योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-47, verse-38

आसने शयने याने गमने रमणे जने ।
आधिचिन्तापरा एव ननु मूढा विदन्तु ताम् ॥ ३८ ॥

āsane śayane yāne gamane ramaṇe jane ,
ādhicintāparā eva nanu mūḍhā vidantu tām 38

38. āsane śayane yāne gamane ramaṇe jane
ādhi-cintā-parāḥ eva nanu mūḍhāḥ vidantu tām

38. āsane śayane yāne gamane ramaṇe
jane (ca) mūḍhāḥ nanu ādhi-cintā-parāḥ
eva (santī) tām
(arthopārjanaśāsanajanitaduḥkhām) vidantu

38. Whether sitting, sleeping, travelling, moving about, enjoying, or even amidst people, the deluded (mūḍha) are invariably consumed by mental anxieties (ādhi-cintā). Let them truly comprehend that (suffering/rule of wealth acquisition).

Words meanings summery:

• आसने (āsane) - in sitting, in a seat

• शयने (śayane) - in sleeping, in a bed

• याने (yāne) - in travelling, in a vehicle

• गमने (gamane) - in going, in walking

• रमणे (ramaṇe) - in enjoyment, in pleasure

• जने (jane) - among people, in a person

• आधि-चिन्ता-पराः (ādhi-cintā-parāḥ) - engrossed in mental anxiety, devoted to mental worries

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• ननु (nanu) - surely, indeed, is it not?

• मूढाः (mūḍhāḥ) - the foolish, the deluded ones

• विदन्तु (vidantu) - let them know, let them understand

• ताम् (tām) - Refers to the misery (duḥkha) or the rule of wealth acquisition (artha-upārjana-śāsanam) from the previous verse, or perhaps an implied feminine concept like pīḍā (distress) or cintā (anxiety) from the current verse's adjective. (that (feminine))

Words meanings and morphology

आसने (āsane) - in sitting, in a seat

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of āsana

āsana - sitting, seat, posture

Root: ās (class 2)

शयने (śayane) - in sleeping, in a bed

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śayana

śayana - sleeping, bed

Root: śī (class 2)

याने (yāne) - in travelling, in a vehicle

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of yāna

yāna - going, travelling, vehicle

Root: yā (class 2)

गमने (gamane) - in going, in walking

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of gamana

gamana - going, walking

Root: gam (class 1)

रमणे (ramaṇe) - in enjoyment, in pleasure

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ramaṇa

ramaṇa - enjoying, pleasure, sexual intercourse

Root: ram (class 1)

जने (jane) - among people, in a person

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - person, people, creature

Root: jan (class 4)

आधि-चिन्ता-पराः (ādhi-cintā-parāḥ) - engrossed in mental anxiety, devoted to mental worries

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ādhi-cintā-para

ādhi-cintā-para - engrossed in mental anxiety

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ādhi-cintā+para)

• ādhi-cintā – mental anxiety, worry
  noun (feminine)
• para – devoted to, intent on, supreme, other
  adjective

Note: Modifies mūḍhāḥ

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

ननु (nanu) - surely, indeed, is it not?

(indeclinable)

मूढाः (mūḍhāḥ) - the foolish, the deluded ones

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mūḍha

mūḍha - foolish, deluded, stupid

Past Passive Participle

From root muh 'to be bewildered', p.p.p. used as a noun. Masculine/feminine plural nominative.

Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Used as a noun.

विदन्तु (vidantu) - let them know, let them understand

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of vid

imperative

3rd person plural imperative, parasmaipada. From root vid 'to know'.

Root: vid (class 2)

ताम् (tām) - Refers to the misery (duḥkha) or the rule of wealth acquisition (artha-upārjana-śāsanam) from the previous verse, or perhaps an implied feminine concept like pīḍā (distress) or cintā (anxiety) from the current verse's adjective. (that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that

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