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

इच्छाविषविकारिण्यामन्त एव नृणामलम् ।
दुःखप्रसरकारिण्या हरिण्या जन्म जङ्गले ॥ ३६ ॥

icchāviṣavikāriṇyāmanta eva nṛṇāmalam ,
duḥkhaprasarakāriṇyā hariṇyā janma jaṅgale 36

36. icchā viṣa vikāriṇyām antaḥ eva nṛṇām alam
duḥkha prasarakāriṇyā hariṇyā janma jaṅgale

36. nṛṇām icchā viṣa vikāriṇyām antaḥ eva alam
duḥkha prasarakāriṇyā hariṇyā janma jaṅgale

36. For humans, their inner being (antaḥ), corrupted by the poison of desires, is itself a great affliction. It is like the birth of a doe (hariṇyā) in a jungle, which spreads misery.

Words meanings summery:

• इच्छा (icchā) - desire, wish

• विष (viṣa) - poison, venom

• विकारिण्याम् (vikāriṇyām) - in the mind corrupted by (in the corrupted, in the transformed, in the changed)

• अन्तः (antaḥ) - inner being, mind (inner, inside, mind, inner self, heart)

• एव (eva) - truly, indeed (truly, indeed, only, just)

• नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - for humans (of men, of humans, for humans)

• अलम् (alam) - a great affliction, enough (of trouble) (enough, sufficient, capable, fit, woe, affliction)

• दुःख (duḥkha) - sorrow, suffering, misery

• प्रसरकारिण्या (prasarakāriṇyā) - which causes misery to spread (by the one causing to spread, by the spreading)

• हरिण्या (hariṇyā) - of a doe (by a doe, of a deer)

• जन्म (janma) - birth, origin, life

• जङ्गले (jaṅgale) - in the jungle, in the forest

Words meanings and morphology

इच्छा (icchā) - desire, wish

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of icchā

icchā - desire, wish, will

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Part of a compound 'icchāviṣavikāriṇyām'

विष (viṣa) - poison, venom

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of viṣa

viṣa - poison, venom, bane

Root: viṣ (class 7)

Note: Part of a compound 'icchāviṣavikāriṇyām'

विकारिण्याम् (vikāriṇyām) - in the mind corrupted by (in the corrupted, in the transformed, in the changed)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of vikāriṇī

vikārin - changing, transforming, corrupting, causing alteration

agent noun/participle

Derived from vi + √kṛ (to make, do) and the suffix -in (agentive)

Prefix: vi

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Compound 'icchā-viṣa-vikāriṇyām' (in the one corrupted by the poison of desire), modifying an implied feminine noun (e.g., mati, buddhi, or the general state of 'antaḥ').

अन्तः (antaḥ) - inner being, mind (inner, inside, mind, inner self, heart)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of antar

antar - inner, within, mind, heart, middle

एव (eva) - truly, indeed (truly, indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - for humans (of men, of humans, for humans)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nṛ

nṛ - man, human being, person

अलम् (alam) - a great affliction, enough (of trouble) (enough, sufficient, capable, fit, woe, affliction)

(indeclinable)

दुःख (duḥkha) - sorrow, suffering, misery

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - sorrow, suffering, misery, pain

Note: Part of a compound 'duḥkhaprasarakāriṇyā'

प्रसरकारिण्या (prasarakāriṇyā) - which causes misery to spread (by the one causing to spread, by the spreading)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of prasarakāriṇī

prasarakārin - causing to spread, spreading, diffusing

agent noun/participle

Derived from pra + √sṛ (to spread) and √kṛ (to make/do) with agent suffix -in

Prefix: pra

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Compound 'duḥkha-prasarakāriṇyā' (by the one causing the spread of sorrow), modifying 'hariṇyā'

हरिण्या (hariṇyā) - of a doe (by a doe, of a deer)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of hariṇī

hariṇī - doe, female deer

जन्म (janma) - birth, origin, life

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of janman

janman - birth, origin, existence, life

Root: jan (class 4)

जङ्गले (jaṅgale) - in the jungle, in the forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jaṅgala

jaṅgala - jungle, forest, wilderness, uncultivated land

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