योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-43, verse-14

किमेतास्वतिशून्यासु संसारारण्यभूमिषु ।
मानवा वातहरिणा भ्रमथो भ्रान्तबुद्धयः ॥ १४ ॥

kimetāsvatiśūnyāsu saṃsārāraṇyabhūmiṣu ,
mānavā vātahariṇā bhramatho bhrāntabuddhayaḥ 14

14. kim etāsu ati-śūnyāsu saṃsāra-araṇya-bhūmiṣu
mānavāḥ vāta-hariṇāḥ bhramathaḥ bhrānta-buddhayaḥ

14. mānavāḥ bhrānta-buddhayaḥ vāta-hariṇāḥ etāsu
ati-śūnyāsu saṃsāra-araṇya-bhūmiṣu kim bhramathaḥ

14. O humans with deluded intellects, why do you wander like confused deer in these extremely barren and empty wildernesses of transmigration (saṃsāra)?

14. בני אדם, מדוע אתם משוטטים כצבאים הנידפים ברוח ביערות הריקים מתוכן של סבך הקיום התופעתי, כשחשיבתכם נבוכה ומבולבלת?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - why (why, what, whether)

• एतासु (etāsu) - in these

• अति-शून्यासु (ati-śūnyāsu) - in the exceedingly empty/void, very barren

• संसार-अरण्य-भूमिषु (saṁsāra-araṇya-bhūmiṣu) - in the forest-lands of transmigration (saṃsāra), in the wildernesses of saṃsāra

• मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - O humans, O mankind

• वात-हरिणाः (vāta-hariṇāḥ) - like deer running aimlessly or confusedly (like deer in the wind, like confused deer, like mirage-deer)

• भ्रमथः (bhramathaḥ) - you wander, you roam, you err

• भ्रान्त-बुद्धयः (bhrānta-buddhayaḥ) - whose intellects are deluded, confused minds

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - why (why, what, whether)

(indeclinable)

एतासु (etāsu) - in these

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

अति-शून्यासु (ati-śūnyāsu) - in the exceedingly empty/void, very barren

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, plural of ati-śūnya

ati-śūnya - exceedingly empty, utterly desolate, very barren

Compound type : prādi-samāsa (ati+śūnya)

• ati – over, beyond, exceedingly, very
  indeclinable
• śūnya – empty, void, barren, desolate, zero
  adjective

संसार-अरण्य-भूमिषु (saṁsāra-araṇya-bhūmiṣu) - in the forest-lands of transmigration (saṃsāra), in the wildernesses of saṃsāra

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of saṃsāra-araṇya-bhūmi

saṁsāra-araṇya-bhūmi - forest-lands of transmigration (saṃsāra), wildernesses of saṃsāra

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+araṇya+bhūmi)

• saṃsāra – transmigration, cycle of birth and death (saṃsāra)
  noun (masculine)
  from root sṛ ('to flow, move') with prefix sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• araṇya – forest, wilderness, desert
  noun (neuter)
• bhūmi – earth, land, ground, region
  noun (feminine)

मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - O humans, O mankind

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of mānava

mānava - human, pertaining to humans, descendant of Manu

वात-हरिणाः (vāta-hariṇāḥ) - like deer running aimlessly or confusedly (like deer in the wind, like confused deer, like mirage-deer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vāta-hariṇa

vāta-hariṇa - deer running in the wind (confused/wildly), mirage-deer

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāta+hariṇa)

• vāta – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
• hariṇa – deer, antelope
  noun (masculine)

Note: Functions as vocative in apposition with 'mānavāḥ'.

भ्रमथः (bhramathaḥ) - you wander, you roam, you err

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of bhram

Root: bhram (class 1)

भ्रान्त-बुद्धयः (bhrānta-buddhayaḥ) - whose intellects are deluded, confused minds

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhrānta-buddhi

bhrānta-buddhi - one whose intellect is deluded, confused mind

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhrānta+buddhi)

• bhrānta – deluded, confused, erred, wandered
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root bhram ('to wander, err')
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• buddhi – intellect, understanding, mind, perception
  noun (feminine)
  from root budh ('to know, perceive')
  Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Functions as vocative in apposition with 'mānavāḥ'.

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