योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-36, verse-32

दुःखप्रसवशालिन्या बीजमिच्छैव संसृतेः ।
सम्यग्ज्ञानाग्निदग्धा सा न भूयः परिरोहति ॥ ३२ ॥

duḥkhaprasavaśālinyā bījamicchaiva saṃsṛteḥ ,
samyagjñānāgnidagdhā sā na bhūyaḥ parirohati 32

32. duḥkhaprasavaśālinyāḥ bījam icchā eva saṃsṛteḥ
samyagjñānāgnidagdhā sā na bhūyaḥ parirohati

32. duḥkhaprasavaśālinyāḥ saṃsṛteḥ bījam icchā eva (asti).
sā samyagjñānāgnidagdhā (sati) bhūyaḥ na parirohati.

32. Desire (icchā) itself is the seed of transmigration (saṃsāra), characterized by the production of suffering. Once it is burned by the fire of perfect knowledge, it does not sprout again.

Words meanings summery:

• दुःखप्रसवशालिन्याः (duḥkhaprasavaśālinyāḥ) - of the one characterized by yielding suffering, of the one possessing painful birth/result

• बीजम् (bījam) - seed, cause, origin

• इच्छा (icchā) - desire, wish, intention

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• संसृतेः (saṁsṛteḥ) - of transmigration (saṃsāra), of worldly existence

• सम्यग्ज्ञानाग्निदग्धा (samyagjñānāgnidagdhā) - burnt by the fire of right/perfect knowledge

• सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

• न (na) - not, no

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, more

• परिरोहति (parirohati) - grows around, sprouts, springs up, thrives

Words meanings and morphology

दुःखप्रसवशालिन्याः (duḥkhaprasavaśālinyāḥ) - of the one characterized by yielding suffering, of the one possessing painful birth/result

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of duḥkhaprasavaśālin

duḥkhaprasavaśālin - characterized by the production of pain, yielding suffering

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (duḥkhaprasava+śālin)

• duḥkhaprasava – production of suffering, painful birth
  noun (neuter)
• śālin – possessing, endowed with, characterized by
  adjective (masculine)
  suffix -śālin denoting possession

बीजम् (bījam) - seed, cause, origin

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, germ, origin, cause, element

इच्छा (icchā) - desire, wish, intention

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of icchā

icchā - desire, wish, intention

Root: iṣ (class 6)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

संसृतेः (saṁsṛteḥ) - of transmigration (saṃsāra), of worldly existence

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of saṃsṛti

saṁsṛti - transmigration, worldly existence, course, flow

Prefix: sam

Root: sṛ (class 1)

सम्यग्ज्ञानाग्निदग्धा (samyagjñānāgnidagdhā) - burnt by the fire of right/perfect knowledge

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of samyagjñānāgnidagdha

samyagjñānāgnidagdha - consumed by the fire of perfect knowledge

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (samyagjñānāgni+dagdha)

• samyagjñānāgni – fire of perfect knowledge
  noun (masculine)
• dagdha – burnt, consumed, scorched
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root dah (to burn)
  Root: dah (class 1)

सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, more

(indeclinable)

परिरोहति (parirohati) - grows around, sprouts, springs up, thrives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of pariroh

Prefix: pari

Root: ruh (class 1)

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