feminine of jālin)
  noun (feminine)

रसलेखा (rasalekhā) - the pith or essential characteristic (a line of sap, an essence, a trace of juice)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rasalekhā

rasalekhā - line of sap, streak of juice, essence

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rasa+lekhā)

• rasa – juice, sap, essence, taste, fluid
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ras (class 1)
• lekhā – line, streak, drawing, trace
  noun (feminine)
  Root: likh (class 6)

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

माधवी (mādhavī) - a spring creeper, a specific flowering plant

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mādhavī

mādhavī - a spring creeper, the plant Hiptage benghalensis