योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-36, verse-39

जरामरणजन्मादि करञ्जखदिरावलेः ।
बीजमिच्छा सदैवान्तर्दह्यतां शमवह्निना ॥ ३९ ॥

jarāmaraṇajanmādi karañjakhadirāvaleḥ ,
bījamicchā sadaivāntardahyatāṃ śamavahninā 39

39. jarāmaraṇajanmādiḥ karañjakhadirāvaleḥ bījam
icchā sadā eva antar dahyatām śamavahninā

39. icchā jarāmaraṇajanmādiḥ karañjakhadirāvaleḥ bījam (asti).
sā (icchā) sadā eva śamavahninā antar dahyatām.

39. Desire is the very seed of old age, death, birth, and other such miseries, which are like a thorny thicket of karañja and khadira trees. Let this desire always be consumed internally by the fire of tranquility (śama).

Words meanings summery:

• जरामरणजन्मादिः (jarāmaraṇajanmādiḥ) - beginning with old age, death, and birth; old age, death, birth, etc.

• करञ्जखदिरावलेः (karañjakhadirāvaleḥ) - of a row/series of karañja and khadira trees

• बीजम् (bījam) - seed

• इच्छा (icchā) - desire, wish

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• अन्तर् (antar) - within, inside, inwardly

• दह्यताम् (dahyatām) - let it be burnt, let it be consumed

• शमवह्निना (śamavahninā) - by the fire of tranquility

Words meanings and morphology

जरामरणजन्मादिः (jarāmaraṇajanmādiḥ) - beginning with old age, death, and birth; old age, death, birth, etc.

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jarāmaraṇajanmādi

jarāmaraṇajanmādi - old age, death, birth, etc.

Compound type : dvandva-tatpurusha (jarā+maraṇa+janma+ādi)

• jarā – old age, decrepitude
  noun (feminine)
  Root: jṝ (class 1)
• maraṇa – death, dying
  noun (neuter)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• janma – birth, origin, existence
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
  noun (masculine)

करञ्जखदिरावलेः (karañjakhadirāvaleḥ) - of a row/series of karañja and khadira trees

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of karañjakhadirāvali

karañjakhadirāvali - row of karañja and khadira trees

Compound type : dvandva-tatpurusha (karañja+khadira+āvali)

• karañja – Indian beech (Pongamia pinnata)
  noun (masculine)
• khadira – Catechu tree (Acacia catechu)
  noun (masculine)
• āvali – row, range, series
  noun (feminine)

बीजम् (bījam) - seed

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, origin, cause

इच्छा (icchā) - desire, wish

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of icchā

icchā - desire, wish

Root: iṣ (class 6)

सदा (sadā) - always, ever

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

अन्तर् (antar) - within, inside, inwardly

(indeclinable)

दह्यताम् (dahyatām) - let it be burnt, let it be consumed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of dah

Root: dah (class 1)

शमवह्निना (śamavahninā) - by the fire of tranquility

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śamavahni

śamavahni - fire of tranquility (śama)

Compound type : tatpurusha (śama+vahni)

• śama – tranquility, calmness, quietude (śama)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śam (class 4)
• vahni – fire, flame
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vah (class 1)

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