योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-47, verse-24

स्वा एवोपहसत्यन्तस्तरुणीस्तरलक्रियाः ।
खेदस्मेरमुखो जातीर्जातिस्मर इवाधमः ॥ २४ ॥

svā evopahasatyantastaruṇīstaralakriyāḥ ,
khedasmeramukho jātīrjātismara ivādhamaḥ 24

24. svāḥ eva upahasati antar taruṇīḥ taralakriyāḥ
khedasmeramukhaḥ jātīḥ jātismaraḥ iva adhamaḥ

24. (saḥ) khedasmeramukhaḥ san,
antar svāḥ eva taruṇīḥ taralakriyāḥ upahasati,
adhamaḥ jātiśvaraḥ jātīḥ iva

24. He inwardly ridicules his own youthful and fickle past actions, his face bearing a smile of weariness or regret, just as a base person (adhama) with memory of past lives (jātismara) scoffs at his previous existences.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वाः (svāḥ) - his own youthful and fickle actions (his own, belonging to himself)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• उपहसति (upahasati) - he laughs at, he ridicules, he scoffs at

• अन्तर् (antar) - inwardly, internally, within

• तरुणीः (taruṇīḥ) - youthful actions (implied noun 'kriyāḥ') (youthful (feminine plural accusative), young women)

• तरलक्रियाः (taralakriyāḥ) - fickle actions, unsteady activities, wavering deeds

• खेदस्मेरमुखः (khedasmeramukhaḥ) - with a face smiling due to weariness/regret, having a sorrowful smile on the face

• जातीः (jātīḥ) - births, existences, classes, species

• जातिस्मरः (jātismaraḥ) - one who remembers past lives, a jātismara

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अधमः (adhamaḥ) - base, ignoble, lowest, wretched person

Words meanings and morphology

स्वाः (svāḥ) - his own youthful and fickle actions (his own, belonging to himself)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of sva

sva - one's own, self, own property

Note: Agrees with implied 'kriyāḥ' (actions) or 'taruṇīḥ'.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

उपहसति (upahasati) - he laughs at, he ridicules, he scoffs at

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (lat) of upahas

Prefix: upa

Root: has (class 1)

अन्तर् (antar) - inwardly, internally, within

(indeclinable)

तरुणीः (taruṇīḥ) - youthful actions (implied noun 'kriyāḥ') (youthful (feminine plural accusative), young women)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of taruṇī

taruṇī - young woman, youthful

Feminine form of 'taruṇa' (young).

Note: Modifies implied 'actions' (kriyāḥ).

तरलक्रियाः (taralakriyāḥ) - fickle actions, unsteady activities, wavering deeds

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of taralakriyā

taralakriyā - fickle in action, having unsteady actions

Compound of 'tarala' (fickle, unsteady) and 'kriyā' (action).

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (tarala+kriyā)

• tarala – fickle, unsteady, wavering, trembling
  adjective (masculine)
• kriyā – action, deed, activity
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root 'kṛ' (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Modifies implied 'actions' (kriyāḥ).

खेदस्मेरमुखः (khedasmeramukhaḥ) - with a face smiling due to weariness/regret, having a sorrowful smile on the face

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of khedasmeramukha

khedasmeramukha - whose face is smiling with weariness/regret

Bahuvrīhi compound: 'kheda' (weariness, regret) + 'smera' (smiling) + 'mukha' (face).

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (kheda+smera+mukha)

• kheda – weariness, sorrow, regret, depression
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'khid' (to be distressed).
  Root: khid (class 1)
• smera – smiling, expanded, blooming
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root 'smī' (to smile).
  Root: smī (class 1)
• mukha – face, mouth, front
  noun (neuter)

जातीः (jātīḥ) - births, existences, classes, species

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of jāti

jāti - birth, origin, existence, species, caste

Derived from root 'jan' (to be born).

Root: jan (class 4)

जातिस्मरः (jātismaraḥ) - one who remembers past lives, a jātismara

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jātismara

jātismara - remembering previous births

Compound of 'jāti' (birth) and 'smara' (remembering).

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (jāti+smara)

• jāti – birth, existence, species
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root 'jan' (to be born).
  Root: jan (class 4)
• smara – remembering, recollecting
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/adjective
  Derived from root 'smṛ' (to remember).
  Root: smṛ (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अधमः (adhamaḥ) - base, ignoble, lowest, wretched person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adhama

adhama - lowest, inferior, worst, mean, ignoble

Superlative form of 'adha' (below).

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