योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-44, verse-4

शुभजालहलाकृष्टं रसासिक्तमहर्निशम् ।
प्रवहच्छ्वसनाकुल्यं क्षेत्रमस्य विदुर्बुधाः ॥ ४ ॥

śubhajālahalākṛṣṭaṃ rasāsiktamaharniśam ,
pravahacchvasanākulyaṃ kṣetramasya vidurbudhāḥ 4

4. śubhajālahalākṛṣṭam rasāsiktam aharniśam
pravahat śvasanākulyam kṣetram asya viduḥ budhāḥ

4. budhāḥ asya kṣetram śubhajālahalākṛṣṭam
rasāsiktam aharniśam pravahat śvasanākulyam viduḥ

4. The wise understand that this [body, the field of experience] is his, which is cultivated by the plough of auspicious networks, continuously irrigated day and night by vital essences, and agitated by the flowing currents of breath.

4. החכמים יודעים כי השדה של זרע זה הוא הלב שנחרש במחרשת המעשים הטובים, מושקה יומם ולילה בעסיס הרוחני ומונשם ברוח החיים הזורמת.

Words meanings summery:

• शुभजालहलाकृष्टम् (śubhajālahalākṛṣṭam) - ploughed by the plough of auspicious nets; tilled by the plough of auspicious networks

• रसासिक्तम् (rasāsiktam) - watered by vital essence; sprinkled with sap/nectar

• अहर्निशम् (aharniśam) - day and night, constantly, continuously

• प्रवहत् (pravahat) - flowing, moving swiftly

• श्वसनाकुल्यम् (śvasanākulyam) - agitation by breath/wind; disturbed by breaths/winds

• क्षेत्रम् (kṣetram) - the body or the field of experience (field, ground, realm, sphere of activity, body)

• अस्य (asya) - of this, his, of him

• विदुः (viduḥ) - they know, they understand

• बुधाः (budhāḥ) - the wise, intelligent ones, learned people

Words meanings and morphology

शुभजालहलाकृष्टम् (śubhajālahalākṛṣṭam) - ploughed by the plough of auspicious nets; tilled by the plough of auspicious networks

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śubhajālahalākṛṣṭa

śubhajālahalākṛṣṭa - ploughed by the plough of auspicious nets/networks

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śubha+jāla+hala+ākṛṣṭa)

• śubha – auspicious, good, beautiful
  adjective (neuter)
• jāla – net, network, collection
  noun (neuter)
• hala – plough
  noun (masculine)
• ākṛṣṭa – drawn, attracted, ploughed, tilled
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

रसासिक्तम् (rasāsiktam) - watered by vital essence; sprinkled with sap/nectar

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rasāsikta

rasāsikta - watered by vital essence; sprinkled with sap/nectar

Past Passive Participle

Compound type : tṛtīyā tatpuruṣa (rasa+āsikta)

• rasa – essence, fluid, sap, vital fluid, taste, sentiment
  noun (masculine)
• āsikta – watered, sprinkled, moistened
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: ā
  Root: sic (class 6)

अहर्निशम् (aharniśam) - day and night, constantly, continuously

(indeclinable)

प्रवहत् (pravahat) - flowing, moving swiftly

(participle)

of pravahat

pravahat - flowing, moving, blowing

Present Active Participle

Prefix: pra

Root: vah (class 1)

Note: As part of the compound pravahatśvasanākulyam

श्वसनाकुल्यम् (śvasanākulyam) - agitation by breath/wind; disturbed by breaths/winds

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śvasanākulya

śvasanākulya - agitation due to breath; disturbed by breath

Compound type : tṛtīyā tatpuruṣa (śvasana+ākulya)

• śvasana – breath, wind, breathing
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śvas (class 2)
• ākulya – agitation, disturbance, perplexity
  noun (neuter)

क्षेत्रम् (kṣetram) - the body or the field of experience (field, ground, realm, sphere of activity, body)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṣetra

kṣetra - field, ground, land, realm, sphere, body, wife

अस्य (asya) - of this, his, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

विदुः (viduḥ) - they know, they understand

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (Laṭ) of vid

root of class 2

Root: vid (class 2)

बुधाः (budhāḥ) - the wise, intelligent ones, learned people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of budha

budha - wise, intelligent, learned (noun: a wise person, an enlightened one)

Root: budh (class 1)

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